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Inmate who pled guilty in West Boca murder faces charges over threat to Palm Beach County judge

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 23, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

An inmate serving 14 years in state prison for second-degree murder faces new charges of threatening the Palm Beach County judge who signed off on his plea agreement. Roosevelt F. Sifford, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and burglary in February 2021, in the May 2018 shooting of Carlos Gardel Dacosta, 52, at his home in West Boca, court records show. Sifford was 17 when he was arrested, along with another teen. Judge Daliah Weiss received a letter in September 2024 that Sifford sent from prison threatening her and her family. Sifford wrote in the letter that he was “unjustly”...

Driver accused of speeding at 124 mph while on cocaine in deadly crash

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 22, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

An Oakland Park man is now facing charges months after authorities said he crashed his luxury car while speeding over 120 mph in Pompano Beach, killing one person. Angelo Ragonese, 50, faces charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, child abuse and child neglect without great bodily harm, DUI with property damage and reckless driving with injury or property damage, Broward Sheriff’s jail records show. Ragonese was driving his 2022 BMW M4 shortly before 9:30 a.m. Sept. 17, with his minor son as his passenger, according to a probable cause affidavit for his arrest. He was near the...

Fire at Fort Lauderdale condo burns through roof; residents evacuated

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 15, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A fire erupted at a condominium in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday night, burning through the building’s roof and forcing residents to evacuate. Firefighters were called to the building in the 600 block of Tennis Club Drive shortly before 7:30 p.m. after people reported a fire on the fourth floor and windows shattering, said Frank Guzman, a Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesperson. Crews found heavy fire and smoke, requiring aerial ladders to extinguish, Guzman said. The building was largely undamaged, with most of it contained to an elevator shaft and the roof above it. None of the condos in...

Fort Lauderdale man held after alleged home invasion, beating of 75-year-old Central Beach resident

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 13, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Local News, News.

A Fort Lauderdale man who allegedly staged a home invasion against a 75-year-old Central Beach resident spent his second day in jail on Sunday, suspected by police of beating, robbing and attempting to strangle his victim before stealing his car and $4,000 in cash. Joseph Soini, 48, was arrested on North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale early Saturday in the condo resident’s stolen auto, Fort Lauderdale Police said in a statement. He faces cocaine possession and grand theft auto charges and is being held in the Broward County Main Jail. Police used a Grappler to intercept a home invasion...

Vance says Jan. 6 participants who committed violence ‘obviously’ shouldn’t be pardoned

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 13, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics, Uncategorized.

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance says people responsible for the violence during the Capitol riot “obviously” should not be pardoned, as President-elect Donald Trump is promising to use his clemency power on behalf of many of those who tried on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the results of the election that Trump lost. Vance insisted in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” that the pardon question is “very simple,” saying those who “protested peacefully” should be pardoned and “if you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned.” He later said...

Woman hospitalized after shooting on I-595 in Davie, fire rescue says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 11, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A woman was hospitalized Friday evening after a shooting on Interstate 595 in Davie, a fire rescue official said. Davie Fire Rescue responded to an area of I-595 westbound, east of Hiatus Road shortly before 8 p.m. for reports of a shooting, Fire Marshal Robert Taylor said Friday night. The woman was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale as a trauma alert, Taylor said. He did not provide further information about the circumstances of the shooting or the woman’s condition. This is a developing story, so check back for updates. Click here to have breaking news alerts sent...

Parkland families’ civil suits against ex-deputy Scot Peterson can move forward, court rules

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 10, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Parkland school shooting.

An appeals court Thursday upheld a ruling that allowed civil lawsuits to move forward against Scot Peterson, a former Broward Sheriff’s deputy and school-resource officer who was accused of failing to properly respond during the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Without explanation, a panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal rejected Peterson’s argument that a circuit judge should have granted summary judgment in his favor. The lawsuits were filed by victims’ family members and were consolidated in circuit court. Summary judgment would have ended the...

Questions emerge about status of Delray firefighters’ driver’s licenses after Brightline crash

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 8, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A violent crash between a Delray Beach Fire Rescue ladder truck and a Brightline train prompted an investigation into the status of firefighters’ driver’s licenses and has led to growing tension among city officials about transparency. Fire Chief Ronald Martin has been criticized by his own employees following his decision to release the names of four people currently on paid administrative leave due to the Dec. 28 crash, which the fire department union blasted as the “optics and appearances” of transparency. But multiple elected officials made it clear at Tuesday night’s commission meeting...

U.S. Attorney for South Florida to resign before Trump’s inauguration

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 7, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Markenzy Lapointe announced Monday evening his resignation as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Lapointe, nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2022, in a prepared statement said his resignation will take effect at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 17. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be Jan. 20. It is customary for U.S. attorneys to resign during a presidential transition. Lapointe replaced Juan Antonio Gonzalez, who took over in 2021 after Trump-nominated Ariana Fajardo Orshan’s resignation. Several other U.S. attorneys across the...

Man accused of killing Fort Lauderdale jeweler after Rolex deal ‘gone bad,’ police say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 31, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A man is accused of murdering a Fort Lauderdale jeweler in his showroom after a deal for a $20,000 Rolex had “gone bad,” according to police. Nenad Milosevic, 56, of Fort Lauderdale, faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Anthony D’Amore, 73. Fort Lauderdale Police officers on Dec. 23 found D’Amore’s body inside of his business’s suite in an office building in the 6200 block of North Federal Highway, a probable cause affidavit said. He had been reported missing a few days earlier. D’Amore’s name is redacted in the affidavit, but Fort Lauderdale Police identified...