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Driver's blood alcohol was over 5 times legal limit, Boynton cops say

By Brett Clarkson, Sun Sentinel — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:10 EDT

Cops: Walter Nimrod Mkono, 34, found passed out in his car

By all rights, he could have been dead.

Boynton woman faces deadly weapon charge after push

By Adam Sacasa, Sun Sentinel — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:58:02 EDT

A push with two index fingers landed a Boynton Beach woman in jail on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge after an argument on Thursday.

Robbers impersonate police to invade home, beat Miramar man

By Ihosvani Rodriguez, Sun Sentinel — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:27:54 EDT

Wearing what appeared to be bulletproof vests with law enforcement insignia, the three men came knocking in the dead of night claiming to be police.

Ex-deputy avoids trial on charges he strangled his wife

By Susannah Bryan , Sun Sentinel — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:00 EDT

Former Broward Sheriff's deputy Maury Hernandez will not go to trial next week on charges he tried to strangle his wife, an official with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said Thursday.

One accused, one sought in shooting that may leave man paralyzed

By Erika Pesantes , Sun Sentinel — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:28:00 EDT

One man is in custody and a second is being sought in connection with a shooting outside a food store near Fort Lauderdale that could leave the victim a quadriplegic if he lives, authorities said.

Man mistaken as burglar bitten by Davie police dog

By Mike Clary , Sun Sentinel — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:46 EDT

As they worked a late-night job on the roof of a restaurant, cousins James Ortiz and Roger Alvarez said they noticed that down below police were setting up a massive perimeter for what looked like a major crime-busting operation.

Two-vehicle crash leaves three critically injured in Davie

By Linda Trischitta , Sun Sentinel — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:35:00 EDT

Davie Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in which three people were critically injured Thursday.

4-pound hairball in stomach of 400-pound Florida tiger

By Kate Bradshaw — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:53:00 EDT

While Ty reclined drowsily in the back of Vernon Yates' white pickup, about a dozen reporters and photographers stood less than 2 feet from his open cage, snapping photos of him - and of themselves, standing within inches of the 400-pound Siberian tiger.

Suspect pocket-dials 911 while planning murder, BSO says

By Adam Sacasa, Sun Sentinel — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:00 EDT

A Pompano Beach man mistakenly pocket-dialed 911 as he planned a killing earlier this month, enabling an emergency dispatch system to record his conversation and link him to the slaying, authorities said Wednesday.

Car strikes, kills man in wheelchair

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:57:05 EDT

A man in a wheelchair was hit by a car early Wednesday, then died after hours of surgery at Broward Health Medical Center, Lauderhill Police said.