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FBI SWAT raid leads to Plantation manās arrest for sharing child sex abuse videos, feds say
Read full article: FBI SWAT raid leads to Plantation manās arrest for sharing child sex abuse videos, feds sayAn FBI SWAT team raid at a Plantation apartment Wednesday led to the arrest of a 38-year-old man for sharing child sexual abuse videos online, authorities said.
HealthCast: Kids specializing in sports are suffering more āoveruseā injuries
Read full article: HealthCast: Kids specializing in sports are suffering more āoveruseā injuriesDoctors are reporting an increase in āoveruseā injuries in minors. Most of the injuries involve knees, shoulders, elbows, and ankles.
Skeletal remains discovered in car tied to ādecades-old missing person caseā in Plantation, authorities say
Read full article: Skeletal remains discovered in car tied to ādecades-old missing person caseā in Plantation, authorities sayAuthorities in Plantation announced a major development in a ādecades-old missing personā case after they said a submerged vehicle containing āskeletal remainsā was discovered Sunday afternoon in a small retention pond.
Questions remain after police pursuit leads to fatal wrong-way wreck in Plantation
Read full article: Questions remain after police pursuit leads to fatal wrong-way wreck in PlantationNew cell phone video and witness who didnāt want to be identified offer a new window into a deadly crash related to a police pursuit.
Self-proclaimed āReal Estate Divaā was actually a real estate deceiver, Plantation police say
Read full article: Self-proclaimed āReal Estate Divaā was actually a real estate deceiver, Plantation police sayDonnamarie Myers is accused of netting nearly $200,000 from a home rental and purchasing scam that she conducted after her real estate license was revoked in March 2021.
Man took womanās purse at gunpoint outside Miami hotel, then got gas on her dime, cops say
Read full article: Man took womanās purse at gunpoint outside Miami hotel, then got gas on her dime, cops sayA Fort Lauderdale man is facing charges for a February armed robbery in Miami, according to police.
Animal rescue seeks home for Frenchie with spinal cord injury, cats saved from euthanasia
Read full article: Animal rescue seeks home for Frenchie with spinal cord injury, cats saved from euthanasiaA South Florida animal rescue group is searching for a loving home for Bruno, a French bulldog with a spinal cord injury, while also working to find families for kittens rescued from the euthanasia list at Miami-Dade Animal Services.
Roaches found in the bakery, ābutt pasteā found in sandwich prep area at South Florida Winn-Dixie
Read full article: Roaches found in the bakery, ābutt pasteā found in sandwich prep area at South Florida Winn-DixieA recent inspection of the Winn-Dixie supermarket located at 901 N. Nob Hill Road in Plantation has revealed numerous food safety violations, including a troubling roach infestation in the bakery section.
Eco Hero finalist from South Plantation High has cared about environment from a young age
Read full article: Eco Hero finalist from South Plantation High has cared about environment from a young ageLocal 10's quest to find this year's Eco Hero continues this week, as we introduce you each day to one of our top five finalists.
Feds accuse South Florida men of smuggling aircraft parts to Russia
Read full article: Feds accuse South Florida men of smuggling aircraft parts to RussiaTwo South Florida men working for a company with offices in Hallandale Beach and Ohio are facing several charges in Cincinnati federal court after authorities accused them of illegally exporting aircraft parts to Russia.
Broward school security specialist accused of striking ESE student with belt
Read full article: Broward school security specialist accused of striking ESE student with beltA school security specialist who worked at a middle school in Broward County was arrested Tuesday on accusations that she struck an intellectually delayed student, who has limited verbal skills, with a belt.
Former Broward pediatric nurse gets 10 years after pleading guilty to attempted child enticement
Read full article: Former Broward pediatric nurse gets 10 years after pleading guilty to attempted child enticementA former childrenās hospital nurse is set to become a federal inmate after a judge sentenced him to spend a decade behind bars following a guilty plea to two attempted child enticement charges.
Ex-Miami-Dade track star sentenced to 20 years following separate gun crimes
Read full article: Ex-Miami-Dade track star sentenced to 20 years following separate gun crimesA former Miami-Dade track and field athlete was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after attempting to shoot a man on his front porch and confronting a tow truck driver with a gun just a week later, the Department of Justice confirmed in a news release Tuesday.
FBI foils apparent plot to injure people at South Florida AIPAC office; suspect arrested
Read full article: FBI foils apparent plot to injure people at South Florida AIPAC office; suspect arrestedThe FBI says it foiled an apparent plot to hurt people at a South Florida office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
āCaresha Givesā hosts holiday event in Plantation
Read full article: āCaresha Givesā hosts holiday event in PlantationCaresha Romeka Brownlee stood near Santa Claus as an honorary elf. The rapper wore a white and hot pink āCaresha givesā T-shirt and ruby red pants to hand gifts during a much-needed drive-thru giveaway party on Saturday in Plantation.
