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BSO seeks help from public in locating missing 23-year-old woman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help in locating 23-year-old Danielle Marie Germaine, missing from Pompano Beach.Germaine was last seen around 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, near the 1000 block of Northeast 25th Avenue in Pompano Beach. Germaine is described as standing approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 180 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, and a nose piercing, Germaine is known to have medical conditions that require medication.Anyone with information on Germaine’s whereabouts should contact BSO Detective Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP (4357).

Man airlifted to hospital after being struck by train in Hialeah

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

A man was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a train in Hialeah.7Skyforce hovered over the scene, located in the vicinity of East Fourth Avenue and 22nd Street, around 4:30 p.m., Thursday, where the train was seen at a standstill. The man was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Ryder Trauma Center. His condition is unknown at this time. As a result of the accident, East Fourth Avenue is closed in both directions. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Jewelry store in Aventura boarded up after suspected burglars crash into it; subjects remain at large

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

A South Florida jewelry store was damaged after suspected burglars crashed into it.7News cameras on Thursday captured crews boarding up the front of International Jewelers Exchange, located at 19275 Biscayne Blvd.Security at the jewelry store told 7News that that suspects used a stolen flatbed truck to drive through the front of the store. “They backed the flatbed into the area where you see it’s all boarded up, backed in through the store,” said Tony Austin, head of security. According to Aventura Police, a call came in at 6:14 a.m. in regards to an attempted burglary. When officers arrived, they were able to quickly thwart the suspects from committing a theft. “Nothing was taken, they fled the scene, they left the original flatbed over there and they fled by some other needs,” Austin said.At around noon, workers returned to the store to board up a massive hole. “I was shocked to come and see it like that, it’s terrible,” said Matild...

Police: Driver killed in rollover crash after fleeing police, slamming into Florida City home; pedestrian hit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

A chaotic chain of events in Florida City left a driver dead and left one person injured, police said.Miami-Dade Police units arrived at the scene of a rollover crash in the River Oaks townhome community, near Southwest 336th Street and 180th Avenue, Thursday afternoon.According to investigators an officer with MDPD Robbery Intervention Detail was at a nearby gas station and attempted to speak with the driver for an unknown reason.Police said the driver slammed the door of his car and fled, in the process striking a female victim in the parking lot. Her condition is unknown.Investigators said another RID officer tried to stop the driver. Moments later, the motorist made a U-turn, lost control of the vehicle and ran up in the grass outside of a home, flipping over several times before slamming into the wall of the home.The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.7Skyforce hovered above the scene as an officer stood guard near a handgun that was located about half a block away from th...

Elderly woman killed in Malden crash involving federal law enforcement vehicle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

Authorities say an elderly woman was struck and killed in Malden while trying to cross a street.Malden Police Chief Glenn Cronin said the pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Main Street in a crash that involved two vehicles on Thursday.According to Malden PD, a preliminary investigation found a BMW SUV had been traveling south on Main Street when it collided with another SUV that had stopped at the traffic light.“The BMW ultimately traveled off the roadway striking two telephone poles before fatally striking an adult female who was standing on sidewalk,” a news release from the department stated. “The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.”According to officials, the victim had just picked up groceries when she was hit, with food items and a crushed grocery cart visible at the scene. Chief Cronin said that the woman was pinned beneath the BMW. He also noted that the other SUV appeared to belo...

State police bomb squad called in after workers discover box of ‘possible pipe bombs’ at Newburyport construction site

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

A bomb squad was called to an address in Newburyport on Thursday after authorities say a box of “what may be pipe bombs” was found.According to the Newburyport Police Department, a box containing four of what were possibly pipe bombs was found at a home under construction on Purchase Street around 2 p.m.Officials said contractors working at the address made the discovery and, per both the police and fire departments, no one had been living at the address at the time. They also noted the property’s owner was not aware of the box before it was found.Police told 7NEWS there was no threat to the public as authorities continued to investigate. In addition to police and firefighters, a Massachusetts State Police bomb squad unit was called it to assist. Authorities said that even after the unit X-rayed the box, it was not clear whether the items were actual pipe bombs or props.“Out of an abundance of caution, the Bomb Squad will be removing the items from the home a...

