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Pedestrian killed in Davie hit-and-run crash
Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left one person dead.Published: 6/20/2013 05:52:00 AM -
Fate of Fort Lauderdale millionaire Guma Aguiar still a mystery, one year later
Family members continue to fight over his estimated $100 million
Troubled Fort Lauderdale millionaire Guma Aguiar raced his motorboat across the choppy waves of Port Everglades inlet a year ago Wednesday — the day he vanished, leaving behind an overwhelming tangle of business and personal lawsuits, a family in turmoil and questions about his survival.Published: 6/19/2013 23:45:00 PM -
Tri-Rail train hits, kills pedestrian in Boca Raton
A woman was killed when struck by a southbound Tri-Rail train on Wednesday evening, according to Boca Raton Police.Published: 6/19/2013 22:20:39 PM -
911 calls from home where Coral Springs boy was found dead are released
Timestamped recordings released Wednesday show that after three vague calls to 911, Coral Springs Police searched 29 minutes before finding the apartment where a 4-year-old boy was found dead June 10.Published: 6/19/2013 21:44:58 PM -
Police investigating after bodies found in West Palm Beach school
West Palm Beach police are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found early Wednesday inside a downtown school.Published: 6/19/2013 21:43:13 PM -
Delray man facing aggravated assault charges
A Delray Beach man is accused of breaking into the hotel room where the mother of his unborn child was staying, dragging her out by the neck and using a large stick to threaten the man with her, according to a Delray Beach police arrest report.Published: 6/19/2013 21:00:46 PM -
Highland Beach woman jailed again for practicing medicine
Her patients thought she was a nurse injecting them with botox, but an undercover sting put a wrinkle in her scheme and landed a Highland Beach woman in jail again, authorities say.Published: 6/19/2013 21:00:32 PM -
Close Miami Heat game leads to battery, riot charges
Police say the friendly rivalry between a San Antonio Spurs fan and an 11-year-old Miami Heat fan turned violent when the child's father stepped in and punched the other man in the face "until his thumbs were hurting," according to a Boca Raton police report.Published: 6/19/2013 21:00:00 PM -
GPS tracks down man accused of stealing $500,000 in wine
A Miami man almost got away with $500,000 of imported wine, but a GPS unit inside a 53-foot semitrailer led authorities straight to the suspect, according to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest report.Published: 6/19/2013 20:59:46 PM -
Lake Worth man accused of robbing Family Dollar
A clerk robbed at gunpoint said she thought the man with the gun was joking at first because the suspect patronized the business on a daily basis, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.Published: 6/19/2013 20:35:58 PM -
NSA cellphone records won't help Broward bank robbery suspect, feds say
The federal government had bad news on Wednesday for a South Florida man who hoped the National Security Agency's controversial program — that has secretly stored millions of U.S. phone records — could help his defense in a Broward bank robbery trial.Published: 6/19/2013 20:13:00 PM -
FBI accuses missing Boca Raton attorney of fraud
Timothy McCabe vanished in April; FBI says up to $8M of clients' money is missing
A Boca Raton real-estate attorney who vanished in early April is now wanted by the FBI, with agents alleging that up to $8 million of clients' money is missing, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday.Published: 6/19/2013 19:58:00 PM -
Woman accused of illegally practicing dentistry out of Davie home
Police raided a bogus dental office in a home on Southwest 49th Street Tuesday and arrested the woman they say posed as a dentist there.Published: 6/19/2013 18:39:08 PM -
Hollywood man used bribes from government job to furnish home, feds say
A Hollywood man used his Miami-Dade County government job to obtain more than $13,000 worth of bribes – including a new stove, refrigerator and air conditioning system for his home, federal authorities said Wednesday.Published: 6/19/2013 18:22:24 PM -
Hollywood poised to approve fire contract
