Suspect wanted on felony warrant located while painting Broward elementary school, cops say

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A 37-year-old man wanted on an active warrant was arrested at a Broward County elementary school last week.

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Officers with the Coral Springs Police Department said they took Wesley Henrique Ferreira Ramos Pereira into custody on Thursday outside of Coral Park Elementary School, located at 8401 Westview Drive.

According to police, detectives with CSPD’s Strategic Enforcement Team were helping the Broward Sheriff’s Office in surveilling Ferreira Ramos Pereira, who was wanted by BSO for three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, as well as a charge of culpable negligence.

Investigators said they tracked Ferreira Ramos Pereira to the school, where he was working as a painter and helping paint the walls of classrooms inside the school.

Several detectives surrounded Ferreira Ramos Pereira as he walked to his car outside the school, but when police said he refused to get on the ground, a K9 unit was deployed to assist in taking Ferreira Ramos Pereira into custody.

He did not appear in the online Broward jail database on Wednesday.

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