Fort Lauderdale FL

The Margate Police Department responded to various incidents and made multiple arrests between December 9 and 14, 2025. A victim reported being threatened with a knife and chased away from a laundromat. The victim declined prosecution. Theft. Location: Marshalls, 5461 W. Atlantic Blvd. Date/Time: Dec. 9, 2025,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The black olive trees planted decades ago along Las Olas Boulevard are a subject of debate for commissioners on Tuesday night in Fort Lauderdale. The commissioners have to consider a proposed redesign that would get rid of the median where the trees are and widen the sidewalks.

A man was arrested after he allegedly pleasured himself outside a Miami Gardens daycare, police said. Antoine Johnleon Parks, 35, was arrested Tuesday on charges of lewd act in presence of child and indecent exposure, an arrest report said. According to the report, Miami Gardens Police responded to Excel Education...

A physician and mother of two died mysteriously in South Florida, but police do not expect foul play. Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, 32, reportedly entered a Dollar Tree store at 968 Southwest Eighth Street in Miami before closing on December 13, 2025. She didn’t purchase anything and apparently never left the store ....

PLANTATION, FLA. (WSVN) - Plantation Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing man. Detectives say 39-year-old Eric Andrew Smith was last seen near Southwest 16th Street and 55th Avenue on the afternoon of Dec. 10. He left home in an Uber to run errands but never returned.

A man has received an apology from Davie Police after he was wrongly arrested due to the license plate on his rental car – but his attorneys say they're planning to pursue legal action. An arrest over a license plate frame turned into a trip to the hospital and...

PLANTATION, FLA. (WSVN) - Two teens appeared in court to face a judge, days after a fight led to a shooting in Plantation. According to Plantation Police, the officers arrived to find one teen with a gunshot wound to the shoulder and several others running away from the scene on Dec. 8.

Detectives are investigating after a person's body was found floating in a Pompano Beach canal on Wednesday morning. Deputies responded to the 1000 block of Northwest 31st Avenue around 10 a.m. after receiving a report of a body in the canal, Broward Sheriff's Office officials said. BSO's dive team also...

Boca Raton Police say the driver of a Chevy Colorado drove onto the FEC tracks along Southwest 18th Street and stopped before a northbound train collided with the vehicle.

A SWAT standoff with a barricaded man inside a Plantation hotel has ended safely, police say.