Sun Sentinel8d
Under new law banning sleeping in public, will homeless people be arrested?
Both the Broward Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office have said they don’t intend to start making arrests ... we cannot arrest our way out of this problem and need ...
CBS News20d
Woman sues Broward County after mistaken identity leads to arrest, jailing
FORT LAUDERDALE - A woman has filed a lawsuit against Broward County ... other than my photo. So at that point I thought I was going to be released." Although the booking officer ran her ...
WPLG29d
Broward deputies arrest 9 students over violence threats related to schools since August
Broward Sheriff’s ... they have arrested nine Broward County Public Schools students over threats of violence in the last five weeks. Seven of the nine arrests were just in the last few weeks ...
New York Post20d
Royal Caribbean passenger sues Florida sheriff over mistaken identity arrest after holiday cruise
Jennifer Heath Box, 50, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Broward County ... but her photo was attached to the warrant — the reason Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Peraza made the arrest.
A new clash is brewing over whether homeless will be arrested in South Florida
Fort Lauderdale officials say their goal is not to arrest homeless people for sleeping on the sidewalk — but if they have to, they will. And if the Broward County jail refuses to take them, Fort ...
Sun Sentinel29d
Nine Broward students arrested for online threats since August, deputies say
Nine South Florida children have been arrested since August, accused of posting threats against Broward County schools online ... and after their arrests, the Sheriff’s Office said several ...
NBC 6 South Florida12d
How does South Florida plan to deal with the new law that bans homeless from sleeping in public?
The Miami-Dade and Miami mayors agree that all options should be exhausted before they make any arrests. "An arrest does nothing ... motel in Homestead. In Broward County, officials say they ...
Yahoo29d
Nine Broward students arrested for online threats since August, deputies say
And so far, only in the second month of the 2024-25 school year, the online threats and subsequent arrests have continued. Between Aug. 10 and Tuesday, a total of nine Broward County students ages ...
Florida homeless law now in effect: Will those sleeping outside be arrested?
A person sleeps on the sidewalk on the first day of a statute that took effect, making it illegal in Florida to sleep on ...
Yahoo News29d
Nine Broward students arrested for online threats since August, deputies say
And so far, only in the second month of the 2024-25 school year, the online threats and subsequent arrests have continued. Between Aug. 10 and Tuesday, a total of nine Broward County students ...
WPLG26d
‘You’re going to find your a-- in handcuffs’: Florida sheriff has strong words amid rise in school threats
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and Broward Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn announced the arrest of nine students ... All of those arrests in Broward County were students between the ages ...