Plantation fire that left doctor dead being investigated as possible arson, sources say
Read full article: Plantation fire that left doctor dead being investigated as possible arson, sources sayA Plantation house fire that left a beloved doctor dead is being investigated as a possible case of arson, sources with knowledge of the matter tell Local 10 News.
Mystery continues to surround death of doctor pulled from Plantation house fire
Read full article: Mystery continues to surround death of doctor pulled from Plantation house fireAs those who knew Dr. Karen Ruthman mourn her loss, Plantation police have made no public conclusions regarding the death of the family practice physician pulled from her burning home Thursday.
Investigation continues into doctorās death after she was pulled from Plantation house fire
Read full article: Investigation continues into doctorās death after she was pulled from Plantation house firePlantation police continued their investigation Friday into the death of a doctor pulled from a house fire the day prior.
Woman dies after being pulled from house fire in Plantation Acres
Read full article: Woman dies after being pulled from house fire in Plantation AcresOne person has died after a fire was reported Thursday morning at the home in the Plantation Acres, Plantation Fire Lt. Aston Bright confirmed to Local 10 News.
Detectives search for killer after domestic violence shooting in Broward
Read full article: Detectives search for killer after domestic violence shooting in BrowardClayous Peart, who was known as friendly āRastaman Paulā in a tight-knit community in Broward County, died after a domestic violence shooting on Saturday afternoon.
Broward County gears up for Election Day with thousands of workers at over 350 precincts
Read full article: Broward County gears up for Election Day with thousands of workers at over 350 precinctsWith more than 4,000 election workers stationed at over 350 precincts, Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott says the county is ready to deliver a smooth experience for voters on Election Day.
Man pleads guilty to murder-for-hire attempt on business rival in Broward
Read full article: Man pleads guilty to murder-for-hire attempt on business rival in BrowardA South Florida man arrested in March after authorities accused him of paying a purported hitman in a murder-for-hire attempt against a business rival pleaded guilty on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
2 cars pulled from water in Plantation; at least 1 linked to years-old missing persons case
Read full article: 2 cars pulled from water in Plantation; at least 1 linked to years-old missing persons caseOfficers pulled a car from a Plantation canal Sunday afternoon, and the vehicle is linked to a missing persons case dating back several years.
South Florida cities search for solution as invasive snail population grows
Read full article: South Florida cities search for solution as invasive snail population growsWhile āthe grass is greenerā in Plantation, as the city logo suggests, itās also a little pinker these days as crews continue to fight off invasive snails laying eggs by the thousands near canals.
Mother of transgender athlete will keep job with Broward school district: āI fought backā
Read full article: Mother of transgender athlete will keep job with Broward school district: āI fought backāA Broward school district employee who allowed her transgender daughter to play girlsā volleyball, prompting a state investigation, will not lose her job.
Massage therapist claims he got ācarried awayā after sexually battering Plantation woman, police say
Read full article: Massage therapist claims he got ācarried awayā after sexually battering Plantation woman, police sayA massage therapist is facing two felony charges after police said he sexually battered a client during an at-home session in Plantation in January.
Republican leaders react to Biden endorsing Harris: āShe lied for nearly four yearsā
Read full article: Republican leaders react to Biden endorsing Harris: āShe lied for nearly four yearsāRepublican leaders released statements Sunday afternoon reacting to President Joe Bidenās decision to drop out of the race against former President Donald Trump and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.
Woman returns boxes taken outside Plantation business, owner says
Read full article: Woman returns boxes taken outside Plantation business, owner saysA South Florida business owner says a woman who was captured on surveillance video last week taking boxes that had just been delivered has returned the packages.
Video shows woman stealing 22 boxes from small business in Plantation
Read full article: Video shows woman stealing 22 boxes from small business in PlantationKeith Louis said he poured his heart into Coastal Provisions, based out of Plantation. Surveillance video shows how the growing small business recently took a big blow.
Plantation woman accused of killing cyclist in hit-and-run
Read full article: Plantation woman accused of killing cyclist in hit-and-runA 25-year-old woman turned herself in at the Broward County jail on Tuesday to face a felony charge after police said she killed a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash near her home in Plantation back in 2022.
Plantation woman invented fictional āpartnerā to shirk responsibility for badly hurt dog, police say
Read full article: Plantation woman invented fictional āpartnerā to shirk responsibility for badly hurt dog, police sayPlantation police arrested a woman on an aggravated animal cruelty charge Thursday, saying she neglected a dog named Ruby to the point that the dog eventually had to be euthanized.
