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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives asked for the public’s for help Saturday in locating a 27-year-old man last seen in Pompano Beach. According to detectives, Omar Castonon Diaz was last seen around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday in the 2100 block of Southwest Second Street.

Deerfield Beach is officially breaking up with the Broward Sheriff's Office. In a 4-1 vote on Jan. 21, 2026, the City Commission moved to end the city's decades-long public safety partnership with BSO and start building stand-alone police and fire departments. The decision launches a transition period in which BSO...

A Broward judge has shut down a last-minute effort by Jason Banegas to back out of the guilty plea he entered in the 2021 killing of Hollywood Police Officer Yandy Chirino, keeping the case barreling toward a mandatory life sentence under Florida law. Judge Refuses To Let Banegas Walk Back...

Kevin Carter / Kevin Carter/Getty Images Passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight on Friday experienced a terrifying moment when law enforcement stormed the cabin mid-journey to arrest a passenger. The flight, which was traveling from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale, was forced to divert to Atlanta so officers...

(Fort Lauderdale, FL) - The Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) sharing body camera video from an officer involved shooting that occurred on February 14, 2026. The incident occurred on Saturday, February 14th, 2026, at approximately 12:47 p.m. in the 900 block of Chateau Park Drive in the City of Fort Lauderdale.

A large warehouse fire in Miami-Dade County has prompted health warnings for residents after thick smoke spread across nearby communities and reduced air quality. Officials from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue urged people living within a five-mile radius of the blaze to remain indoors as much as possible. The agency sent...

What if I told you South Florida’s most mesmerizing bird sanctuary grew from treated wastewater and vision? At Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, you stroll a boardwalk above sparkling reed beds where egrets, wood storks, and alligators share the stage. It is free, easy to access, and unbelievably photogenic at...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A 43-year-old man is in custody after driving a van onto a Delray Beach high school field Friday, canceling a track meet and sending athletes fleeing. According to reports from Atlantic Community High School, the unauthorized white van drove onto the field Friday afternoon...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Honky-tonk is coming to Clematis Street on March 19, with the opening of West Palm Cowboy Club, a Nashville-inspired western-themed club. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel confirmed its opening through the club's public relations firm. In December, CBS12 reported that the club was...

A Hollywood woman is accused of quietly draining a longtime family friend’s savings, then feeding thousands of those dollars into slot machines at a neighborhood casino, according to police. Investigators say Kimberly Dawn Bukowski, 56, took more than $38,000 from the man while acting as his caregiver, with at least...