Broward Sheriff's Office

Marissa Karp Murder: A Decade of Investigation Pays Off

Cops on TV, Part One: Police Women of Broward County and Lamberti's Legacy

Sheriff Al Lamberti has made BSO arguably the most TV-friendly law enforcement office in the nation. Not only did Cops come back this year, but Police Women of Broward County and Unleashed: K9 Broward County have continued to air our dirty laundry to the world.Today and tomorrow, we'll be looking at ... More >>

Man Drives Car Into a House While Avoiding Gunfire

Nothing like being woken up in the middle of the night by random gunfire and then having a car slam into your house. That's what happened in Pompano Beach on Tuesday morning, when a car was being shot at. The vehicle swerved to avoid the bullets and crashed into a house in the 100 block of NE 35th ... More >>

Want to Commit Some Crimes? This Weekend, the BSO Will Be Busy in Tampa

Our neck of the woods will be a little more lawless than usual this weekend, thanks to the Republicans over in Tampa.At 10:30 this morning, nearly 100 deputies from the Broward Sheriff's Office will gather at a substation in Weston before piling in for the drive across Alligator Alley. They, like po ... More >>

Murder Suspect, Felipe Alex Torrealba, On The Run

Felipe Alex Torrealba, wanted in connection with a Broward County murder, is on the run again after BSO homicide detectives tracked him to his southwest Florida home. The 26-year old Torrealba, fled authorities Thursday night just before they arrived at the Lehigh Acres home near Fort Myers, where ... More >>

Kenneth Goldstein, 86, Kills Wife, Himself in Tamarac

Police are still investigating the details, but they said yesterday evening that an "ailing" 82-year-old woman found shot to death in her Tamarac home was killed by her 86-year-old husband, who then killed himself.Someone police described as "the couple's caretaker" heard gunshots shortly before 6 a ... More >>

BSO Sergeant Accused of Falsifying Records Is a Teacher at FAU, ITT Tech

​A Broward Sheriff's Office internal affairs investigator who admitted to lying in a report earlier this year is teaching criminal justice classes at the ITT Technical Institute in Fort Lauderdale, according to documents just released.Sgt. Mary Guess, who has worked in BSO internal affairs for 14 ... More >>

Oneal Morris, Miami's Alleged Fix-a-Flat Butt Enhancement "Nurse," Arrested on Broward Charges

​Oneal Morris was arrested in Miami last November on charges that she gave back-room plastic surgery to several people using mixtures of super glue, cement, mineral oil, and Fix-a-Flat tire fluid. She told Entertainment Tonight that "I really am innocent or whatever," and Miami court records indic ... More >>

Broward County Back on America's Most Wanted Tonight

​Set your DVRs, everybody. BroCo's back on America's Most Wanted.Tonight's 9 o'clock show on Lifetime will feature the Broward Sheriff's Office Fugitive Squad, according to a police news release, and will feature the search for 39-year-old Fritz Alisme, accused of multiple counts of sexual battery ... More >>

BSO Says Gun-Selling Suspect Is Dead After Pointing a Gun at a Deputy

Broward Sheriff's OfficeJohnny Wright was killed by the cops yesterday.​A 23-year-old man was shot and killed by cops yesterday after allegedly pointing a gun at an undercover deputy from the Broward Sheriff's Office, according to the sheriff's office.The BSO says a task force consisting of sh ... More >>

Two Alleged Accomplices of Man Killed by Cops in Gun Buy Charged With Murder

Broward Sheriff's OfficeElvence Saint Aulien (left) and Jean Marcel Coulanges have been charged with first-degree murder.​A day after Johnny Wright was shot and killed by cops during an undercover gun buy, his two alleged accomplices are now in jail on murder charges.According to the Broward S ... More >>

South Florida's Dirty Dozen: Our Annual List of Our Worst

Cops: Francois Brown Says a "Clicking Noise" Told Him to Bring Gun to Broward Courthouse

Broward Sheriff's OfficeFrancois Brown, who allegedly brought a gun to a courthouse because a clicking noise in his mouth told him to.​Francois Brown didn't have an easy time getting access to the the South Regional Courthouse in Hollywood on Tuesday afternoon, especially after police say he put a ... More >>

Broward Public Defender Files Department of Justice Complaint Over 'Roiding BSO Deputies

hypermuscles.comSteroids? I don't know what you're talking about.​Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein thinks that deputies from the Broward Sheriff's Office are juiced up like Barry Bonds wannabes and that they've been hiding it for several years.Finkelstein's complaint, sent to the ... More >>

North Lauderdale Old-Lady Rapist on the Loose

​The cops are looking for a man who they say climbed through the bedroom window of a North Lauderdale home and raped an 84-year-old woman last night.The woman told police she was watching television at her house around 10 p.m. yesterday when the man knocked on her front door.She told Broward Sheri ... More >>

Did Ryan LeVin Buy His Way Out Of Prison?

