CRIME & SAFETY
Police-Involved Shooting Leads To Lockdown At Palm Beach High School
A statement from the Palm Beach County School District Police Department says that "during school arrival, there was a shooting involving an unknown adult male in the parking lot" of the school. No students or school staff were harmed.
His blood-alcohol level was so high he nearly was poisoned. Then he crashed, killing two.
WEST PALM BEACH — A judge last week sentenced a Boca Raton man to 12 years in prison after the man pleaded guilty to DUI charges stemming from a 2023 crash that killed an older couple from New York. Jamie Gomez Escobedo, 36, pleaded to two counts of DUI manslaughter and one...
Man sentenced to 12 years in prison for double DUI manslaughter
Jamie Josue Gomez Escobedo, 36, of Boca Raton, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in the manslaughter of two elderly New York residents and a woman critically injured in 2023 west of Boca Raton.
Police Officer, Former ‘Model Student-Athlete’ Tragically Passes Away at 30-Years-Old
A West Palm Beach police officer and former Florida Atlantic Owls football player passed away early on Sunday last week. Joshua Ballesteros was a 30-year-old police officer who did not survive a single-vehicle crash after his car was reportedly found upside down in a canal. The crash involving the death...
12 face racketeering charges after 2-year investigation of Riviera Beach gang
A two-year investigation of a gang that has operated in Riviera Beach for more than two decades culminated in 12 of its members facing racketeering charges, law enforcement officials said, several who are already in state or federal custody on other charges. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced at a news conference Tuesday the charges against members of the Broadmoor Gang that came ...
Police officer, former FAU football player dies in off-duty crash in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH — A West Palm Beach police officer who once played football at Florida Atlantic University died last week in a single-vehicle crash, the department said. Joshua Tyree Ballesteros, 30, was a six-year veteran of the city force. He died early Sunday, April 14, after his car went into a...
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