Ex-Florida sheriff’s deputy gets 12 years in prison for planting drugs in...
A Florida sheriff’s deputy was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for planting drugs inside innocent people’s cars during traffic stops and arresting them on fabricated charges.
View ArticleHollywood producer charged with running national sex ring
Dillon Jordan, who produced 2018′s “The Kindergarten Teacher” starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, was charged Thursday with running a nationwide prostitution ring, according to a Manhattan Federal Court...
View ArticleCuomo to be questioned this weekend in sexual harassment probe
The embattled governor is expected to sit down with investigators probing sexual harassment claims against him this weekend, according to a report Thursday.
View ArticleIndictment of criminal white supremacist gang Unforgiven finger 16 members
Sketch, Saxon, Pretty Boy, Shrek and Scumbag. Those were just some of the tough-guy, faux-macho names adopted by 16 members of White Supremacist group Unforgiven. Indictments unsealed Thursday paint a...
View ArticleHere’s the tip that led to arrests of Superintendent Runcie and attorney Myrick
Weeks before they were arrested, Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie and top lawyer Barbara Myrick called the same employee for help with a grand jury investigation, new documents show. Now...
View ArticleLauderhill man arrested after robbing, pistol-whipping woman in daylight...
Edwin Hankerson Jr., 18, of Lauderhill, was charged by deputies with pistol-whipping a woman and leaving her screaming for help during a morning armed robbery in Lauderdale Lakes was arrested Thursday,...
View ArticleHacker stole identities of multiple victims killed in Surfside condo...
Identities of deceased victims of the Surfside condo collapse have been stolen by a hacker, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told WPLG. Ch. 10.
View ArticleCuban American mayor from Broward says Biden should consider military...
Ana M. Ziade, the mayor of North Lauderdale, wrote to President Joe Biden telling him the U.S. needs to “physically enter” Cuba and Haiti to aid those countries’ citizens. Ziade said the letter was the...
View ArticleMan snatched 3-year-old after argument and drove away. Both died in a fiery...
A man who died with a 3-year-old child in a fiery wreck in Plantation had been arguing with the boy’s mother before snatching her son and taking off in her car. The impact split the Mercedes-Benz in...
View ArticleNew COVID cases nearly double in Florida, rising more than anywhere in the...
A new White House report shows that Florida leads the country with 21.4% of all new COVID cases as of July 14. The state Department of Health reported 45,604 new cases in the past week.
View ArticleJuly Fourth concert may have spread COVID among vaccinated residents at John...
A Fourth of July concert may have been enough to spread COVID at a senior living community, even among those who had a double dose regimen of the vaccine.
View ArticleAnother victim identified in collapse of Surfside condominium
Another victim was identified in the collapse of a 12-story Florida condominium that killed at least 97 people, authorities said Saturday. She becomes the 95th fatality identified in the collapse,...
View ArticleCuba government rallies backers following big protests
Cuban officials rallied tens of thousands of supporters in the streets on Saturday — nearly a week after they were stunned by the most widespread protests in decades. Havana has been returning to...
View ArticleJim Notter withdraws from consideration for second stint as Broward schools...
Jim Notter, the former Broward schools superintendent, has withdrawn his name as a candidate for the interim superintendent job.
View ArticleVigils will honor legacy of Rep. John Lewis, and call for change
Joining more than 100 vigils across the country, activists for voting rights will convene in Lauderhill and West Palm Beach to honor the memory and legacy of Rep. John Lewis, who died one year ago.
View ArticleThieves posing as FPL workers steal $25,000 worth of jewelry from woman’s home
When the victim, Diane Reeves, told one of the men he looked like a criminal he smiled, lowered his sunglasses, asked, “Is that better?” and laughed again.
View Article‘Si Cuba está en la calle, Miami también.’ Thousands rally for end to Cuban...
Chants of “Patria y Vida” and “Libertad” — rallying cries in solidarity with protesters against the authoritarian government in Cuba — filled the streets outside the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Blvd on...
View ArticleNews quiz for week of July 11
Think you are all caught up with the news? Test your knowledge of current events with the South Florida Sun Sentinel's news quiz, from the week of July 11, 2021.
View ArticleDetectives found child porn on state worker’s phone. Lawyers say cops crossed...
When detectives turned up to search a Palm Beach County elections worker's office computer, he insisted, "I'm not a child pornographer." Investigators grabbed his phone, which contained 174 images of...
View ArticleSchools PR chief orchestrated secret attempt to save Robert Runcie
Amid calls for Broward School Superintendent Robert Runcie to step down or be fired, Kathy Koch hurriedly organized a pro-Runcie rally on school district property. But Koch carefully tried to distance...
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