Broward Sheriff's OfficeRyan LeVin​Ryan LeVin -- the hard-partying, Porsche-driving, Brit-killing douchebag -- managed to escape prison time in his sentencing yesterday.Judge Barbara McCarthy sentenced LeVin to two years house arrest, ten years probation, and 1,000 hours of community service ... More >>

Elect The Next Superintendent? Are You F-ing Crazy?

The idea to make the Broward superintendent's job an elected position was trotted out on the a couple of TV news stations last night. It's a horrible idea. As bad as the Broward County School Board is, unfortunately voters are worse -- and just as easily manipulated. It would force th ... More >>

Sheriff Al Lamberti Hit With Ethics Complaint Over Super Bowl

Lamberti​A former Broward deputy has filed an ethics complaint with the State of Florida against Sheriff Al Lamberti, alleging he violated state law when he engaged in a "fraudulent scheme" to bring his 15-year-old son with him on a security detail at last year's Super Bowl. In the complaint, ... More >>

Sheriff Lamberti Needs To Bring Justice To Favorites, Upper Brass

So the Broward Sheriff's Office arrested three minority jail guards on charges they helped bring contraband into the jail. The mugs of the correction officers were published at the top of the Local section of the Sun-Sentinel with the words: "Inquiry focuses on contraband and sex at a county jail." ... More >>

Getting Booked by the BSO Won't Bring Down These Smiling Suspects

Happy Mug-Shot Monday! We hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, and evidently, so did these alleged culprits. We searched through 1,000 photos, courtesy of the Broward Sheriff's Office, to bring some joy to your morning internet browse. Hey, it's OK to dawdle on a Monday, so kick back, dri ... More >>

Found & Forgotten, the Creepiest Feature on the Sheriff's Website, Is Actually Quite Innovative

via Broward County Sheriff's OfficeClay Facial Reconstruction of Found & Forgotten Victim​If you like a good mystery and need a fix, look no further than the Broward Sheriff's Office website -- your skin will crawl. Found & Forgotten is a database started just shy of two years ago to pub ... More >>

Mother Abandons Baby in Stroller to Go Shoplifting With Her Other Kids

FlickrStrollers: They tend to slow down a shopaholic mom.​The prices at Wal-Mart weren't quite low enough for one local family who paid a visit to the North Lauderdale store Wednesday night and extracted the proverbial five-finger discount on store merchandise.According to a news release by the Br ... More >>

Photos, Video of Man Suspected of Murdering Dave Montney

The surveillance video shot of a man thought to have a role in Montney's murder.​The Broward Sheriff's Office has just released a photograph of the man suspected of a role in the August 13 murder of Dave Montney in Pompano Beach.I've uploaded the surveillance video. Check it out after the jump. He ... More >>

Some Kinda Bust: Buxom Bandit Behind Bars

Photo: BSOSamara Seward​With a nickname like Buxom Bandit, it's hard to stay out of sight. So it goes for Samara Seward, accused of stealing the identity of a couple Broward teachers, a crime for which she's already been incarcerated. From the BSO release:Following a tip, Broward Sheriff's Office ... More >>

Arrest Made in 2004 Murder

A Pompano Beach man has been arrested in connection with the shooting and killing of a tree-trimmer in 2004. The suspect, Michael Ange-Silien, is 22 years old, meaning that he had only recently turned 17 when, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office Ange-Silien murdered  his neighbor, 44-year ... More >>

Who Belongs to This Plunging Neckline? (Palm Beach Sheriff Wants to Know)

Photo: PBSO​The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office doesn't have the same flair for giving its criminal suspects colorful nicknames as Broward Sheriff's Office, but maybe we can help. In this surveillance photo you can see two women wanted for using a stolen credit card to make purchases at Target and Bes ... More >>

After His Arrest for "Littering," Darrin Podder Wondered: Was It My Hair?

