Pompano Beach

Two workers who were in a boat in a Pompano Beach canal were hospitalized after a nearby lightning strike Monday, and a car was struck by lightning while driving on Alligator Alley in Broward County, officials said. The public works employees were in a canal cleaning boat near the 700 block of South Federal Highway when there was a lightning…

Lightning hits a car on Alligator Alley, and two workers are nearly struck by lightning in Pompano Beach.

Separate lightning strikes happened on Alligator Alley and in Pompano Beach in Broward Monday.

A tourist from Colombia was ordered held on $350,000 bond Friday, a day after his arrest in connection with a hit-and-run on Interstate 95 in Broward County that left a worker dead. Victor Ocampo, 32, is facing several charges including vehicular homicide, reckless driving failure to remain at an accident involving death, driving with a suspended license, tampering with or…

A man and woman have been taken into custody in a hit-and-run on I-95 in Broward that left a worker dead.

A group of 11 migrants were detained after arriving in Pompano Beach by boat Monday, authorities said. Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said the group came ashore near Hillsboro Inlet Marina in the 2700 block of North Riverside Drive shortly before 11 a.m. Deputies and marine units responded and the migrants were detained. U.S. Border Patrol took custody of the migrants,…

An alleged drug dealer is facing a first-degree murder charge after police say a woman he sold drugs to in Coral Springs died of an overdose. Salomon Jules Theoc, 26, was arrested earlier this month in the September 2020 death of Callie Harper, Coral Springs Police officials said. Police said Theoc sold Harper heroin outside the WalMart on Turtle Creek…

An alleged drug dealer is facing a first-degree murder charge after police say a woman he sold drugs to in Coral Springs died of an overdose.

A woman who struck and killed a pedestrian in Pompano Beach fled the scene before crashing into another car minutes later, authorities said. The incident happened around 10 p.m. Friday when the pedestrian was struck and killed in the 200 block of Northwest 31st Avenue, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said. By the time deputies arrived the car had fled and…

A South Florida woman is facing charges of aggravated child abuse for a series of gruesome attacks against a child with special needs, according to an arrest report.  Jennifer Elaine Foran, 39, allegedly tied the child to various appliances around the Pompano Beach home using a metal cable lock, the report stated. She also allegedly used an eyebrow razor to…

A South Florida woman is facing charges of aggravated child abuse for a series of gruesome attacks against a child with special needs, according to an arrest report.

The Broward County Medical Examiner is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man whose body was found on an Interstate 95 ramp in Pompano Beach earlier this month. The man’s body was discovered on April 17 on the shoulder of the northbound I95 exit ramp to eastbound Atlantic Boulevard, officials said. Officials didn’t say how he died....

Authorities are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Pompano Beach Wednesday night. The incident happened shortly before midnight in the 1800 block of North Federal Highway. Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said deputies responded to the location and found the victim on the roadway with severe injuries. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded and pronounced…

Getting around Pompano Beach just got easier: you can now catch a free on-demand ride share shuttle service. “You don’t have to drive anywhere, you don’t have to look for a place to park, you just jump on the circuit vehicle and go where you want to go,” said city spokesperson Sandra King. Four electric vehicles will take to...

NBC 6’s Kristin Sanchez has more on the new, free service taking riders through the streets of Pompano Beach.

Three members of a Pompano Beach family died over the weekend in a crash near Jacksonville.

Broward officials were investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl Friday in Pompano Beach.

A 2-year-old girl died at a Pompano Beach home Friday morning in an incident involving a piece of furniture, officials said. NBC 6’s Marissa Bagg reports

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