Pompano Beach News
By JEFF YASTINE
March 18, 2026
POMPANO BEACH — Pompano Beach officials signaled a high-stakes discussion in the city’s ongoing deliberations about setting up a new police department - announcing on Tuesday a quickly-called budget workshop on the matter for tomorrow, Thursday, March 19th.Pompano Police Workshop AnnouncementThe ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A West Boca Raton closing agent is accused of stealing more than $4 million from the title company where he worked, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.Investigators say Michael Mansueto, 42, carried out an extensive scheme to divert funds from Bankers Title ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A stretch of University Drive in Coral Springs was closed Tuesday afternoon following a crash involving a pickup truck and a 71-year-old male, police said.Northbound lanes of University Drive were shut down just north of NW 20th Street near Royal Palm Boulevard shortly after ...
POMPANO BEACH — A shooting sparked by a grand theft left a woman hospitalized and a man in custody Tuesday night in Pompano Beach, authorities said.At 1950 North Federal Highway last night, yellow police tape could be seen strung across the entrance to the parking lot for a tattoo parlor and ...
POMPANO BEACH — Law enforcement officials in two states are searching for a Pompano Beach woman accused of stealing an 81-year-old Texan’s identity to go on a $170,000 vehicle buying spree.Debra Rodriquez, 54, is wanted on a Texas felony warrant after investigators linked her to a string of ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek City Manager Sheila Rose last week told the city’s elected leaders that MainStreet at Coconut Creek construction will first focus on the needed infrastructure. During Thursday’s city commission meeting, she said that city officials meant with the MainStreet project ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Helping Hands is offering food assistance to local Transportation Security Administration workers who may be struggling while going without pay during the federal government shutdown that began Feb. 15.Executive Director Andrew Hagen said the nonprofit wants to help TSA and ...
POMPANO BEACH — Federal and South Florida water management officials are proposing a massive overhaul of Pompano Beach’s flood control infrastructure - an effort that would require extensive digging to expand an existing underground culvert system that runs past City Hall and underneath two major ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Two students from Coral Glades High School in Coral Springs have died, the school announced Saturday on social media. In a message posted on social media, school officials said the campus had lost two students “tragically before their time.” The students were identified as ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL - Renovations are scheduled to begin next month at the Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center in West Boca Raton, according to a letter posted on the organization’s website.In the letter, Levis JCC leaders said the project starting on April 1 will “reimagine” the campus ...
POMPANO BEACH — A sprawling multi-family apartment complex in Pompano Beach's northwest area has changed hands for $16.5 million, according to property records and recent social media activity.Meir M. Cohen acquired the 120-unit residential portfolio from Joseph K. Maiuro in a deal that closed ...
BOCA RATON, FL- For more than a decade, FemCity Boca-Delray has brought together women across Boca Raton and Delray Beach looking to build professional connections and community.The organization — part of a broader women’s business network with chapters across the United States and Canada — focuses ...
WEST BOCA RATON — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 29-year-old Boca Raton man last month after he was accused of shooting a duck behind a local school while it was in session.At 2 p.m. on Feb. 23, deputies responded to a call about a man armed with a rifle behind La Petite Academy ...
POMPANO BEACH — The sounds of Colonial-era fife and drum echoed along Pompano's beachfront on Saturday morning as a procession of men, dressed in the uniforms of Revolutionary War soldiers, paraded onto the Fisher Family Pier. The group, joined by a throng of more than 300 residents, curious ...
BOCA RATON, Fla. — A razor-thin Boca Raton mayor’s race finally ended late Friday afternoon with Andy Thomson winning the race following a manual recount conducted on Friday by the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections.He won with 7,572 and political newcomer Mike Liebelson got 7,567 votes, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A string of Facebook messages led Coral Springs police to a Parkland home and the arrest of a man accused of violating a court order.The arrest happened Sunday, March 8, after Coral Springs police were called to a condo complex in Coral Springs to investigate a report that a man ...
POMPANO BEACH — A Pompano man faces a larceny charge of Grand Theft Auto in a bizarre incident involving a Lyft driver, his now-wrecked vehicle, and the initial pickup location - a tony, oceanfront address on the Hillsboro Mile.According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's arrest report filed on March ...
POMPANO BEACH — The master developer for Pompano Beach’s "New Downtown" project is seeking a general contractor to build the proposed new City Hall and parking deck at 125 North Dixie Highway, moving forward with the procurement process despite the lack of a secured funding source approved by city ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A South African reality TV couple is accused of scamming a Boca Raton grocery store out of more than $5,000 by repeatedly manipulating self-checkout prices, according to police.Petrus Viljoen, 47, and Melany Viljoen, 39 — who appeared on “The Real Housewives of Pretoria” and “The ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Police recently arrested a machete-wielding Coconut Creek man who was out on bond for a theft arrest after he got into an argument over parking lot construction work, according to an arrest report. At around 7 p.m. on March 6, Ryan Sankar Narain, 38, got into a verbal ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton officials announced a major leadership shake-up Thursday, with the departure of the city’s police chief and two deputy city managers as part of what the city described as a restructuring of its executive team.Police Chief Michele Miuccio, who served the Boca Raton Police ...
TintCo Pompano Beach Brings Precision to Auto, Yacht, Home, and Commercial Window Tinting TintCo Pompano Beach Brings Precision to Auto, Yacht, Home, and Commercial Window Tinting By Jeff Yastine | TAPinto Pompano Beach POMPANO BEACH — Before Brett Boyd ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A 48-year-old man was arrested after authorities say he attacked a teenage boy during an early-morning altercation at a West Boca Raton home.Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence around 4:45 a.m. on March 8 to investigate a reported ...
BOCA RATON, FL — As electric bicycles surge in popularity among teenagers, safety concerns are growing as well, with officials warning the fast-moving devices can pose serious dangers when riders are not properly trained.To address those concerns, the City of Boca Raton is sponsoring 150 online ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The Coral Springs committee that’s reviewing proposals from vendors to manage the city’s soccer program met Tuesday and selected four outfits to make presentations to them. The move by city leaders to have one vendor manage the city’s comprehensive soccer program, which includes ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A man who fled the scene of a West Boca Raton fatal accident in April 2024 pleaded guilty last Friday to charges related to the crash, and was sentenced to prison, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday. Carlos Madeira Cardoso, 41, of Port St. Lucie was driving ...
POMPANO BEACH — For months, the question has hummed through neighborhood associations and the city commission chamber: Does Pompano want a police force that answers to the city, or should it stay with BSO, and the larger resources of a county-wide organization?A feasibility study released last ...
BOCA RATON — In a shift that could portend potential changes in Pompano's voter sentiment this fall, Boca Raton voters on Tuesday rejected all supporters of a downtown redevelopment project, the project itself, and an effort to borrow funds to build a new police headquarters. Referendums Rejected ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Members of the Italian National Swim Team recently spent more than a month training at the Coral Springs Aquatic Complex.The training group included Ginevra Taddeucci, who won bronze in the women’s 10-kilometer open water event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and Rachele Bruni, ...
POMPANO BEACH — A man is in custody following a violent domestic dispute that Pompano Beach authorities say culminated in a sexual assault.Omari Johnson, 24, was arrested Thursday by the Broward Sheriff’s Office's Pompano Beach division. He faces numerous felony charges, including sexual battery, ...