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LANTANA, Fla. (CBS12) — A Lantana caregiver is facing criminal charges. Police say she tried to strangle an 81 year old man. Denise Williams, 60, lives with him and is paid to look after him. The way the man tried to reach out for help from the police is...

Wanda Paul, the Broward schools official overseeing construction and operations for the district, submitted her resignation late Sunday, hours after a school board member demanded leadership changes amidst two controversies. Paul sent a resignation letter to Superintendent Howard Hepburn on Sunday evening, saying she...

HIALEAH, Fla. — Police say they busted two men repeatedly stealing mail from a Hialeah apartment building ― including on Christmas Day ― as the duo came back to steal even more mail early Tuesday morning. Thervil Alcinor, 45, of Miami, and Densom Beaucejour, 33, of northwest...

A Coral Springs teen was arrested after police say he participated in a pepper-spray robbery targeting a man who was attempting to sell designer cologne through an online marketplace. According to a Coral Springs Police Department arrest affidavit, Jordan Marquees Thompson, 18, of Coral Springs, was taken into...

A 22-year-old man who went missing in Margate was found dead in a lake in the city Sunday afternoon, police said. Lucas Hobandy Carmelo-Rios, who police said went missing around 11 p.m. Saturday, was found the following day in the lake near the 400 block of Banks Road, not far from where he was last seen.

An investigation is underway in Broward County after a multivehicle crash on Florida’s Turnpike left a Fort Lauderdale man dead early Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). Troopers said a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old woman from Pembroke Pines was traveling northbound on the turnpike north...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a shooting shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 2700 block of Northwest 15th Court near Lauderdale Lakes, authorities said. They said a man was shot and taken to an area hospital in a private...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is increasing security in response to the larger crowds of the New Year’s Eve celebration on Wednesday night. The celebration comes just days after a shooting injured five people outside Dicey Riley’s Irish Pub on Sunday in the Himmarshee Village area.

FLORIDA — A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a Boynton Beach home after stepping in to stop an argument between his sister and her ex-boyfriend, according to police. The incident happened Sunday morning and has left the family and community devastated. Teen Intervened During Heated Domestic Dispute.

All five victims, who have not been identified, were taken to Broward Health hospital by Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue in unknown conditions.