BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Source: USDOJ) — A Boca Raton attorney was sentenced today to 84 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution of $19.7 million to 2,156 investors, after previously being convicted by a federal jury of 33 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering offenses. This case involved a scheme […]
Continue ReadingParents weren’t notified for seven hours. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A malfunctioning fire alarm at Whispering Pines elementary school Thursday led to a school evacuation and emergency fire department response — confusing students who had just taken part in a fire drill days earlier and frightening teachers already on edge on the one year […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — While much of the country enjoys a day off on Monday for President’s Day, Palm Beach County School students — and teachers — will be at work. For reasons that we’ve never been able to quite get to the bottom of, the Palm Beach County School District ignores President’s day, […]
Continue ReadingDELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Investigators from the Delray Bach PD Traffic Homicide Unit have released the names of the two people killed in a car crash Saturday when a pickup collided with a cement truck at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Congress Avenue. Terrence Shapiro, 48, of Boynton Beach and Siobhan M. Stackpole, 44, […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reports that Charles Bruner, 80, of Rheims Road in Boca Raton has died. According to police, “On January 17, 2019, (Bruner) was traveling south on Cherbourg Drive when for unknown reasons (his car) departed west off of the roadway and entered a lake. On […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Rebecca Platt of the 2900 block of Needham Court in Delray is facing an elevated DUI charge following her arrest by PBSO. According to booking records, Platt is charged with DUI — “.15 or higher with person under 18 in vehicle.” Platt was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail […]
Continue ReadingDELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Source: City of Delray Beach) — The City of Delray Beach and the Delray Beach Police Department are proud to announce that Javaro Sims has been selected to serve as the department’s next police chief. An officer with DBPD since 1992, Sims has risen steadily through the ranks, becoming one of […]
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DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Source: Media Advisory) — Elizabeth Smart, international child abduction advocate and New York Times best-selling author, will be the keynote speaker forChild Rescue Coalition’s (CRC) fourth annual “Eat, Drink and Be Giving” Gala . Proceeds from the evening will enhance Child Rescue Coalition’s technological developments, increase law enforcement training and rescue thousands […]
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