Broward County Sheriff’s deputies in Florida are investigating a shooting early Saturday morning that left three people dead, CBS Miami reports. Police were called to Tamarac, a city in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area, at 7:15 a.m. and surrounded a house. Three children, ages 4, 8, and 11, were rescued through a bedroom window and were …
A south Florida woman is in critical condition after her boyfriend allegedly set her on fire early Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Noe Jimenez-Cortes, 40, was taken into custody Monday evening in North Lauderdale, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies are investigating the incident as an attempted murder. Jimenez-Cortes has not yet been booked, according …
A Florida eighth-grader told Broward County deputies that her stepfather had sexually abused her since she was in 5th grade. Glenn Edward Colon, 48, was arrested last week on charges of sexual battery of a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor, Local10News reported. The girl also told detectives that Colon took sexually …
Authorities say a 19-year-old Florida man was arrested on suspicion of killing his 16-year-old girlfriend’s pet puppy and leaving its mutilated body on her front doorstep. According to the New York Post, Lawrence Chaz Graham allegedly told the girl that he expected her to be home by 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, threatening that he would …
Authorities in Florida are looking for a suspect seen on surveillance footage entering a hotel in Davie and grabbing a clerk in an apparent botched robbery attempt. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the incident occurred early on the morning of December 22 at the Woodspring Suites. Police Sgt. Mark Leone issued a statement …
Authorities in Florida say a 52-year-old man is facing multiple criminal charges a month after his roommate’s body was found by hunters in a wildlife park. According to Fox News, Paul Stephen Darmetko, 42, was reported missing days after his remains were discovered on October 7. His mother reportedly contacted authorities when Eric Dacosta said …
Months after their lives were rocked by a mass shooting that left 17 people dead, two Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students reportedly lost their father in a robbery last week. According to the Epoch Times, 61-year-old Ayub Ali was working at Aunt Molly’s Food Store on July 17 when the suspect entered. Surveillance footage …
Authorities in Florida say a woman brutally beat her own elderly mother to death. According to Fox News, the victim was 85 years old and in declining health. Authorities in Broward County believe the motive for the violent altercation was the suspect’s realization that she would not be included in her mother’s will. The 53-year-old …
A review of the disciplinary procedures in Florida’s Broward District has found that the school district appears to favor maintaining a positive image than appropriately disciplining students, many of them repeat offenders. The Sun Sentinel performed a review of the school district’s disciplinary policies, examining records and interviewing school administrators, and found that misbehaving students …
A Florida man who fatally stabbed a pregnant woman in 1993 will be charged in connection with the death of the victim’s son, the Sun Sentinel reports. Authorities announced on Thursday that Ronnie Keith Williams would be prosecuted on a charge of first-degree murder for killing 23-year-old Julius Dyke, who died last year. More than two …