City and union leaders call agreement a step in right direction
Firefighters and city leaders have reached a middle ground in negotiating a $4.6 million contract expected to be approved on July 3.Published: 6/19/2013 18:00:55 PM -
Dania Beach man charged with possessing child pornography
A Dania Beach man was charged with 25 counts of possession of child pornography videos that showed children, some younger than 13, engaging in sexual acts with each other and adults, a Broward Sheriff's complaint affidavit says.Published: 6/19/2013 17:22:27 PM -
BSO: Man accused of punching girlfriend whose unborn baby died
A 36-year-old man is accused of striking his pregnant girlfriend who, just days later, discovered her unborn baby had died, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office report.Published: 6/19/2013 16:29:00 PM -
Davie teacher accused of child abuse
A Davie school teacher has been charged with child abuse for allegedly restraining an intellectually and physically handicapped student and lying on top of him, according to a Broward County School Police report.Published: 6/19/2013 14:04:00 PM -
Investigators find SUV that killed Loxahatchee mom in hit-and-run
Investigators have found a damaged SUV they say was involved in a hit-and-run that killed a Loxahatchee mom on Sunday.Published: 6/19/2013 10:13:00 AM -
Latest search for missing Hallandale Beach woman called off
More than 40 searchers from several police agencies came up empty Tuesday after a second day of hunting for a body or clues in the disappearance more than three years ago of Lynda Meier of Hallandale Beach.Published: 6/19/2013 05:00:00 AM -
Bond set at $3.5M in medical drug trafficking case
A South Florida man who is accused with his wife and mother of trafficking in expensive AIDS, cancer, anti-psychotic and other pharmaceutical drugs is being held in Broward's Main Jail on $3.5 million bond.Published: 6/18/2013 21:47:05 PM -
Lawsuit against archdiocese alleges more abuse at Coral Springs school
A new lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami accuses the pastor of a Coral Springs K-12 school of looking the other way while a young boy complained he was being molested by a music teacher.Published: 6/18/2013 21:14:37 PM -
Fort Lauderdale hires new city attorney
Commissioners hired Cynthia Everett as the new city attorney on Tuesday, approving a contract with a starting salary of $193,000.Published: 6/18/2013 20:20:25 PM -
Boca Raton couple accused of stealing, pawning golf clubs
Forty minutes after leaving a Boca Raton golf shop with six Nike clubs stolen from a display, deputies say Joshua Popper stopped by a pawn store and sold them for cash.Published: 6/18/2013 19:55:58 PM -
Man arrested in shooting that injured Riviera Beach girl, 2
Authorities Tuesday arrested one of two men suspected of being involved in a shooting that left a 2-year-old girl in critical condition.Published: 6/18/2013 19:55:00 PM -
Lake Worth man accused of chasing man, woman and child
Just as a man was saying goodbye to his ex-girlfriend and their child, a man he had never met punched him in the face and chased him with a machete, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.Published: 6/18/2013 19:16:00 PM -
Telenovela takes over Fort Lauderdale's historic River House
Stars will be out at the former River House restaurant on the city's New River for the next five months.Published: 6/18/2013 19:02:00 PM -
Woman charged with child neglect after going on photo shoot
Gwendolyne Nanette Vazquez, 26, facing felony count of child neglect
Gwendolyne Nanette Vazquez might photograph models, but deputies are accusing her of not being a model mom.Published: 6/18/2013 19:01:39 PM -
Dania Beach commission maps out plan for replacing Pat Flury
Longtime Commissioner Pat Flury's abrupt resignation has left the city in search of a qualified resident to fill her seat.Published: 6/18/2013 18:22:50 PM -
Pothole or sinkhole? You decide
Truck's front wheel sinks through pavement
Pothole or sinkhole?Published: 6/18/2013 15:17:00 PM -
Parkland man accused of trying to lure girl, 13, into sex via text
A 34-year-old man thought he was sending lurid sex texts to a 13-year-old girl, but it was an undercover detective who was intercepting and responding to the messages, a police report shows.Published: 6/18/2013 13:49:42 PM -
