In the Pembroke Pines area of Florida, a man was recently arrested after allegedly stealing a Fort Lauderdale police cruiser and riding around town with it. At around 2 AM one night, according to the Pembroke Pines Police Department, officers got a 911 call where the caller reported spotting a stolen police cruiser. Once officers...Read More
A 31-year-old Florida man is in serious trouble for his theft of a local shuttle bus. If convicted, he faces a hefty fine, jail time and a lengthy period of probation. He will need the services of a Fort Lauderdale criminal attorney, the type of assistance that is available from the law firm of Hassett...Read More
People make mistakes. We get that. One young man, for example, recently stole a car in Fort Lauderdale without realizing that there was a one year old baby in the car. He later abandoned the car, and the baby was safely reunited with her father. Having been spotted on a surveillance camera, the young man...Read More
A 37-year-old man was sentenced to 121 years in federal prison for a series of three carjackings, two attempts at carjackings and five weapons offenses he committed in Broward County in December of 2014. Now he faces the death penalty in a state court prosecution on a charge of first-degree murder. He faces yet another...Read More
Crimes can end up being way more complex than the person intends them to be, and an offender can end up with more time than he or she ever imagined. A recent incident involved a 16-year-old Pompano Beach boy who apparently jumped into a vehicle and stole it from a Fort Lauderdale laundromat. The boy...Read More