Pair arrested in connection with prostitution ringA Orlando man and his girlfriend were arrested in connection with an alleged human trafficking ring, a Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation official said.Christian Pena Fernandez, 30, and Rachel Gonzalez, 24, were booked into the Orange County Jail on Tuesday.Pena Fernandez is being held on no bond and Gonzalez, who was allegedly aware of the operation but did not play as large a part in it, on a... [...]
Man steals car with toddler inside at Pompano Beach gas stationPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. - An unknown man stole a woman's car Monday night at a 7-Eleven gas station in Pompano Beach after the woman left her car running outside the convenience store with her 1-year-old son inside, authorities said.The 24-year-old woman told Broward sheriff's deputies that she left her 2016 Toyota Camry running outside the store at 2391 N. Dixie Highway and her son was... [...]
2 Killed In Mass Shooting Outside Nightclub In Fort Myers, FloridaThe shooting outside the Club Blu Bar and Grill in Fort Myers, Florida, has left two people dead and at least 16 injured.Teenagers were sprayed with bullets as they left a “Swimsuit Glow Party” event for teens.Three suspects have been detained for questioning and police have deemed the area “safe.”Said one mother of a victim: “Her dodging bullets and running, dropping... [...]
Second North Miami police officer on leave for ‘conflicting statements’ about shooting of unarmed manAuthorities in North Miami, Fla., said Friday that they had placed a second police officer on leave as part of the investigation into a police shooting there earlier this week in which an officer shot and wounded an unarmed man.The second officer was placed on unpaid administrative leave because of “conflicting statements given to the... [...]
Needed fixes to Florida's death penalty law remain elusiveThe House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that changes state law to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court case that invalidated the law because judges — not juries — make the final decisions to warrant the death penalty. The decision, Hurst vs. Florida, was issued on Jan. 12, the day the legislative session began.Timothy Lee Hurst was convicted of using a box cutter to kill a co-worker... [...]
