A 76-year-old Hallandale Beach man was driving more than 20 mph over the speed limit when he slammed into a pedestrian crossing U.S. 1, launching him 75 feet across the road, according to Hollywood police.
Broward Public Defender Gordon Weekes is demanding changes at the Broward Main Jail after two recent inmate deaths tied to mental illness. Alvin Stephen Modeste, 43, hanged himself in his cell at the North Broward Jail in Pompano Beach on Dec. 26, less than a month after a Broward judge ordered him to receive evaluation under the state’s Baker Act. Modeste was scheduled to be evaluated to .