Detectives say a Taiwanese man convinced an elderly St. Johns County woman to hand over cash and $226,000 in gold after contact through a messaging app. The suspect is jailed and the probe is ongoing.

A knife‑wielding man barricaded himself inside an Oakland Park apartment Friday evening, prompting evacuations and a large BSO response as investigators worked the scene.

A 15-year-old surrendered to Hollywood police and faces a first‑degree murder charge in the April 22 neighborhood shooting that killed a 17‑year‑old.

A viral bodycam shows a Palm Beach deputy accuse a driver without a right hand of holding a phone; the distracted‑driving citation was dismissed ahead of trial.

Twenty alleged members of the Nawf Way gang were arrested after Operation Shark Bait, a year‑long PBSO probe that tied the group to shootings, drugs and dozens of firearms cases.

A former Fort Pierce federal prosecutor has been indicted after allegedly emailing a sealed Jack Smith report to her personal accounts and renaming the files as cake recipes.

A Palm Beach Gardens urgent-care clinical director faces a false-imprisonment charge after video allegedly shows her locking a patient inside the clinic during a May 25 visit.

Nathan Cooper, wanted in a March shooting that wounded a county worker, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Norcross and is awaiting extradition.

Miami police arrested two men after surveillance, phone data and license‑plate records linked them to an April 4 home invasion. Both face armed-robbery with home-invasion charges.

A small single‑engine plane overturned on the South Florida State Hospital campus near North Perry Airport on Friday; two adults were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital. Emergency crews contained a fuel leak and investigators remained on scene.

Monroe County deputies arrested a Cudjoe Key man after his wife was found fatally injured at their home.

FBI Miami will hold a 2 p.m. press briefing Friday to outline security plans for World Cup matches and fan events across South Florida in June and July. Federal and local partners will discuss coordination measures ahead of the tournament.

Coast Guard crews intercepted a suspected smuggling vessel about 1 mile east of Cape Florida and recovered roughly 900 pounds of cocaine. Three people were detained and the DEA Miami Division has taken custody of the narcotics.