CRIME & SAFETY
BSO: Broward deputy struck and killed suspect lying on the road
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – The Broward Sheriff’s Office reported a 24-year-old deputy struck and killed a 28-year-old pedestrian — who turned out to be a suspect — during a crash early Saturday morning in Pompano Beach. Deputies identified the pedestrian as Jamil Moreland, of Fort Lauderdale,...
Pompano Beach residents hear explosion during fire at luxury real estate sales office
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Firefighters responded to a fire at a luxury real estate sales office on Saturday night in Pompano Beach. Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion. The fire was at the Related Group’s Casamar gallery in the area of North Ocean Boulevard and Northeast Ninth Street.
Deputies arrest driver after bicyclist killed in Pompano Beach
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives on Sunday arrested a driver accused of hitting and killing a bicyclist before fleeing deputies in Pompano Beach. Eric Gray, the bicyclist, was pronounced dead at the scene by Pompano Beach Fire Rescue paramedics. The Sheriff’s Office withheld further information about him, citing Marsy’s Law. Kenroy Jackson Jr., 22, of Hollywood, is accused of driving the ...
‘I am afraid’: Woman accused of domestic violence in Broward
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 39-year-old woman appeared in bond court on Friday accused of domestic violence. The victim, who had an injury on her face, testified before Broward County Circuit Judge Michele McCaul Ricca that Erica Gomez had also damaged a car. FDLE looks to suspend ability of...
Broward deputies hold Seminole Tribe reservation resident without bond
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Adam Frank Cypress, a Seminole Tribe reservation resident who recently celebrated his 23rd birthday and has an arrest record in Broward and Miami-Dade, got in trouble again. When he was 18, police officers arrested him for battery. Prosecutors dropped the case. When he was 20,...
Over 3 years after cops found her with baby bleeding, mother struggles to stay out of Broward jail
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 30-year-old mother — who has been in and out of jail for years in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties — was at the Broward main jail on Friday in Fort Lauderdale. Ashly Marie Kestler, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, has...
Woman injured in fatal Fort Lauderdale crane collapse files $50M negligence suit
A woman who was injured when parts of a crane and construction materials fell from a Fort Lauderdale high-rise project onto the car she was in earlier this month has filed a $50 million-plus negligence lawsuit against the companies involved. Attorneys for Gemmalyn Castillo announced the lawsuit on her behalf...
Dad demands accountability after daughter dies in BSO custody
POMPANO BEACH - As a child Keirstyn Bucy loved music and horses. "She was a good rider from a young age. A natural," says her dad Jason Bucy, but autism and mental health issues took their toll. In the summer of 2022, Keirstyn Bucy was Baker-Acted and hospitalized in Hollywood. After a skirmish with a police officer, she landed in the north Broward Jail. "When I found out she was arrested, she begged me to come home and I said no."Thinking she would be safe in jail, Jason Bucy was devastated when he learned his daughter had committed suicide in October 2022. "When the...
Hollywood police: 1 injured during shooting
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A shooting injured one person early Sunday morning in Broward County. The shooting was at about 3:30 a.m., in Hollywood. Police officers responded to the area of North Dixie Highway and Collins Court after a 911 call. More details after fatal-deputy collision in Broward. NOW PLAYING.
Suspects Arrested in Sacramento for Fatal Florida Bar Shooting Await Extradition to Broward County
Two suspects have been clapped in cuffs in Sacramento County, California, in the shooting that left one man dead and another injured outside a Florida bar in early February, according to authorities. The Lauderhill Police Department reported that 28-year-old Damar Troy Andrews and 20-year-old Jahiem Jonah Dixon were arrested in...
Man seriously injured after shooting in Lauderdale Lakes
A man was seriously injured in a shooting in Lauderdale Lakes on Sunday afternoon. Broward Sheriff’s Office Lauderdale Lakes District deputies later found the victim along Oakland Park Boulevard in Lauderhill. The initial shooting incident took place along West Oakland Park Boulevard in Lauderdale Lakes, before the victim traveled...
Car crashes into laundromat in Broward County
NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A driver was transported to a hospital Friday after crashing his or her car into a laundromat in Broward County, authorities confirmed. The crash was reported at a strip mall, located at 943 SW 71st St. in North Lauderdale. Deputies investigate shooting in Broward. NOW...
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