CRIME & SAFETY
‘Everything came flying': SUV crashes into woman's Lauderhill home, bursts into flames
A woman described the scary moments a car crashed into her Lauderhill home and burst into flames. The silver SUV plowed through Mary Jackson’s home on NW 16th Street Sunday night. “We ran outside to see what was going on, and it was a car in front of the...
Reward offered for info that leads to arrest in fatal Fort Lauderdale shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect who police say shot a man dead in Fort Lauderdale last month. It happened on March 7 near the 1300 block of Chateau Park Drive. Direct flights from...
Driver hospitalized after car slams into Lauderhill house, catches fire
LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - Rescue crews took a woman to the hospitalized after she slammed into a house in Lauderhill, causing the vehicle to catch fire. Lauderhill Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the fiery crash in the area of Northwest 16th Street and 46th Avenue, just after 6 p.m., Sunday.
Search underway for missing elderly man from Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The search is underway for a missing elderly man from Fort Lauderdale. The Fort Lauderdale Police Department and Florida Department of Law Enforcement released a silver alert for 77-year-old Albert Burks, on Monday. Burks was last seen on April 21 in the area of 190th...
Suspend Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s certification for 6 months, FDLE recommends
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has broken “public trust” by being untruthful on driver’s license application forms — and should get his law enforcement certification suspended for a half-year, an attorney with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement recommends in a pending state case. “The position of an officer is one of great public trust and the Respondent’s calculated actions have broken ...
‘I hope you pay:’ Friends want justice as search continues for Plantation stabbing suspect
PLANTATION, Fla. – Police are searching for the suspect who they said attacked and killed a man in front of the victim’s wife at a strip mall in Broward County. Witnesses said the suspect used a screwdriver to stab the victim in the back before fleeing the scene.
Suspect arrested in group beating of man at Lauderhill ‘drug house’ in 2019
Years after a man was beaten by multiple people outside of a “drug house” in Lauderhill and dropped off at the hospital where he would later die, one of the men allegedly involved has been arrested. Paulesky Mauney, 47, was dropped off at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale on the afternoon of Oct. 20, 2019, and was pronounced dead 10 days later from multiple blunt traumatic ...
Missing 79-Year-Old Woman with Dementia Found Safe in Coral Springs, Reunited with Caretaker
The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) had been on the lookout for a 79-year-old woman reported missing in Lauderdale Lakes, but said search came to a relieving end when she was found. According to WSVN, Ida May Hendricks was last seen Thursday at around 10 p.m. in the 2300 block of Northwest 37th Terrace.
Hit-and-run driver arrested after striking 8-year-old girl in Hallandale Beach; girl in stable condition
HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A driver was arrested after, police said, an 8-year-old girl was struck during a hit-and-run in Hallandale Beach. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue arrived at the scene near 1000 SW 3rd St., Monday morning. Surveillance video obtained by 7News showed the girl dashing across the street...
Public Safety Under The Microscope In Fort Lauderdale
Public safety top of mind in Ft. Lauderdale tonight. Commissioner Steve Glassman says they're beginning a nine-month community study on ways to make the city safer. He says they want the community's input on everything from hard crime to petty theft, car break-ins and burglaries. Tonight's session begins at six at the YMCA on Northwest 6th Street.
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