Florida Woman Buys $779,000 Scratch-Off Ticket At Publix
PLANTATION, Florida – The Florida Lottery announced that Tricia Richardson Roberts, 46, of Lauderhill, claimed a $1,000 a week for life top prize from the $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game the Lottery’s West Palm Beach District Office on July 14. The Broward County woman chose to...
Tamarac Mayor Violated Resident’s First Amendment Rights: Report
While the sounds of The Beatles and dulcet doo-wops rocked Tamarac residents at a 2024 Oldies in the Park concert, Mayor Michelle Gomez was busy violating a vendor’s First Amendment rights, according to an investigation by the Broward Office of Inspector General (OIG). Released last week, the investigation stemmed...
Search expands for missing South Florida girl with focus on abandoned hotels in Osceola...
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives from the Osceola Sheriff’s Office have joined the search for a missing 10-year-old girl from South Florida. According to a news release, the last confirmed sighting of Gabrielle Terrelonge and her mother, Passha Davis, 34, was on June 30. They were seen arriving on a Greyhound bus at...
Video shows man hit woman with SUV in Aventura after she wouldn’t let him...
AVENTURA, Fla. — Newly released video shows the moments a hotel meet-up to purchase used shoes took a violent turn after authorities said a spurned would-be foot-sniffer struck a woman with his car. It happened in September at the Serena Hotel, located at 2820 NE 214th St. in Aventura,...
Florida Man Charged In Multi-State $500K Utility Fraud Scheme After Minnesota Deposit
A Florida man is facing charges related to a substantial check fraud scheme following an investigation by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau. Brandon Loud, 32, Fort Lauderdale, was arrested and booked into the Walton County Jail with a bond set at $100,000. He is accused of depositing a...
Broward restaurants step up with food assistance for SNAP recipients
The record-breaking government shutdown meant that funding for food stamp assistance could only be partially funded through November – leaving nearly 3 million Floridians vulnerable. Even if a proposed bill to reopen the government is passed this week, there has been no timeline from state officials on when SNAP...
Delray Beach Police warns residents to beware of thieves targeting distracted shoppers
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Shoppers, watch your back. In just six seconds, a thief stole an elderly woman’s wallet after she turned away while shopping. The Delray Beach Police Department (DBPD) issued a warning on Wednesday about thieves who have stolen from distracted shoppers. DBPD showed surveillance...
PBSO: Woman, 20, drove 89 mph on Military Trail when her Taurus killed four...
A Central Florida woman was driving at nearly twice the posted speed limit in an April crash near Boca Raton that killed two older couples, authorities said in arresting her on Nov. 11. Jazmin Marie Shope, 20, of Auburndale, is facing four counts of vehicular homicide in the April 21, 2025, deaths of James Lawrence...
Court rules Parkland shooting was a single occurrence under Broward County Sheriff’s insurance policy
ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting constituted a single “occurrence” under Broward County Sheriff’s Office excess liability policy with Evanston Insurance Company. The dispute arose after...
Woman, 19, among 3 arrested in connection with violent robbery at Miami sports store:...
MIAMI — A 19-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman has been arrested in connection with a robbery that police said turned violent at a JD Sports store in Miami earlier this year. According to an arrest affidavit, Kennedy Johnson was identified as one of three suspects accused of stealing Nike merchandise and attacking a...
