Police: Man who went missing after allegedly attacking rabbi has been found

Trevor Rodney. (Photo courtesy of Lauderhill Police Department) (WPLG)

LAUDERHILL, Fla. – Lauderhill police confirmed Thursday that a man who was reported missing after allegedly attacking a rabbi has been located.

Police did not disclose where Trevor Livingston Rodney was found.

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According to the rabbi’s family, the parents of Rodney, 42, took him to a restaurant Tuesday where he started acting erratically and then took off running.

Lauderhill police said Rodney was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday near the 7400 block of Commercial Boulevard walking westbound towards University Drive.

Local 10 News reported last month that Lauderhill police arrested Rodney for an alleged hate crime on an elderly victim.

It happened on Feb 17, at approximately 1:30 p.m., along the 6400 block of Northwest 44th Street in Lauderhill.

According to police, responding officers arrived to find a man suffering from bruised eyes, several facial abrasions and severe body pain.

The victim told officers he had been attacked by an unknown man, unprovoked, while he was walking down Northwest 44th Street.

Local 10 News spoke to Rabbi Yaniv Moryosef, of 770 Moshiach Center in Lauderhill.

He said it was his father who was the victim of the attack.

The victim told officers that while he was being attacked by Rodney, he was called a racial slur.

Officers arrived and were able to locate Rodney along the 6900 block of Northwest 44th Street.

He was arrested and taken to the Broward County Main Jail where he posted bond.

The victim was taken to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment, authorities confirmed.


About the Authors

Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.

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