Former Joe DiMaggio Childrenās Hospital nurse facing child exploitation charges after May raid
Read full article: Former Joe DiMaggio Childrenās Hospital nurse facing child exploitation charges after May raidA man who federal agents said worked as a nurse at Joe DiMaggio Childrenās Hospital appeared in Fort Lauderdale federal court Wednesday after U.S. Marshals arrested him on three federal child exploitation charges; FBI agents joined local law enforcement in raiding his Plantation home in May.
Plantation police: Man, 28, has been missing, endangered for over 2 weeks
Read full article: Plantation police: Man, 28, has been missing, endangered for over 2 weeksPlantation police asked for the publicās help Wednesday in locating an endangered man who they say has been missing for nearly a week.
Aide accused of sexually battering senior patients at South Florida hospital
Read full article: Aide accused of sexually battering senior patients at South Florida hospitalA patient care technician working at a South Florida hospital is accused of sexually battering two patients in their 70s, according to court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday.
San Diego man to face Fort Lauderdale federal judge in child exploitation case
Read full article: San Diego man to face Fort Lauderdale federal judge in child exploitation caseA San Diego man was booked into the Broward Main Jail Thursday, one day before heās scheduled to face a Fort Lauderdale federal judge in a child exploitation case being prosecuted in South Florida.
Woman with autism files lawsuit after allegedly being sexually assaulted at Broward Mall
Read full article: Woman with autism files lawsuit after allegedly being sexually assaulted at Broward MallA woman with Autism-Asperger Syndrome spoke out Thursday after she says she was sexually assaulted at the Broward Mall in Plantation.
Recorded jail call while āmad as hellā helps detectives solve murder in Broward
Read full article: Recorded jail call while āmad as hellā helps detectives solve murder in BrowardA recorded Broward County jail call incriminated Michael āScoobyā Petty in a recent manās murder, records show.
Tribute to Teachers: Lauren Thibert helps students in ādeaf or hard of hearingā program
Read full article: Tribute to Teachers: Lauren Thibert helps students in ādeaf or hard of hearingā programLauren Thibert is a teacher at Peters Elementary School in Plantation. She is a star in the Broward County Public Schoolsā Deaf or Hard of Hearing program.
After police chase, Plantation officer arrests man accused of masturbating in public
Read full article: After police chase, Plantation officer arrests man accused of masturbating in publicA police officer reported finding a man who had pulled down his pink pants and was masturbating in public near the entrance of the JOANN fabric and craft store in Plantation.
Broward teen, 16, killed victim while showing off stolen gun, cops say; charged as adult
Read full article: Broward teen, 16, killed victim while showing off stolen gun, cops say; charged as adultA 16-year-old boy was showing off a pistol he had stolen two days earlier when he pointed the gun at someoneās head and pulled the trigger, telling Plantation police he did not believe it was loaded, an arrest report states. It was.
Tribute to Teachers: Stephen Fagan honored as outstanding educator at Seminole Middle School
Read full article: Tribute to Teachers: Stephen Fagan honored as outstanding educator at Seminole Middle SchoolFor three years, Stephen Fagan has been teaching sixth and seventh graders at Seminole Middle School in Plantation.
Over 3 years after cops found her with baby bleeding, mother struggles to stay out of Broward jail
Read full article: Over 3 years after cops found her with baby bleeding, mother struggles to stay out of Broward jailA 30-year-old mother ā who has been in and out of jail for years in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties ā was at the Broward main jail on Friday in Fort Lauderdale.
āI hope you payā: Friends want justice as search continues for Plantation stabbing suspect
Read full article: āI hope you payā: Friends want justice as search continues for Plantation stabbing suspectPolice are searching for the suspect who they said attacked and killed a man in front of his wife at a strip mall in Broward County.
Broward high school football player who collapsed on field finds new purpose helping others
Read full article: Broward high school football player who collapsed on field finds new purpose helping othersBack in August, Local 10 told you about American Heritage High School football player Timothy Burroughs-Love, who collapsed after going into cardiac arrest on his teamās sideline during a preseason game.
Cops say Plantation man, 64, tried to solicit girl: āI really love the fact that you are only 13ā²
Read full article: Cops say Plantation man, 64, tried to solicit girl: āI really love the fact that you are only 13ā²An online group caught and confronted a Plantation man trying to meet with and sexually assault who he thought was an 11-year-old, according to police. Less than a month after that, police say he tried again to meet with a child ā this time, as part of an official police sting.
Police: Retired US Marine faced divorce threat before stabbing wife 28 times, son 4 times in Broward
Read full article: Police: Retired US Marine faced divorce threat before stabbing wife 28 times, son 4 times in BrowardA retired U.S. Marine accused of recently stabbing his wife 28 times and his 3-year-old son four times in Broward County had served in Iraq and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury, relatives told police, according to records released on Wednesday.
