After reports of gunshots at the Barrington Club apartments in Coral Springs, police were called to the complex by a 911 dispatcher. When they arrived, they saw a man leaving a residence and then hurriedly returning inside, authorities said. Soon after, Katherine Maffei, 40, suffering from a gunshot wound, left…
The quick thinking and response of a UPS driver turned into an essential lead that ended with the arrest of four men charged with a Coral Springs bank robbery. The UPS driver’s attention was captured when he noticed two men hurriedly rush out of a Nissan Sentra, leaving the doors…
James Thompson’s lawyer maintained that the allegations made against his client that lead to his arrest by Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Jefferson Alvarez were a total fabrication. Alvarez wrote in his report “While on patrol I saw the listed vehicle traveling westbound on W. Broward Blvd. By looking at the…
A man who police say has a record including battery, grand theft of a motor vehicle, burglary, and possession of burglary tools can now add the charge of sexual battery with force on a person over 65 years of age. Miguel Chavez, 57, has been charged with this latest offense,…
An apparent case of road-rage escalated to the shooting of an off-duty federal Customs and Border Protection agent when the agent followed the suspect pulling his car into a post office parking lot. The agent was killed as a result of the shooting. James Patrick Wonder, 69, a retired Miramar…
After serving two years for an armed robbery, Willie Barney was released from state prison in July. The crime spree began a short time later, investigators say. Willie Barney, 19, Dedrick Brown, 20 and Travares Santiago, 20, were arrested on Sept. 23 after police say they robbed and shot Officer…
South Florida healthcare professionals including doctors and nurses were detained and charged with submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare; totaling in excess of two-hundred million dollars. Federal judge Peter Palermo set bail on most of the defendants between $100,000 and $150,000 each. A total of 33 South Florida health care professionals…
Winter Springs, FL A charity poker ride organized by a motorcycle club quickly turned into tragedy in the parking lot of a Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge this past Sunday morning. Harold Liddle and Peter Schlette were finishing their breakfast at the VFW post, awaiting the start of the charity…
Accused Manhattan madam, Anna Gristina ended her seven month ordeal by agreeing to a plea deal of a single count of promoting prostitution in exchange for six months in prison which essentially reflects time already served. She was also put on 5 years’ probation. If the case went to trial,…
Luis Uriel Hernandez-Hernandez, 20, a native of Mexico is in custody after he allegedly seriously injured two people in a hit-and-run mishap last Saturday night, an arrest report said. The report stated that Hernandez-Hernandez, who works in the construction industry was arrested on two counts of DUI; serious injury to…