Amanda Plasencia

4 days ago | nbcmiami.com | Amanda Plasencia

A woman is speaking out nearly a month after she says she was attacked by a shark in the ocean in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Emily Ross was snorkeling in waist deep water near the pier at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea back on May 27 when she had the marine life encounter she never asked for. "I thought I was going to die. I thought, this is how people die," Ross said Monday. She described how she saw bait fish and then came face to face with a shark that bit her left hand and part of her arm.

1 week ago | nbcmiami.com | Amanda Plasencia

A bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Lauderdale Lakes on Friday afternoon, officials said. The incident happened near the intersection of Northwest 29th Street and U.S. 441. Footage from the scene showed a bicycle laid on its side and personal belongings in the middle of the roadway. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials said they transported a man from the scene to Broward Health Medical Center, where he was being treated for a possible head injury.

2 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Amanda Plasencia

Two people have been arrested after a hit-and-run that killed a motorcyclist on Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale back in May. "I didn't know I was going to be saying goodbye to him," Kara Goldner said of losing her 36-year-old boyfriend. "They took my boyfriend, they took a father, they took a brother. They took a son. They don't have no care.

2 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Amanda Plasencia

The family of a man who was killed over five months ago during a dispute between a neighbor in Lauderdale Lakes has filed a lawsuit against the apartment complex where it happened. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened on Thanksgiving 2024 in the 2800 block of Somerset Drive. When deputies arrived, they found an adult man with a gunshot wound. Paramedics later pronounced him deceased, BSO officials said. The man was identified as 72-year-old Hureleyon McLean.

2 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Amanda Plasencia

The tension between Florida's attorney general and the Broward Sheriff appears to have eased after the county's top cop clarified his comments about immigration enforcement not being a priority. The issues began when Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony spoke at a county commission meeting last week and let his views on his department's role in immigration matters be known. "We have other priorities in this community that I'm focused on, and immigration is not one of them," Tony said.