BSO, feel free to use this image for any scheduled "litter recognition" classes.​Last week, we brought you the sad tale of Darrin Podder, handcuffed and hauled to jail by Broward Sheriff's deputies for "littering" a 20-foot tree on a construction site in Pompano Beach that he'd been hired to lands ... More >>

Crime Duo Steals $6,000 in Cigarettes; Sentenced to Death by Lung Cancer

Flickr: okayproTwo local man may soon enjoy free rent and tobacco-financed luxury.​The Broward Sheriff's Office is looking for a two-man band of thieves who purloined roughly $6,000 worth of cigarettes from Aunt Molly's convenience store in North Lauderdale last week.Investigators say that the duo ... More >>

Thief Has Jamaican Pride, Enough Video Games to Get Him Through 2013

Flickr: maxrockA guy with shoes like these treated himself to an early Christmas.​The thief remembered his gun. He brought the cord with which to bind the clerks at GameStop in Pompano Beach. And he had a Christmas shopping list, judging by the roughly two-dozen game systems he stole before the cl ... More >>

Suicide in Broward Jail

Photo courtesy Broward Sheriff's OfficeJohn Hammond​John Hammond, a 37-year-old man who had been in the Broward Main Jail since last week for stealing a car, committed suicide Tuesday night, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office news release:On November 3, a BSO detention deputy was conducting a ... More >>

Bittersweet 18th Birthday for Teen Involved in Brutal Attack in Oakland Park

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeChad Olah​On your 18th birthday you can buy pack of smokes, watch an R-rated movie, cast a vote and joined the Armed Forces. Or, if you're Chad Olah, you can be charged with adult crimes. He turned 18 on October 1. And on October 7, the man he's accused of beating la ... More >>

Shooter Dubbed "Dapper Dan" Sought by BSO

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeJenkins​From his boyish looks and broad smile, you'd think that's a senior yearbook photo, but Broward Sheriff's Office investigators say that the man pictured, John Jenkins, is a shooter. He's the suspect in a chilling murder attempt that occurred last week in Dania ... More >>

Couple Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeErik Kelly​Move over, Dahlia Dippolito. The Broward Sheriff's Office has its own undercover hitman and he allegedly convinced a couple to hire him for the murder of a key witness. Erik Kelly and a girlfriend, Tiffany Jamaluddin, are both facing charges of conspiracy ... More >>

Stabbing Suspect Caught

A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Edris Berry in the early-morning hours of Wednesday at a Shell Gas station in Pompano Beach. The news release from Broward Sheriff's Office:The victim, 33-year-old Edris Berry, was at the gas station at around 1:50 a.m. when two youn ... More >>

A Deputy Left Eric Brody Brain-Damaged, and His Family Still Hasn't Received a Penny

Family Claims Body of 1983 Murder Victim

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeMary Ann Lambert​In 1983, a female body was found in a vacant field in Pompano Beach. But no family had reported the woman missing. It wasn't till 2008 that the fingerprints were matched to those of a young woman who had multiple arrests in Broward County: Tina Moore ... More >>

Underground steroids-to-cops pipeline comes into focus

Some Kind of Bust: BSO Corrals Runaway Nipples

This act, and variations of it, will no longer be performing at Greenbrier RestaurantAt a smoky pub on Powerline Road in Pompano Beach called Greenbrier Restaurant, there's a long-standing, much cherished tradition known only to the regulars and to their servers: A patron stacks his cash tips in jus ... More >>

Herald Trounces Sentinel On Jenne -- UPDATED AGAIN

Tender Loving Justice

Give the Kid — er, My Kid — a Break

Deputy Do-Wrong

Lewis Perry slipped through BSO's porous screening process. For the Gomez family, the results were tragic.

Crazy Like a Henn

Swap Shop owner Preston Henn is having a difficult time convincing others he's still got a grip

Letters for September 15-21, 2005

Letters for April 14-20, 2005

Political Pull

The lucrative Dania Beach towing contract is worth all the political clout Vice Mayor McElyea exercised to win it

KGB Meets BSO

In the '80s Soviet lawman Emin Gadzhiyev blew the whistle on corrupt colleagues and defected to the United States. Now he's training with the Broward Sheriff's Office. Someone should make a movie about this guy.

KGB Meets BSO

In the '80s Soviet lawman Emin Gadzhiyev blew the whistle on corrupt colleagues and defected to the United States. Now he's training with the Broward Sheriff's Office. Someone should make a movie about this guy.

You Have the Right to Remain Flaccid

Thanks to Sheriff Ken Jenne's high-profile (and legally questionable) sex raids, Broward's swingers are feeling the pinch

Paying the Race Card

Having made the county pay for Lockwood's alleged racism, embattled lawyer Norman Ganz is now going after the sheriff's office