Ryan NicolMay 1, 2019
6min300
The final hearing is slated for June 18.
Tag: Broward Sheriff’s Office
Ryan NicolMay 1, 2019Ryan NicolMarch 7, 2019
6min553
The suit alleges the Governor's suspension "exceeded his constitutional authority."
Ryan NicolJanuary 2, 2019
5min594
The commission impaneled to investigate February’s fatal shooting in Parkland has released the final version of its initial report, recapping the events leading up to the tragedy as well as laying out proposed safety measures for schools across the state. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, chaired by Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, […]
Ryan NicolSeptember 5, 2018
5min480
Representatives from Florida’s Fusion Centers, which are aimed at sharing information between state agencies to assess potential threats, admitted the organization had no information on Nikolas Cruz before February’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School. That’s despite a series of red flags identified by the FBI, Broward Sheriff’s Office, and school officials prior to the attack. […]
Ryan NicolMay 9, 2018
3min204
After receiving criticism for their delay in confronting the shooter at Stoneman Douglas High, the Miami Herald is reporting that Broward Sheriff’s deputies on the scene had not undergone active shooter training since 2015 or 2016. That’s in contrast to many of the Coral Springs officers who arrived and eventually rushed into the building. Those […]
Associated PressMarch 16, 2017
1min230
Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone says a car he was riding in this week in Florida was struck by a hit-and-run driver. In a statement to The Associated Press, Stone described the incident as “suspicious,” coming as he is under scrutiny for his communication with the Russian-linked hacker Guccifer 2.0. Stone tweeted that he was […]
Associated PressFebruary 2, 2017
7min276
One call came from a terrified woman hiding in a Fort Lauderdale airport restaurant as people ran past, fleeing a gunman. Another came from a woman hiding in some bushes. A group of people called as they hid in a storage unit. A second batch of 14 recordings of 911 calls from last month’s shooting […]
Adam WeinsteinAugust 13, 20146min189
I’m a journalist in Tallahassee, but I’ll be the first to admit there’s a lot I don’t know about how Florida politics really works. I don’t get, for instance, how local PR maven Ron Sachs can demand $375,000 from the family of Eric Brody, a young man who suffered brain damage and paralysis in 1998 […]