Broward Sheriff’s Office aggravated felonies detectives are searching for the suspects who riddled a house with bullets earlier this week in Oakland Park. Shortly before 3 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, a vehicle pulled in front of a home in the 4700 block of NE 3 Terrace, and the shooters fired approximately 40 rounds into the [...]
Broward County has been in the spotlight recently for its role in a grave, nationwide epidemic – the abuse of prescription drugs. The Broward Sheriff’s Office has launched a massive awareness campaign aimed at reducing the impact of the prescription drug abuse epidemic in Broward County. “Prescription drug abuse can touch any family in Broward [...]
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Friday, February 19, 2010. The location of the checkpoint will be in the 700-800 block of Northwest 24 Avenue. The checkpoint will be conducted from 4:00 P.M. until 12:00 A.M. Vehicles will be randomly selected and drivers will be checked for valid [...]
Updated4:45 p.m. Feb. 16 Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives said 27-year-old Dominic Zibuda killed himself inside the duplex after the Seminole Police Department, the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and BSO found him at the North Andrews Gardens house. Seminole Police detectives had recently released surveillance video of the Jan. 29 armed [...]
You may recognize Robert Speights from the America’s Most Wanted web page, where he is listed as a high-risk sex offender and fugitive. Or maybe you’ve seen his mug shot on the Florida Department of Corrections website, where he is on drug offender probation.
The calls poured into the administrative offices at the Lauderdale Lakes Industrial Park from tenants who were hot under the collar complaining their A/C units had been stolen. As business owners were arriving for work on February 1, many of them noticed the air conditioning compressors of their businesses had been stolen. The building administrator [...]
With the cold snap moving in on South Florida, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue in conjunction with the State Fire Marshal’s Office reminds residents to play it safe when it comes to keeping warm. In 2006, heating equipment was involved in an estimated 64,100 reported home structure fires, 540 deaths, 1,400 injuries and almost one billion [...]
A woman was killed Thursday evening when her Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed on U.S. 27 just south of Interstate 75 in Weston . Broward Sheriff’s Office traffic homicide investigators
The Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching and many Broward County residents will be taking vacations or leaving town to visit with family and friends. The Broward Sheriff’s Office reminds everyone that there are certain security-minded steps to take before leaving town. Remember to stop all newspaper deliveries, ask a trusted neighbor to pick up your [...]
20-year-old Antonio Brandon Parker, of Dania Beach was fatally shot Sunday evening at his home, and his younger siblings and grandmother were close enough to hear the deadly encounter.
A fourth person has been charged in the fatal beating of Craig Cohen, an Oakland Park man attacked April 6 as he walked home from an Oakland Park diner. Brandon Edwards, 19, of Fort Lauderdale has been in the Broward Sheriff’s Main Jail since October 26, when he was arrested for beating and harassing a [...]
Attention Parents and Concerned Citizens On behalf of Sheriff Al Lamberti, the Broward Sheriff’s Office Career Criminal Unit would like to invite you to attend a Sexual Predator Community Notification Meeting on November 24, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be held at Martin Luther King Elementary School, 591 NW 31 Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, [...]
If you have had to dial 911 recently, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is asking you to take a moment and evaluate the performance of the person who answered your call. An easy-to-find and simple-to-use online citizen opinion survey now allows residents to tell BSO what they think of the Communications Dispatch Center and how it [...]
Updated Nov. 14 8:21 p.m. Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives released the identity of a man who died when his small airplane crashed Sunday evening in the Florida Everglades in Broward County. Edmundo Velazquez, 49, of Oviedo, had just crossed over Interstate 75 when his plane crashed into a dark, remote area north of the [...]
CLICK HERE TO SEE PREVIOUS STORY WITH VIDEO Well after midnight Sept. 11, an urgent knock at the front door of a North Lauderdale house awakened a 13-year-old boy sleeping inside. A surveillance video captured three would-be robbers outside. One fired two shots into the door, missing the young teen who had been standing on [...]
On behalf of Sheriff Al Lamberti, the Broward Sheriff’s Office Career Criminal Unit would like to invite you to attend a Sexual Predator Community Notification Meeting on October 21, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be held at Lloyd Estates Elementary School, 750 NW 41 Street, Oakland Park, FL, 33309. The meeting will be [...]
The Broward Sheriff’s Office continues its commitment to protecting victims of domestic violence by joining hundreds of agencies in 28 states for the 7th Annual National Family Violence Apprehension Detail, which concluded early this morning. For 18 hours, from 6 a.m.-midnight October 15, BSO deputies and detectives conducted a countywide search for offenders wanted on [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested a second deputy for his involvement in a drug-related extortion scheme. Deputy Fausto “TJ” Tejero was arrested Friday evening (10/9/09) on charges of armed burglary, extortion, bribery and unlawful compensation – the same counts as Detective Manuel Silva, who was arrested one week earlier (10/2/09). (See story here) On [...]
Dealing with criminals is not a glamorous job, but it’s putting the Broward Sheriff’s Office in the spotlight as it’s recognized for being the very best! The National Commission on Correctional Health Care will present the BSO Department of Detention with their Facility of the Year Award during their National Convention in Orlando on October [...]
Two smash-and-grab burglars used a cement parking stone to break the glass front door of a Lauderdale Lakes dollar store Tuesday morning and walked out with the cash register. Luckily, there was only about $20 in change in the cash drawer and surveillance video captured the entire escapade. [bubblecast id=284767] Shortly after 6:30 a.m., before [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a fellow employee Friday, two days after learning that he was involved in a drug-related extortion scheme. Last Wednesday, September 30th, a citizen told a BSO supervisor that a district detective was extorting money from a man living near Fort Lauderdale. The victim, Orlando Gutierrez, gave a statement to BSO [...]
A mother facing DUI and child neglect charges has a good Samaritan to thank for stopping her two young children from stepping into danger on Wednesday. Shortly before 5 p.m. on September 30, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the intersection at southwest 101 Avenue and southwest 52 Street in Cooper City regarding two young, [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives have located the next of kin of a Ft. Lauderdale woman who was killed after being struck by a commuter train in Oakland Park Thursday afternoon. BSO deputies responded to the rail crossing at NW 9 Avenue (Powerline Rd.) and Prospect Road after a southbound Tri-Rail train with approximately 150 passengers [...]
A Parkland couple lived through some scary moments when they were awakened by two masked men early Wednesday morning. At approximately 2 a.m. two unidentified adult males broke into an apartment and assaulted the 42-year-old male victim and his 21-year-old girlfriend. The suspects fled before deputies arrived at the apartment complex located on Holmberg Road. [...]
The Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested a Hialeah man and his uncle Tuesday for transporting 230 pounds of marijuana into South Florida from Texas. Ramiro Rodriguez of Hialeah was driving a semi-truck on Florida’s Turnpike Tuesday afternoon when he was stopped. The Florida Department of Transportation assisted in the stop. Enrique [...]
