A computer information technology employee at a Miami-Dade County middle school was arrested Dec. 17 after a South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigation uncovered multiple images of child pornography on Garcia’s laptop computer. ICAC Detectives from Boynton Beach and Toronto contacted the South Florida ICAC Task Force, in November after discovering [...]
A used auto parts employee discovered human body parts Sunday morning while cleaning the bank of the Dania Cut-Off Canal. Shortly after 11 a.m. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 800 block of Old Griffin Rd. after an employee from Millions of Parts said he found what appeared to be a human head. The [...]
UPDATE: Broward County Public Schools lockdown has been lifted. All after school activities have been canceled. All Aftercare programs are intact. @ 1:56pm All Broward County schools have been placed on an emergency lockdown after police in Pembroke Pines received a threat. The lockdown began around 8:45 a.m. after a local radio station received a [...]
Two violent masked men brandishing guns repeatedly pistol-whipped a clerk Monday evening as they robbed The Food Store in Pembroke Park. Surveillance video captured the aggressive criminals, who wore dark clothing, dark skull caps and white masks, bursting through the front door past a startled customer. One robber jumped over the counter and forced the [...]
Update: When it comes to committing robberies, detectives say Zachary Villa went to the well once too often. The Tamarac man, who was dubbed the “Bandaged Bandit” because of a distinctive arm bandage, was caught twice on surveillance video robbing Walgreens stores. Fort Lauderdale Police caught up to him this week after he robbed a [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office robbery detectives are releasing surveillance video in the hopes of identifying a cold-hearted crook who robbed an elderly woman as she was collecting money for her church outside a Central Broward convenience store. The robbery occurred at approximately 5 p.m. Thursday, August 12 at Rusty’s convenience store at 981 NW 27 Avenue [...]
Break-ins at mental health clinics are unusual, but this burglar did just that in order to steal, among other things, thermostats, tools, and an industrial vacuum cleaner. A surveillance camera was capturing every moment as the man, who partially covered his face with a shirt, used a rock to break a glass door at the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The pill bill mill, that puts stringent requirements on who can operate a pain clinic in Florida was signed by Gov. Charlie Crist. As the ink dries on that bill, (Click to read Senate Bill 2272) Broward County officials are working to put their own laws in place to curb the clinics which are famous [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The FBI is releasing photographs from a bank robbery that took place on Monday, April 12, 2010 at Eastern Financial Federal Credit Union, 2500 S. University Drive, Miramar, Florida at around 10:30 a.m. Three robbers walked into the bank armed with handguns and initiated a takeover style bank robbery. They ordered the customers and employees [...]
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department in conjunction with the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force executed a search warrant on Friday, April 9th, 2010. Members of the Task Force include the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Broward Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Attorney General’s Office, and the United States [...]
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
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.
Had this theft not played out inside a Lauderdale Lakes business you would think this suspect got lucky and just so happened to find a two thousand dollar diamond ring lying around. But he didn’t, and the store’s cameras were rolling as the thief coolly takes the jewelry and walks out of the store.
Three Florida men were arrested today on charges including obstruction of justice and money laundering as part of a joint U.S. and Italian law enforcement action, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
Two thieves in matching hats stole more than $6,000 in cigarettes in a daytime caper at a North Lauderdale convenience store – all while the clerk stood by unaware.