Man appears in court accused of killing his son and wife in Plantation
Read full article: Man appears in court accused of killing his son and wife in PlantationA 40-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday accused of killing both his 2-year-old son and his 38-year-old wife at their home in Plantation. Their 3-month-old child survived.
Feds accuse man of trying to arrange hit on business rival in Broward
Read full article: Feds accuse man of trying to arrange hit on business rival in BrowardA man thought a Leap Day meeting in Plantation was with an assassin, but, unbeknownst to him, it was with an undercover federal agent, whom he would eventually pay $2,500 to kill a business rival, according to court documents released Thursday.
Plantation death investigation victims IDed as mom, toddler; father hospitalized
Read full article: Plantation death investigation victims IDed as mom, toddler; father hospitalizedAuthorities identified the victims found dead after a suspected murder and attempted suicide at a Plantation home as a mother and her 2-year-old son; the childās father, they said, was taken to the hospital after an apparent overdose attempt.
2 dead, 1 critical after murder, attempted suicide at Plantation home
Read full article: 2 dead, 1 critical after murder, attempted suicide at Plantation homeThere was a large police presence at a home in a Plantation neighborhood Tuesday afternoon as detectives investigated the deaths of two people.
Man, 18, charged with vehicular homicide following fatal 2022 crash in Plantation
Read full article: Man, 18, charged with vehicular homicide following fatal 2022 crash in PlantationA Broward County man has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a crash that occurred almost two years ago in Sunrise.
Local 10 News journalist decides not to press charges against Kodak Black
Read full article: Local 10 News journalist decides not to press charges against Kodak BlackRapper Kodak Black walked out of Broward County jail on Wednesday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale, threatened to punch Local 10 News Reporter Rosh Lowe, and threw rocks at Local 10 News photojournalist Bryan Murphy.
Kodak Black walks out of Broward jail, throws rocks at photojournalist, threatens to punch reporter
Read full article: Kodak Black walks out of Broward jail, throws rocks at photojournalist, threatens to punch reporterRapper Kodak Black walked out of Broward County jail on Wednesday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale, threatened to punch Local 10 News Reporter Rosh Lowe, and threw rocks at Local 10 News photojournalist Bryan Murphy.
Broward teacher accused of āromantic relationship,ā explicit texts with student
Read full article: Broward teacher accused of āromantic relationship,ā explicit texts with studentA teacher at Plantation High School sent numerous sexually-explicit text messages and voice messages to a 15-year-old girl in his study hall while in a āromantic relationshipā with her, police said. Heās now facing a felony charge.
South Florida high school student supports parents of NICU babies
Read full article: South Florida high school student supports parents of NICU babiesAriana Intsiful, an 11th grader at NSU University school in Davie has launched a community service project to help parents and newborns at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at HCA Florida University hospital.
South Florida artist to leave mark on moon via Lunar Codex, NASA Artemis
Read full article: South Florida artist to leave mark on moon via Lunar Codex, NASA ArtemisLisa Botto Lee is a South Florida-based artist whose work will make it to the moon. She is the fifth generation of artists in her family and has painted countless portraits over the years, but the piece that made history was āBeyond The Window.ā
Police: Man shot by cop after ramming car into Broward gas station dies in hospital
Read full article: Police: Man shot by cop after ramming car into Broward gas station dies in hospitalA man was shot early Friday morning after a domestic incident sparked a police chase in Plantation and ended in a crash and confrontation in Lauderhill, authorities said.
Judge waits to rule on Kodak Blackās drug case in Broward
Read full article: Judge waits to rule on Kodak Blackās drug case in BrowardThe defense and the prosecution in the Broward County drug case against a celebrity rapper focused on the legality of a white powder that turned out to be oxycodone and not cocaine as cops suspected.
Video shows man ramming car into Broward gas station where woman sought refuge; cops later shot him after chase
Read full article: Video shows man ramming car into Broward gas station where woman sought refuge; cops later shot him after chaseA man was shot early Friday morning after a domestic incident sparked a police chase in Plantation and ended in a crash and confrontation in Lauderhill, authorities said.
Local 10 sits down with Shaggy, Inner Circle as South Florida gets ready to celebrate Reggae Month
Read full article: Local 10 sits down with Shaggy, Inner Circle as South Florida gets ready to celebrate Reggae MonthCelebrations are taking place across South Florida this month to celebrate over 50 years of reggae.
High-speed chase in Broward nets 3 suspects, 1 kilo of cocaine, 3 guns
Read full article: High-speed chase in Broward nets 3 suspects, 1 kilo of cocaine, 3 gunsThere was a high-speed chase on Wednesday in Broward County that was part of a multi-agency law enforcement team that caught a trio with a criminal history, cocaine, and weapons, records show.