Man pleads guilty to mailing ecstasy to US in supplements
Vicente Loyola admits to shipping ecstasy to Florida from Canada
Federal drug agents opened the container of bodybuilding supplement to find a powdered substance. It was supposed to be creatine, according to the label.Published: 6/17/2013 22:57:54 PM -
Two men, two women arrested on prostitution-related charges in Lake Worth
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies said they busted two brothels in a Lake Worth neighborhood Friday, arresting two men who ran the homes and two women who worked in them.Published: 6/17/2013 21:15:14 PM -
Jailed son called dad, got coaching on testimony in pill mill case
Christopher George is hoping to get his prison term reduced, provided that federal prosecutors think his anticipated testimony against two South Florida doctors is worth a reward. But a recorded call the 32-year-old inmate made to his father from the Palm Beach County Jail may have put a kink in his plans.Published: 6/17/2013 21:00:00 PM -
Anti-gay slurs spray-painted on Davie restaurant's wall | Video
They left anti-gay slurs on business
Davie Police are seeking three men and a woman suspected of vandalizing a restaurant with spray paint.Published: 6/17/2013 20:38:00 PM -
Four admit roles in timeshare fraud
Four people have pleaded guilty to their roles in a timeshare fraud that prosecutors said cost some 250 victims more than $1 million in losses, court records show.Published: 6/17/2013 20:04:52 PM -
Funeral services set for 4-year-old found dead in Coral Springs
Funeral services for Antwan Hope, the 4-year-old boy found dead in the care of his mother last week in Coral Springs, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1525 NW Seventh St. Burial will be at Pine View Cemetery in Deerfield Beach.Published: 6/17/2013 19:23:35 PM -
ATM skimming suspect arrested in California
Nicu Calin, 43, arrested June 7; allegedly installed debit card skimming devices
A suspected ATM skimming ring that involved Romanians targeting bank machines across Florida has lead agents to another suspect, according to federal court documents.Published: 6/17/2013 19:02:03 PM -
Driver's body found, identified in Margate canal crash | Offer condolences
Police have recovered the body of a man who died late Saturday when the car he was driving veered off Royal Palm Boulevard and plowed through two fences and a hedge, and knocked over a tree before flipping into a canal.Published: 6/17/2013 18:31:00 PM -
Coral Springs woman accused of using counterfeit bills
Seven months after being arrested for using a fake $100 bill, Monalisa Cardozo is again behind bars, accused of repeating the same crime.Published: 6/17/2013 17:59:19 PM -
New search underway in case of missing Hallandale woman
An overgrown 8-acre plot in Opa-locka in northwest Miami-Dade County is the focus of a new search for the body of a woman who disappeared from Hallandale Beach three years ago.Published: 6/17/2013 17:54:01 PM -
Fort Lauderdale misses out on national recognition
There won't be any All-America City signs going up in the city this year.Published: 6/17/2013 17:43:00 PM -
Man arrested after making Best Buy customers 'uncomfortable,' deputies say
Jean Makihotch, 24, accused of photographing employees, shoplifting
Jean Makihotch made customers of a Wellington Best Buy store "uncomfortable," according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.Published: 6/17/2013 17:41:43 PM -
Deputy stops scooter driver over lack of eyewear; makes theft arrest
Randy Ramsey, 25, facing charges in alleged theft
Randy Ramsey was pulled over because he was driving a scooter without protective eyewear, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.Published: 6/17/2013 17:38:32 PM -
Two arrested after crash in Pembroke Pines
Suspects face armed burglary charges
Two men were arrested Monday following an early morning armed burglary at a supermarket in Pembroke Pines, the FBI said.Published: 6/17/2013 17:20:00 PM -
Boynton Beach man arrested on kidnapping, assault charges
A Boynton Beach man is accused of breaking into his ex's home, kidnapping her and trying to strangle her.Published: 6/17/2013 17:05:35 PM
