4 in custody after search warrant executed in Pembroke Pines

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Four people were taken into custody Wednesday morning after police executed a search warrant at a home, authorities confirmed.

According to police, the investigation was unfolding at an apartment complex in the area of Southwest 117th Terrace and Second Street.

Police confirmed that the warrant was related to possible cyber crimes.

The incident came around the same time that several people were detained after the Miramar Police Department’s SWAT team and detectives executed a search warrant at a home, authorities confirmed.

According to police, the search of the home, which is located along the 2100 block of Southwest 118th Avenue, was in relation to a fraud investigation.

“As I always do, at 8 o’clock, I go for my jog and I come around the corner and I see all this commotion,” one neighbor, Rick Estrada, said. “You’re surprised about who lives in your neighborhood, and it’s kind of surprising.”

Further details about both investigations were not immediately released.


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