Police are hoping the general public can help identify two thieves who used a stun gun to rob a jewelry store. Just after 12 p.m. Thursday afternoon, two men entered B & J Antiques on North Federal Highway in Dania Beach. The robbers used a stun gun on the owner of the store and took [...]
A two-year Boy Scout volunteer has been booked into the Broward Sheriff Main Jail on 75 counts of possession of child pornography. With his easy access to young children, detectives want to know if his perversion ever went beyond the computer screen.
Broward Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes detectives arrested a 43-year-old man with an extensive criminal background late Wednesday night for shooting a 14-year-old boy in the back the night before. Willie Tumblin is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder. His young victim, Victor Ogiste, is in serious condition and recovering from gunshot wounds at Broward General [...]
A homeowner quickly turned the tables on some fake FBI agents when he fired his gun and sent them running for cover early Monday morning. Broward Sheriff’s Office robbery detectives are releasing surveillance video in the hopes of identifying the three suspects. The attempted home-invasion robbery, reminiscent of an old The Stooges movie, occurred shortly [...]
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department, a member of the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce has arrested Frank A. Richardson, 36, and charged him with 100 counts of Possession of Child Pornography and 1 count of Distribution of Child Pornography. The ICAC task force members involved in this operation were from the Fort [...]
As a more than two-year investigation by the Broward State Attorney’s office come to a close, Broward County commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin has resigned in advance of charges. On Tuesday, a warrant was issued for three third degree felonies and four second-degree felonies for
The Broward Sheriff’s Office will conduct a saturation patrol targeting intoxicated and impaired drivers this holiday weekend. The enforcement effort will run from 7 p.m. Sunday, July 4 through 5 a.m. Monday, July 5. The BSO D. U. I. Task Force units will be joined by district deputies and will focus patrols on areas that [...]
A Broward County man made a frightening discovery Monday morning when a quick bathroom stop led him to find human skeletal remains along U.S. 27. The man was driving south on U.S. 27 with his family, returning home from Palm Beach County. He drove onto a small, narrow road on the west side of the [...]
Kelvin Gibson, age 30, was arrested on Friday, June 25, 2010 in Dania Beach, Florida by the FBI. Gibson has been charged with robbing Wachovia Bank in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The FBI is now seeking information regarding his accomplice who has not yet been apprehended.
One suspect was killed and another was wounded during a burglary in progress call Saturday night in Southwest Ranches. At 8:39 pm deputies were dispatched to a burglary in progress at a house under construction at 13601 Bella Ranch Lane. A neighbor had noticed people at the construction site and did not believe they belonged [...]
A special investigation has netted 86 indictments in South Florida related to mortgage fraud. From March 1, 2010 to the present date, Operation Stolen Dreams resulted in the indictments of 86 individuals in South Florida for their participation in a series of mortgage fraud schemes that resulted in more than $76 million in fraudulent loans. [...]
A second man is in custody in relation to the murder of a Wellington man this past April in West Park. Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide detectives had issued a warrant for the arrest of Jovon Gibson, 22, who the investigation revealed was involved in the crime. Another suspect, Sequen Day, 19, was placed under arrest [...]
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department, a member of the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Brian K. Henwood today. Beginning November 2009, information was developed on an IP address that contained and was sharing child pornography files via the Internet. Investigators learned that the IP address came back to an address [...]
Scott Rothstein, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced in court today in connection with the operation of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme through the defunct Ft. Lauderdale law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt and Adler, P.A (RRA). Today’s sentence follows Rothstein’s January 27, 2010 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to violate the racketeering influenced corrupt [...]
A Miramar woman has been officially charged in a plot to murder her ex-husband, according to a news release from the FBI. Mercedes Morales, 57, of Miramar, i was arrested on June 7, 2010, and made her initial appearance in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Seltzer today, June 8, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. [...]
Robert Cox, 41, of Ft. Lauderdale, and Timothy Myers, 41, of Margate, were sentenced on Friday, May 28, 2010, on violations of sex trafficking of children, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591. On March 16, 2010, a jury in Fort Lauderdale found Cox guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are releasing surveillance video in the hopes of identifying a repeat convenience store burglar. The first pre-dawn caper occurred at approximately 1 a.m. on May 8. The unidentified male suspect was captured on surveillance video using bolt cutters to remove a padlock, then slithered his way through a small 11 x [...]
Gallagher, 51, of Pembroke Pines, was sentenced today on one count of bribery in programs receiving federal funds. At today’s hearing, U.S. District Court Judge James I. Cohn sentenced Gallagher to 37 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In addition, Judge Cohn ordered that the defendant participate in a [...]
From May 24 through June 6, 2010, the Broward Sheriff’s Office Regional Traffic Enforcement Unit along with BSO district deputies will be participating in Click It or Ticket Florida – a two week awareness and enforcement effort to increase seat belt compliance, and make a fist-full of cash.
Frank Hottenrot, a 56-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested today after police found him with over 1,500 pieces of child pornography on his computer, some victims are as young as three months.
Monique Mitchell, 29, of Pembroke Pines, and Sheldon Martin, 34, of Plantation, pled guilty this morning in West Palm Beach federal court to one count of making false statements on a HUD-1 Real Estate Settlement Form in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 21, 2010 before U.S. District Judge [...]
BSO detectives are on the trail of a group of burglars who broke into a business and busted through a wall to get into the neighboring unit to steal car electronics. The intended target of the crime, Worldwide Car Accessories, had been targeted by burglars about a month ago, so their newly installed cameras were [...]
The Florida House of Representatives has passed Senate Bill 2272 known as the “Pill Mill Bill” sponsored by Representative John Legg (R-Port Richey) and Representative Joe Abruzzo (D-Wellington). The legislation passed the House unanimously. SB 2272 will crack down on the corrupt pain clinics operating around the state that have become a national problem. The [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested one man in connection with a shooting that left one man dead in West Park Monday night.
One man is dead and another was injured after shots rang out in a West Park neighborhood Monday night. Broward Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received a call advising shots were fired at 4221 SW 39 Street at around 9:45 p.m. on Monday, April 19. Upon arrival deputies found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The [...]