Bob Norman
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Plantation City Council candidate denies he put up false, immigrant-bashing post
Adriana Alcalde told Local 10 News she was already disgusted with the vitriolic, and what she considers bigoted, rhetoric coming from the White House on immigration. So when it cropped up in Plantation, the city where she lives, she decided to do something about it. → Read More
BSO gives private company thousands of gallons of free gas
In roughly one year's time, a private company pumped nearly 6,000 gallons of Broward Sheriff's Office gas paid for by taxpayers into its own vehicles -- and now that dubious expenditure is fueling a no-confidence vote by patrol deputies in an effort to help push Sheriff Scott Israel out of office. → Read More
Parkland teacher faces charge after his gun is fired in public bathroom
A pistol-packing Marjory Stoneman Douglas teacher who said he'd be willing to be trained to carry a gun to protect the high school faces a criminal charge after he left his Glock 9mm in a public restroom where it was later fired by an apparently intoxicated homeless man, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. → Read More
Attorneys tell judge to toss crucial audio recordings in millionaire developer's sex case
A judge is expected to decide this week whether disturbing audio recordings, in which millionaire developer Louis Bianculli admits to drugging and assaulting his stepdaughter, can be used as evidence in his trial. → Read More
Deputies heard shots but didn't enter Stoneman Douglas, records show
A nation’s outrage has been aimed at Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scot Peterson, who stood armed outside for four minutes, while Nikolas Cruz slaughtered students and staff inside with his AR-15 rifle in the 1200 building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but recently released radio transmissions and dispatch records show there were several other breakdowns in BSO’s response. → Read More
Judge caught on hot mic: 'The closer to my house, the higher the bond'
Broward Senior Judge Joel Lazarus was preparing for first appearance court on when he made the controversial statement on a hot mic to a prosecutor. → Read More
Miami woman will get a life-saving transplant thanks to a stranger
Vivian Fried had never met her before, but she already knew Betty DiMartini was going to save her life. → Read More
Indicted Broward Health officials attack Broward state attorney's case
Rocky Rodriguez, the indicted chairman of Broward Health, told Local 10 News on Friday that he's not guilty of any crimes. → Read More
Video shows Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper's husband going on wild rant
It was bad enough when Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper began rambling and slurring her words at Wednesday night's commission meeting, but city officials took action after she abruptly got up and demanded the meeting be recessed because she wanted a drink of water, and began walking around on the dais arguing with colleagues. → Read More
Mayor slurs words, walks off dais at commission meeting
It was obvious early on in Wednesday night’s commission meeting that Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper wasn’t quite right, slurring several words and rambling for several minutes at a time. → Read More
Newly-obtained video shows on-duty Miami Gardens cop taking woman into hotel
When a police call came that a 23-year-old woman with mental problems had walked away from a group home, Miami Gardens police Sgt. Javier Romaguera was supposed to help her. → Read More
Private eye charged with illegally spying on Hallandale Beach politicians
Last fall, when three Hallandale Beach politicians – commissioners Keith London, Michele Lazarow and Annabelle Taub -- began complaining that they were being followed around during the bitter election season in Hallandale Beach, it might have been written off as paranoia. → Read More
Hollywood nursing home should never have been licensed, state senator says
When Jack Michel was publicly questioned for the first time about the 14 residents of his Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills nursing home who died in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, he had nothing to say. → Read More
Pet owners say Broward County tricked, pressured them to sign animal death warrants
Artie McElroy and her husband, James, adored their dogs Cookie and Chocolate, but with James dying of cancer, the couple couldn't care for them anymore. → Read More
Movement growing to remove statue from Broward County courthouse
South Florida has had some controversy over streets named after Confederate officers, but it has largely dodged the issue of racially charged monuments that has hit Charlottesville and other American cities -- until now. → Read More
Broward Animal Care executive director resigns after Local 10 report
Broward Animal Care executive director Thomas Adair has resigned his position following a Local 10 News report, showing he and other county employees changed dog and cat death records in a way that made it appear pet owners who requested their animals be adopted had instead asked that they be euthanized. → Read More
Owner of nursing home where 6 died has history of fraud allegations
The man listed in state corporate records as the manager of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills -- where six deaths have been reported after an air-conditioning outage caused by Hurricane Irma – is no stranger to controversy. → Read More
Owner of nursing home where 6 died has history of fraud allegations
The man listed in state corporate records as the manager of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills -- where six deaths have been reported after an air-conditioning outage caused by Hurricane Irma – is no stranger to controversy. → Read More
So-called psychic arrested at Miami International Airport on grand theft charge
So-called Miami psychic Gina Marks had been on the run since a warrant was issued for her arrest following accusations that she'd ripped off another customer. → Read More
Youth football coach accused of endangering player was back on field
When he was discovered on a Pompano Beach football field apparently coaching young children, Darron Bostic denied who he was. → Read More