Palm Beach Crime Tracker

OpenAI's threat-detection systems escalated Darren Zhou's ChatGPT messages about harming his ex-girlfriend directly to the FBI, launching the...

• Capital leverage worked: First-degree murder indictment under 2023 law prompted manslaughter plea, dodging Friday trial
• Sentence details: 30 years...

A Palm Beach County man received a 15-year prison sentence for a 2022 indecent exposure incident involving children. Wendell Davis was convicted after...

West Palm Beach PD ran a prostitution operation on August 12, arresting five people citywide for solicitation and booking them into Palm Beach County Jail under 796.07(2F) and/or 796.07(2E). One individual identified is Demetrius Latham, Jr.

• Amal Youssef, 71, allegedly concealed 28 items worth $1,782 at Macy's in Wellington Mall after three hours of CCTV monitoring.
• She exited without...

Two recent cases spotlight PBSO accountability gaps under Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.

• A deputy received a verbal reprimand after ticketing a one-armed...

Five Palm Beach County residents are among seven defendants charged in a $100M workers’ compensation fraud scheme involving shell companies,...

Two Maryland sisters were arrested Aug. 8 after allegedly stealing $7,805.59 in clothing from a Saks Fifth Avenue store at Boca Raton's Town Center...

• Akash Das, 29, was arrested Aug. 5 and booked into Palm Beach County Jail on one count of vehicular homicide
• Police allege he drove 100 mph in a...

• Probation breach: Robert Mooney, 60, was arrested Aug. 3 while on probation until 2029 for grand theft auto and dealing in stolen property.
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A Florida appeals court has ordered a new evidentiary hearing for Abner Zambrano, convicted in 2018 of lewd exhibition to two children, after the...

Initial reports described gunfire at a Palm Beach County complex with no details on injuries or cause. FDLE took over the probe as standard...

Tragic loss for Palm Beach first responders: PBSO dispatcher Elizabeth Ortega, 50, was fatally shot by her long-term partner in Port St. Lucie before...

Cesar James, 35, escalated from a crash to direct violence against first responders before extending his crime spree.

• On August 1 at 605 South...

A Lauderhill resident and former Haitian National Police officer pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy, smuggling, and export control charges for...

PBSO urgently appeals for public assistance to locate 12-year-old Abelardo Pablo Pascual, last seen leaving his West Palm Beach home around 12:05 p.m....

West Palm Beach woman forged employer letters from Napleton Auto Group and Manheim/Cox Automotive to claim $19,300 in COVID rental and food assistance...

A longtime PBSO 911 dispatcher, Elizabeth "Liz" Ortega, was shot multiple times by her estranged boyfriend Ralph Varela Sr. with an AR-style rifle in...

Boca Raton police quickly arrested Lapaul Jackson, 36, after he pushed a woman to the ground on the El Rio Trail and stole her iPhone 15. Officers...

Three Palm Beach County men received lengthy federal prison terms for exploiting runaway foster teens.

• Antonio Michel (Delray Beach) got 15 years...