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.
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...
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...
Homicide Investigation Underway After Man Found Dead Following West Palm Beach Shooting
Gunshots rang out in Palm Beach County, leading to a grim discovery— a man's body was found following calls of firearms being discharged near West Palm Beach, as reported by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The incident took place in the midday hustle, when the sheriff's deputies quickly responded to the scene at the 1100 block of Lake Victoria Drive, an area situated just north of Belvedere Road and west of Florida's Turnpike, according to WPTV.
2 pedestrians struck and killed on Florida's Turnpike in separate crashes
Two pedestrians were struck by vehicles on Florida’s Turnpike in separate crashes an hour apart early Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol on Monday. The crashes occurred at 3:09 a.m. at northbound mile marker 86 west of Delray Beach and 4:12 a.m. at northbound mile marker 109 at the PGA Boulevard exit in Palm Beach Gardens.
Detectives investigate shootout between 2 vehicles in Boynton Beach
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Detectives are investigating a shooting between two vehicles in a residential neighborhood in Boynton Beach on Sunday afternoon. Surveillance video from outside a home captured what appears to be a BMW sedan with a Lamborghini SUV following close behind. The Boynton Beach Police Department...
Police: Man stole $20K in purses from Bentley; broke into RV during eclipse in Palm Beach
A man took advantage of the recent partial solar eclipse to steal from a recreational vehicle, just days after he also took a bag of valuable purses from a Bentley on Worth Avenue, Palm Beach police said. According to arrest reports, the 21-year-old Hallandale Beach man nabbed a brown paper bag with four purses worth about $20,000 total from the Bentley on April 3. Days later, he slipped into an RV parked along South Ocean Boulevard for...
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