Pompano Beach News
By LUIS F. PEREZ
May 14, 2026
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — One hundred golfers recently gathered in West Boca Raton to compete in a tournament that raised funds for youth education programs.The Phyllis and Leonard Attman Yiddishe Cup tournament took place on April 23 at Boca West Country Club. B'nai Torah Congregation hosted the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Police recently arrested a 55-year-old Coral Springs man and charged with false imprisonment and battery in connection with unwanted touching of his niece in their shared apartment, according to police.Police arrested Roberto Jose Gonzalez after they responded to a call on at ...
POMPANO BEACH — Driving by on Copans Road near Federal Highway, it's hard for residents not to notice the quick pace of construction for the apartment buildings going up next to Pompano Citi Centre and the city golf course. Dubbed “Caroline @ Pompano Beach” by the developers, the 12-acre, 356-unit ...
POMPANO BEACH — Two brothers from Pompano Beach, one 19 years old, the other 18, are among four suspects facing first-degree murder charges following a shooting last Friday that left one person dead and another wounded in North Lauderdale, authorities said.According to arrest records, Aamir and ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton officials are preparing to launch a fast-moving public planning effort that could shape the future of 17 acres in the city’s downtown civic area.During a Monday workshop meeting, Deputy City Manager Andy Lukasik presented the city council with a six-phase framework for ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Five Coconut Creek police officers recently received the Broward Sheriff's Advisory Council Medal of Valor Award for preventing a suicide at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek parking garage last fall, officials announced this week.The council recognized Sgts. Jim Dingus and ...
POMPANO BEACH — A months-long deadlock over the prospect of building a second beachside parking garage may be shifting toward a compromise after a city commissioner, who initially opposed a higher-priced version of the project, proposed "value engineering" the design to shave millions off its ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Fifteen architecture and engineering firms have submitted proposals to design the Coral Springs Sportplex, a project that could reshape the city's recreational facilities and draw major athletic tournaments. The range of firms competing for the work spans from international ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — Some three weeks after being convicted of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, a 66-year-old Boca Raton woman landed back behind bars after allegedly eluding police who were trying to pull her over.According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, on the ...
POMPANO BEACH — A pre-dawn fire at a Pompano Beach quadruplex sent two people to the hospital and displaced six residents Tuesday morning, according to the city’s Strategic Communications Office.Pompano Beach Fire Rescue arrived at the residential building at 345 NW 5 St. around 3:15 a.m. to find ...
POMPANO BEACH — U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz has submitted a $3 million federal appropriation request for Pompano's N. Riverside Drive, to fund critical infrastructure and flood mitigation efforts for the road - a vital beach corridor that parallels A1A/N. Ocean Boulevard, and has long frustrated ...
POMPANO BEACH — The redevelopment of the former Pompano Park horse racing track reached a milestone Monday as developers delivered the first four buildings - 620,738 square feet of industrial space - at the site.The announcement at the site, known as Race Track Logistics Pompano, marks the debut of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A woman was recently beaten for hours, strangled and prevented from calling 911 during a domestic violence incident at a Coral Springs home.The woman told officers the abuse lasted approximately three to four hours throughout the night, according to an arrest report.Coral ...
BOCA RATON — Law enforcement authorities have identified a Pompano Beach pharmacy as one of the targets in a massive, multi-county, organized retail theft ring that investigators say stole nearly $100,000 in high-value cosmetics over a five-month period. According to a 41-page arrest warrant ...
BOCA RATON, FL — While the speed limit along Glades Road is 45 mph, the average speed of motorists on Glades Road is between 57 mph and 62 mph, according to a video posted on the Boca Raton Police Services Department’s social media pages.Boca Raton police and Florida Atlantic University police want ...
POMPANO BEACH — Waterworks is returning to Mitchell Moore Park this weekend, as city officials once again prepare to transform the local green space into a sprawling, one-day-only aquatic playground. The City of Pompano Beach Parks and Recreation Department announced that the "pop-up water park" ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Some 700 residents submitted responses to a city survey seeking input to help guide the selection of Boca Raton’s next police chief, City Manager Mark Sohaney recently told city council members.The city received 105 applicants for the chief's job, 77 of whom met the job ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs officials are planning to use nearly $783,000 in federal funding next year on projects aimed at improving daily life for lower-income residents — from fixing unsafe homes to expanding senior programs and upgrading Mullins Park.The proposed 2026-2027 Community ...
POMPANO BEACH — A local man with a history of driving under the influence was arrested late Sunday night following a hit-and-run crash that spiraled into a violent struggle with deputies inside a hospital emergency room, authorities said.Edlee Petit Frere, 36, faces 12 criminal charges, including ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — For students from two Coral Springs schools, all their pawns, rooks, kings and queens made winning moves last weekend in the Broward Public Schools spring chess tournament.Coral Springs High School placed third in the high school division, and Sawgrass Springs Middle School ...
BOCA RATON, FL — An Orlando man is in jail for recently attacking a fellow patient at a Boca Raton addiction treatment center, breaking his jaw and fracturing the bones around his eye, according to a Boca Raton police report.Lavon Daryl Sheffield Jr., 30, told police he got into a verbal ...
DEERFIELD BEACH — Community leaders and medical staff gathered Friday, May 8, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Holy Cross' new $41 million combined freestanding emergency department and multispecialty healthcare hub. Located at 340 South Federal Highway, and set to open its doors to the public May ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek’s elected leaders are set to consider adopting a curbside recycling program Thursday, that could add to what residents pay to have their garbage hauled away. The city commission will meet on Thursday to discuss the program, which comes after the commission decided ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — The Adolph & Rose Levis JCC in West Boca Raton has officially started work on “reimagining” its campus to create a more modern, accessible, and welcoming facility.In January, Levis JCC closed on the purchase of a building with plans to build Jewish life within the secure, ...
POMPANO BEACH — A Pompano Beach woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon after store managers and Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies used surveillance footage and a photographic lineup to identify her as the suspect in a perfume theft.Brittney Vaughn, 36, was taken into custody on a charge of ...
POMPANO BEACH — Most drivers who get into a fender bender reach for their insurance card; Joseph James Dellapi reportedly reached for the exit. Dellapi, 21, was hauled off to the Broward County Main Jail Tuesday after a high-speed game of "abandon the Tesla" ended in a felony-heavy arrest.
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A family of ducklings took an unexpected detour into a Coral Springs storm drain on Thursday, but thanks to the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department, the tiny birds were reunited with their mother.Engine 43 B-Shift responded after several baby ducks became trapped inside the ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A 25-year-old man is behind bars after allegedly attacking his mother inside his parents’ home in West Boca Raton, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.Daniel Max Abramson arrived unannounced at his parents’ home around 7 p.m. on April 30 and spoke with them ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit has announced that 39-year-old Erica Lowman has been located.According to investigators, Lowman was found safe and unharmed. The search began after a missing persons alert was issued on Thursday, May 7. Lowman had last been seen ...
ORLANDO — Rapper Kodak Black, legally known as Bill Kapri, was booked into the Orange County Jail on Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued charging him with drug trafficking. According to court documents, Kapri, 28, is facing one count of trafficking in MDMA between 10 and 200 grams, a ...