Broward County Public Schools, one of the nation’s largest school districts, has reached an agreement with law enforcement agencies and the NAACP to reduce the number of students arrested and charged with minor criminal offenses. The agreement brings district officials together with police and the state attorney’s office to create…
A veteran Broward County circuit judge has been charged with driving under the influence after her car was allegedly seen by police driving erratically and nearly hitting another vehicle in Boca Raton. According to a Boca Raton police report, the woman was pulled over along the 2400 block of West…
A Broward County court bailiff made his first appearance in court Wednesday after being charged with armed kidnapping, two counts of sexual battery and aggravated assault with a firearm. Details of the case involving the 62-year-old man were not discussed during the bond court hearing. However, a prosecutor did note…
A 47-year-old former Miramar police captain convicted of lewd and lascivious conduct for forcing a teenage girl to strip naked in a car to prove she wasn’t having sex with her 19-year-old boyfriend was sentenced to four years in prison Friday. A Broward Circuit Judge later set a $30,000 bond…
Investigative news reports are claiming that Florida is the new hotbed for tax identity fraud in the United States, concentrated mostly in Tampa and Miami. According to the report, Miami has 46 times the per-capita rate of false tax refund claims than the rest of the country, and 70 times…
Police arrested a former Massachusetts chemist on Friday for allegedly lying about the true results of drug evidence that she analyzed while working at a state police lab, which has roused concern about thousands of criminal cases. The 34-year-old was arrested in her home in Franklin, Massachusetts. She is accused…
U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson was found unconscious in his Lexus after allegedly hitting two vehicles shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday in San Gabriel Valley. An agency official confirmed Secretary Bryson suffered a seizure. He was given medication, but it is unknown what kind of treatment he received or where…
A 44-year-old Pompano Beach woman accused of placing 15 calls to 911 laced with racial slurs was ordered by a Broward judge Wednesday to not dial 911 for non-emergencies and to undergo a mental health evaluation. The woman was arrested Tuesday and charged for misusing the 911 system after allegedly…
Sam Hurd was released from the Metropolitan Correctional Center on Dec. 16 after posting $100,000 cash bail, but the former Bears receiver will now have to look for a job elsewhere. The team decided to cut Hurd on Dec. 16 after reviewing the drug allegations stacked against him. Hurd was…
Four Broward County police officers from the Fort Lauderdale Street Crimes Unit are accused of serious misconduct involving dozens of criminal charges that are supposedly now at risk of being dropped or already have been dismissed. Two of the detectives are accused of stealing cash from drug buyers and sellers,…