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Rafael Olmeda

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Rafael Olmeda

    Rapper Rick Ross arrested, accused of hitting, choking girlfriend in August (opens the original)

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    Rapper Rick Ross was arrested early Thursday morning in Miami Beach after he was accused of busting his girlfriend’s lip and slamming her against a wall in a domestic violence incident in August that was only reported to police two days ago, police said. Ross, 50, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts II, voluntarily surrendered to detectives at Miami Beach Police headquarters. He was charged with one count of battery by strangulation, a felony, and one count of misdemeanor battery. He was

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Rafael Olmeda

    Tension escalates between county and sheriff as Broward considers takeover of 911 (opens the original)

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    The already shaky relationship between the County Commission and the Broward Sheriff’s Office became even less stable Tuesday, with the law enforcement agency declining to send a representative to a budget meeting entirely about recent and anticipated public safety issues. The perceived snub has some calling for a county takeover of the regional 911 emergency response system. County Mayor Mark Bogen said he was assured by Sheriff Gregory Tony that a high-ranking officer and the sheriff’s chief f

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Rafael Olmeda

    Margate commissioner profited from city program he approved, county watchdog says (opens the original)

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    A Margate city commissioner voted twice to approve a city program that he then profited from as a construction contractor, an alleged violation of ethics rules, according to Broward’s Office of the Inspector General. Tommy Ruzzano, president of Ruzzano Construction, has been on the Margate City Commission since 2012 and was most recently reelected in 2024. Four years ago, according to a report from Inspector General Carol Breece, he voted in favor of a city ordinance that allowed the expansion o

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Rafael Olmeda

    Self-described witch found guilty in murder of woman whose body was never found (opens the original)

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    Shannon Ryan, the self-professed witch who was the last person known to be with Georgia resident Leila Cavett before her disappearance in Broward County in 2020, was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder, a verdict that took the jury less than 90 minutes to reach. Ryan, 44, had testified in his defense a day earlier, telling jurors he did not kill Cavett, 21, but that he knew her, taught her how to read Tarot cards, agreed to buy a truck from her, and last saw her when he dropped her and

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Rafael Olmeda

    Broward sheriff denounces county’s planned takeover of fire-rescue (opens the original)

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    The County Commission’s decision to end the 25-year merger of the Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward County Fire Rescue is a “betrayal of the public’s trust” and a “disservice” to first responders, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony said this week. “It is particularly troubling that the same Commission that has refused to provide our first responders with the compensation they deserve is now prioritizing control over a proven public safety system that has served this community since 2003,” Tony said

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