Emaciated Teen Removed From Father's Custody
A 14-year-old boy who was found emaciated and high on drugs has been put into the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services after a shelter hearing Friday.
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A 14-year-old boy who was found emaciated and high on drugs has been put into the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services after a shelter hearing Friday.
Darin MacDannald, 47, of Deerfield Beach, has been arrested and charged with child neglect after Broward Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a structure fire and found a 14-year-old boy in the house weighing just 85 pounds and high on drugs.
Two brand new Cameros sit outside BSO headquarters; the latest additions in the Broward Sheriff's Office crime fighting arsenal. Both cars will be used to go after aggressive, speeding drivers. Making it even better, they were both free, compliments of a bank busted for laundering drug money.
One man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in a Deerfield Beach neighborhood.
The Broward Sheriff's Office SWAT Team rushed to a Deerfield Beach park Wednesday afternoon after reports of a fatal shooting and a man barricaded inside a home nearby.
The trial of a Pompano Beach teen accused of nearly killing a 15-year-old girl when he stomped on her head with steel-toe boots got underway Tuesday with jury selection.
The trial of a Pompano Beach teen accused of beating and nearly stomping to death Josie Ratley in 2010 is expected to begin Tuesday.
A Broward County grand jury indicted Janus Saintil, 24, for the murder of his infant son and the armed kidnapping and robbery of the infant's mother and her friends.
Several residents of a gated Deerfield Beach neighborhood had a bad start to their day on Thursday when they went outside to find their vehicles had been broken into.
The family of Michael Brewer, the Deerfield Beach teen who was doused with alcohol and set on fire in 2009, say they are relieved this very painful part of their lives is over.
Sunrise may become the first city in Broward to outlaw the deadly herbal incense meant to give its users a high but instead could land them six feet under.
If you want to wash the car or water the plants you're good to go in a number of North Broward cities, but if you actually want to drink the water, you'll have to boil it after routine tests uncovered fecal matter and E.Coli bacteria.
Several cities in Broward County have issued a boil water order for residents after high levels of bacteria were found in one of the county's wells.
Months after the horrendous RV massacre in Deerfield Beach, the 911 call made by the ruthless killer, William DeJesus has been released. For the first time we are hearing the voice of a man known as a "monster" by his own children.
Criminals have long feared the long-arm of the law, but they may now fear the long-reach of the gardener.
A former Pompano Beach man believed to have robbed a Deerfield Beach branch of BankAtlantic Wednesday was arrested almost a thousand miles away Thursday in a small Tennessee town.
A Hialeah man working on a road crew in Deerfield Beach was killed when a dump truck backed over him.
A door panel here, a front grill there. Investigators with the Broward Sheriff's Office said they uncovered a chop shop in Deerfield Beach on Thursday.
The final suspect in one of South Florida's most horrific rimes, the burning of Michael Brewer, is seeking transfer to juvenile court rather than prosecution as an adult.
"I was barely close to him and it lit," described a teenager at the center of one of South Florida's most horrific crimes, the burning of Michael Brewer.
The lawyer for Wayne Treacy convinced a Broward judge Friday to intervene if Josie Lou Ratley isn't made available for questioning by defense attorneys for Treacy.
The mother who survived a deadly hostage standoff in Deerfield Beach appeared in Broward family court Friday in an effort to get supervised visits with her surviving child but the judge wouldn't allow it.
A number of Deerfield Beach warehouse buildings were evacuated Friday afternoon after one of the warehouses caught fire, heavily damaging the interior and the roof.
A bold thief thought he could get away with stealing two motorcycles in broad daylight from Riva Yamaha Motorsports in Deerfield Beach, but didn't realize he was being caught on surveillance video the whole time.
The NHL is bringing its Winter Classic to Miami on Jan. 2, 2026, when the Florida Panthers face the New York Rangers at loanDepot park.
A Miami-Dade father has been arrested after his two sons were found unresponsive with cocaine in their systems, according to an arrest report.
Early Wednesday morning, the USCG Southeast District received a distress notification regarding a 30-foot sailing vessel that became disabled approximately 40 miles west of Tarpon Springs.
Police have requested that those who live near Brown University share any videos or photos that the suspect may have appeared on.
Warm and humid conditions are expected in South Florida today, and some record high temperatures are possible Friday.
The NHL is bringing its Winter Classic to Miami on Jan. 2, 2026, when the Florida Panthers face the New York Rangers at loanDepot park.
Eileen Higgins will be sworn in as Miami's mayor on Thursday afternoon.
A Miami-Dade father has been arrested after his two sons were found unresponsive with cocaine in their systems, according to an arrest report.
Early Wednesday morning, the USCG Southeast District received a distress notification regarding a 30-foot sailing vessel that became disabled approximately 40 miles west of Tarpon Springs.
Police have requested that those who live near Brown University share any videos or photos that the suspect may have appeared on.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Eileen Higgins will be sworn in as Miami's mayor on Thursday afternoon.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
President Trump's speech Wednesday night looked back on his first year and ahead to the next three. He touted new military bonuses, his tariffs and economic policies in a brief address.
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that sought to require members of Congress to submit requests a week before visiting ICE detention facilities.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino will be leaving his role in January, he announced in a social media post on Wednesday.
Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
Guest host Laura Pastrana talks with one of the big winners from Tuesday's runoff elections, Miami Beach Commissioner-elect Monica Matteo-Salinas.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Jim DeFede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026.
A California digital health company and a Florida medical practice have been indicted in an alleged $100 million scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the internet to patients across the country who didn't need it, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and other institutions coauthored the study.
Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Nick Reiner appeared in court on Wednesday on two counts of murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on the long-running soap opera "General Hospital," has died.
R&B musician Trey Songz was arrested in New York City over the weekend after an incident at the Dramma nightclub near Times Square.
Nick Reiner, a son of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, has been arrested on murder charges following their deaths, police said.