Not guilty verdict reached in trial of ex-Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson
Jurors have reached a unanimous not guilty verdict in the trial of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson.
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Jurors have reached a unanimous not guilty verdict in the trial of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson.
Peterson has pleaded not guilty to eleven counts related to his alleged inaction during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Peterson has pleaded not guilty to eleven counts related to his alleged inaction during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
A jury will resume deliberating the fate of former school resource officer Scot Peterson on Tuesday.
Jurors are now deliberating the fate of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson who is on trial for his actions during the 2018 mass shooting at the Broward campus.
The defense rested Friday in the trial of former Parkland, Florida, school resource officer Scot Peterson without calling him to the stand. Closing arguments are scheduled for 9:15 a.m. Monday.
Jacqueline Quynh reports Peterson is facing felony child neglect and other charges for his alleged failure to confront school shooter Nikolas Cruz.
The veteran detective who led the investigation into the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre wept on the witness stand Wednesday, saying the school's assigned deputy could have prevented the deaths of some of the 17 people murdered if he had charged into a building instead of taking cover.
Sunrise Police Lt. Craig Cardinale testified he opened the door of the 1200 building and saw bodies 25 feet away
Scot Peterson's face went "blank" as shots rang out from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School building five years ago and he did not appear to grasp that a gunman was inside killing 17 people, a former security supervisor testified during the deputy's trial Tuesday.
A former Broward Sheriff's Office deputy didn't follow his extensive training on how to stop an active shooter when he didn't confront the killer who murdered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a former training commander testified Thursday.
Fellow police officers testified in the case against former school resource officer Scot Peterson.
An off-duty police officer who was at Marjory Douglas High School during the 2018 massacre testified Thursday at the trial of the deputy accused of not stopping the shooter
Peterson faces eleven charges for remaining outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while a gunman roamed the halls, killing 17 people
Peterson is facing eleven charges for remaining outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the 2018 mass shooting
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He's facing eleven charges for remaining outside of the school while a gunman roamed the halls, killing seventeen people
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Opa-locka Police Chief Scott Israel has resigned his position with the city.
The trial of an ex-sheriff's deputy charged with failing to confront the Parkland, Florida, school shooter is underway.
In a prosecution believed to be a national first, a former Broward County sheriff's deputy is about to be tried on charges he failed to confront the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago.
The jury selection process is expected to begin next Wednesday, May 31
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Judge Elizabeth Scherer who presided over the case of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz has resigned.
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There were extra security measures in place on Sunday after things got chaotic Saturday night.
A Miami Beach nightclub is facing backlash after a video surfaced showing a group of controversial YouTubers partying inside the club to an antisemitic song praising Hitler, created by rapper Kanye West.
Steve Maugeri has everything you need to know ahead of time if you plan on taking a trip to Monday's big game.
According to the preliminary investigation, the men were on their way to a gathering when shots rang out from an unknown location and they were struck by the gunfire, MDSO said.
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