Another Broward family suffered a preventable tragedy when their daughter drowned in their backyard pool Saturday night. Shortly after 8 p.m. a Parkland man found his daughter floating in the family swimming pool at 6556 NW 78 Drive. The father told Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives he had been watching Adielana Martinez while her mother was [...]
9:00 pm Friday, July 30, 2010 to 5:00 am Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Tamarac, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, and Oakland Park Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force and district personnel will be conducting a DUI saturation patrol per the above locations and times. They will be actively enforcing DUI laws and identifying impaired drivers.
A man died in rough ocean waters after his kayak capsized Tuesday night in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea. Just after 6:30 p.m., Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies, LBTS Volunteer Fire Department and AMR Ambulance were called to the shore near the 4100 block of El Mar Drive. A couple was watching their friend in his kayak from the shore [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit detectives have released the names of the two teens involved in Monday’s fatal all-terrain vehicle crash in Southwest Ranches. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue crews and BSO deputies responded to the 5400 block of SW 172 Avenue just before 5 p.m. Monday, after a 9-1-1 caller advised of an ATV [...]
A 16-year-old Pembroke Pines boy was killed after striking a telephone pole while riding on an all-terrain vehicle with another teen. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue crews and BSO deputies responded to the 5400 block of SW 172 Avenue just before 5 p.m. Monday, after a 9-1-1 caller advised of an ATV crash with serious injuries.
The City of Fort Lauderdale’s red-light photo-enforcement program will begin issuing Notices of Violation to red-light runners at designated intersections beginning August 8, 2010. The cameras are being installed as part of the City’s effort to use technology to deter red light runners.
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 [...]
An early morning crash on U.S. 27 claimed the life of a Broward man on Monday. The Broward Sheriff’s Communication Center received a call at around 6:02 a.m. notifying deputies of the collision. The preliminary investigation indicates that 69-year-old Kenneth Duckworth, who was driving a black Toyota, was on the left lane of southbound U.S. [...]
A West Palm Beach resident was killed late yesterday morning when the motorcycle he was riding struck a vehicle. At approximately 11:30am yesterday morning, Michael Ferraz Lanzoni, 17, of Palm Beach was traveling east on Wiles Road around the 9000 block when his motorcycle struck a 2005 Ford Escape driven by Andrea Baigorria, 21, of [...]
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has responded to a bomb threat at a local middle school. Around 11:30 a.m. the Broward Sheriff’s Office received two phone calls telling police that there was a bomb inside of Lauderdale Lakes Middle School, located at 3911 NW 29 Ave. As soon as the call was received, school officials immediately [...]
Click to hear audio from the 911 call 10-401588 A Coral Springs resident was rescued from her vehicle after it ended up in canal located at the 10000 block of NW 29 Street. At approximately 4:41am the Coral Springs Police Department received a 911 call from Eva K. Rubino, 76, of Coral Springs advising that [...]
Governor Charlie Crist today signed House Bill 119, (Click here to see bill) relating to sexual offenders and predators, in front of the bill sponsors, parents and school administrators, after visiting a third-grade class at Timber Lakes Elementary School in Orlando. This bill empowers law enforcement to arrest a convicted sex offender or predator of [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force and district personnel, in conjunction with other agencies and municipalities, will be conducting a DUI checkpoint operation at 10 p.m. Friday, May 28 till 3 a.m. Saturday May 29 at
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.
The Florida Division of Forestry is scheduled to burn a parcel of land in Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek, weather permitting, between Monday, May 17 and Friday, May 21. The burn may be attempted on any day during this time period in which the required weather conditions are met, such as winds from the east [...]
At least one child was critically injured in an I-95 wreck after he went flying over the wall. Around noon today, Bob and Jan Blount of Pompano were sitting in their kitchen playing cards when they heard a major crash on I-95. Their Leisureville home is next to the wall that separates their home from [...]
Governor Charlie Crist today signed the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, creating uniform standards for the use of cameras as traffic enforcement devices. Cameras will give law enforcement an additional resource to help combat red-light running in Florida. A portion of the funds from traffic violations will go to the
A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday night in Oakland Park as he attempted to cross Commercial Boulevard. At approximately 9:30 p.m. on May 7, the 65-year-old victim was walking northbound across the westbound lanes of Commercial Boulevard when he was struck by a westbound vehicle in the 1300 block.
A Lauderdale Lakes man died after the Mazda he was driving was struck by another car Wednesday afternoon in North Lauderdale. Just after 1 p.m., Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded along with North Lauderdale Fire Rescue to a report of a serious injury crash on Rock Island Road at Forest Boulevard. On arrival, responders found [...]
On April 28, 2010 at approximately 6:03 pm police responded to the 10300blk of NW 53 Court in Coral Springs in reference to a toddler who was found floating in the family’s swimming pool.
Sunview Park (1500 S.W. 42nd Ave.) in Fort Lauderdale has closed its community center due to fire damage. No one was hurt when the fire occurred earlier this morning. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, and the community center will be closed until further notice. Starting on Monday, April 12,
Crime prevention tips from Cooper City Commissioner John Sims: Last evening I was invited to the Home Owner’s Association meeting at Estada in Monterra. Commander (Acting Chief) Stoner and his Deputies were in attendance, and gave some very enlightening facts regarding crime and burglaries in our neighborhoods. Commander Stoner gave some outstanding insights and tips [...]
Governor Charlie Crist and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey today joined Florida Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to announce the state’s 2009 Annual Uniform Crime Report. The report indicates the
Beginning April 7, 2010, the City of Miramar Fire-Rescue Department, in cooperation with the Miramar Firefighters Local 2820,will kick-off the annual tradition of “Filling-the-Boot” for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Collections will begin on
Broward Sheriff’s Office divers training in a Western Broward canal discovered human remains in a submerged minivan late Wednesday morning. Around 8 a.m., BSO divers entered the canal at the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area along Interstate 75 to conduct routing dive training.
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