Police & Fire

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – For nearly two years, Coral Springs police Sgt. Ebony Winn has battled brain cancer, unsure at times if she could continue a job she has wanted since she was a young girl.

But on Wednesday, Winn, 40, came back full-time to the police department and hit the streets right away.

“It’s so good to be back on calls,” said Winn, who is now in ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A 67-year-old registered sex offender showed up Saturday at Coral Springs Police Department with an announcement: he fondled a child and was turning himself in, a police report said.

Mark Felton, of Coral Springs, told officers he came forward because he wanted the girl’s family to heal after the incident, the report said.

He has been registered as a sex ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – More than 12 people were arrested by Coral Springs Police Department during the week of March 31 – April 6.

Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Here are the people arrested, according to police:

- David Cossio, 23, arrested on a charge of grand theft of more than $10,000 on March 31.

- David Cossio Gonzalez, 54, arrested on a ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A 12-year-old boy was at a Coral Springs pre-school on Thursday when Broward Sheriff’s detectives showed up and later arrested him for making a bomb threat at another school in Tamarac.

According to a Sheriff’s Office news release, the boy used a fictitious email address to make the threat on Wednesday at Renaissance Charter School at 8399 North University ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – In cities across the nation, the thefts of catalytic converters from cars and trucks have risen in recent months.

Coral Springs has had thefts, too.   

According to figures released this week by Coral Springs police, officers have investigated 11 cases since October, including those connected to a father-and-son team arrested last month after alleged ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – More than 12 people were arrested by Coral Springs Police Department during the week of March 24-30.

Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty:

- Wedkaly Pierre, 27, arrested on a charge of trespassing on school property on March 24.

- Mark Perry, 47, arrested on a charge of battery on March 25.

- Passion Pierre, 24, arrested on a charge of ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs man has had his driver’s license suspended 11 times, a police report said.

He is 18-years-old.

Malik Henderson was taken into custody on March 30 after he allegedly sped past in his Chevy Impala and didn’t “move over” for a police officer working another traffic stop on Royal Palm Boulevard, the report said.

When the ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – In recent weeks, Coral Springs police caught at least four thieves who are accused of breaking into cars and stealing credit cards from purses and wallets.

On Tuesday, detectives arrested a father-and-son team who they said stole something else from vehicles in the city: catalytic converters.

According to a police social media post and arrest reports, David Cossio ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL - If you leave a handgun, computer, and wallet full of money in your unlocked vehicle, thieves will not take it…Okay, that is an April Fools’ joke. 

Thieves will, and often do, steal items that we leave in unlocked cars.  They even steal the car when we leave the keys or FOB inside the vehicle.  So please, don’t be an April Fool and remember ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – What do you do with $80,000 of stolen Kraft products? Coral Springs detectives are trying to find out.

City police asked the public for help on Wednesday in finding a man believe to be involved in the March 24 theft of a trailer containing the products from the rear of the 9500 block of Westview Drive.

There’s more: The 2017 Great Dane 53-foot trailer was ...