Jurors hear closing arguments in trial of man accused of killing New Hampshire couple in 2022

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

Closing arguments wrapped up on Thursday in the trial for a man charged in the 2022 shooting deaths of a New Hampshire couple.  Logan Clegg, 27, faces charges in connection with the deaths of Djeswende and Stephen Reid, who authorities say were shot to death while out on a hiking trail in Concord, New Hampshire.“When the defendant pulled the trigger of his gun and fired those six shots at Steven and Wendy, he knew what he was doing,” the prosecutor Josh Speicher said. “He caused their deaths. He was aware of the nature of his conduct.”The retired couple were initially reported missing after they left their home in Concord for a walk on April 18. Their bodies were found days later, both with multiple gunshot wounds, setting off an investigation that ended when police arrested Clegg in Vermont in October that year.It took investigators six months before Clegg was taken into custody in a South Burlington, Vermont library.Clegg, dubbed by detectives as the Mountain Dew Man aft...

New memorial honors Braintree K9 killed in the line of duty in 2021

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

Community members gathered in Braintree Thursday for the unveiling of a memorial in honor of Braintree Police K9 Kitt. Kitt was shot and killed while searching for an armed suspect in June, 2021. At Kitt’s memorial unveiling this week, a group of five Braintree children who helped raise money for the statue honoring Kitt shared their thoughts.“We were going to Kitt’s drive by funeral and we got in the car and we thought, ‘Why don’t we make something to contribute to what Kitt did?’” Sophia Whitelaw said.The group went to work, raising more than $24,000 through lemonade stands, cornhole tournaments and other efforts. Two years later, those funds have transformed the group’s idea to a reality.“I hope people who come and see the statue think of all the sacrifices he made and think of all the police officers that have died in the line of duty,” said Marina Whitelaw on Thursday.A big crowd was on hand for the ceremony. With streets lined with police cars, K9s ...

Peabody pilot program documents hundreds of incidents of drivers passing stopped school buses

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

Officials in Peabody are calling for a statewide crackdown on drivers who blow by stopped school buses after a city pilot program examining the problem yielded jaw-dropping results.The city of Peabody started the pilot program in September. Ultimately, the program documented 865 instances of drivers passing stopped buses. “There’s no excuse in my book,” said Maria Scheri, the founder of S.T.O.P the Operator from Passing, at a press conference on Thursday. 7Investigates previously Peabody’s pilot program in which the city teamed up with a company called BusPatrol to install cameras on the outside of 10 public school buses. The cameras start rolling when a car passes a school bus with its stop sign deployed. The cameras operate with the goal of grabbing the license plate of the passing car.While cameras have captured video, police officials this week said they can’t use those videos to issue citations due to privacy laws. Many, as a result, are now hoping new legi...

Green Line Extension problems are worse than previously known

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:23 GMT

Problems with the MBTA’s Green Line Extension are so severe that the agency will need to adjust more than half of the nearly brand-new tracks, officials announced Thursday, a stunning development that reveals construction and oversight failures.MBTA General Manager Phil Eng, who was hired in April by first-year Gov. Maura Healey, announced that an ongoing review determined roughly 50 percent of the Union Square branch and 80 percent of the Medford/Tufts branch will need to be “regauged,” or have the space between the two rails widened.After recent repairs, the tracks are wide enough to safely accommodate full-speed travel, but they are still narrower than the construction standard, officials said.Eng said he only learned the extent of the problems recently, but said that MBTA scans identified some track sections that were too narrow as far back as April 2021 and that his predecessors should have been more “proactive.”“The goal is to make sure now ...