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PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - Santa Claus just couldn’t wait until Christmas Eve to come to South Florida, and he got a little help from firefighters in Pembroke Pines. Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue teamed up with Santa Claus this week to bring holiday cheer to the community. Neighbors reached...

A South Florida Uber driver was arrested after allegedly making sexual comments and touching a 15-year-old girl during a ride she requested through the Uber Teens app. “You were arrested for lewd and lascivious conduct on a child,” said Judge Mindy S. Glazer. Jose Miguel Perez-Molina, 39, appeared Wednesday...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The sister of Jason Banegas, the young man convicted of killing a Hollywood Police officer in 2021, took the stand to ask for mercy as a jury weighs whether he receives a death sentence or life in prison. Katherine Banegas told the jury about the...

Keith Evan Woodward, a 53-year-old man from Florida, was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to beat his 82-year-old mother with a frying pan. According to Law & Crime, court documents reveal that the incident took place at a Coral Springs home on Sunday, December 7, 2025. The man allegedly...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A trauma survivor is back on the sax and giving back to those who saved his life. Sixty-eight-year-old Gregory McKnight filled Broward Health Medical Center’s cafeteria with music on Thursday. During his visit, he surprised his trauma surgeon who kept him alive and able...

A Hialeah man accused of working as an unlicensed contractor was arrested after he allegedly was paid over $39,000 for remodeling work an elderly customer's home then gutted the kitchen and left it "non-functioning," police said. Carlos Cabrera, 34, was arrested Wednesday on charges of grand theft, exploitation of...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Two Broward County employees bonded out of jail on Thursday night after their first court appearance on charges, officials say, stemming from a rental scheme at several schools. According to representatives from the school district, Henry McNabb and Brenton Hankerson are accused of...

The Coral Springs Police Department reported numerous crimes across the city between December 1 and 7, 2025. Please note that the police have redacted the names of victims and addresses of most incidents. INCIDENTS. Thefts & Burglaries. Petit Theft was reported at NW 39th St. on Nov. 30 after $500...

A suspect was shot and a Broward deputy is okay after a shooting during a burglary investigation in Margate on Thursday.

The Florida Highway Patrol could be seen this week teaming up with federal immigration enforcers to stop and question people in the landscaping business, pulling over their trucks along busy Broward County highways. FHP is part of a state-federal partnership that the state is mandating local jails and law...