A severe weather system led to damage in southern Broward County, lifting a small plane at North Perry Airport and downing trees Friday evening.

Nearly two years after a man was gunned down while driving in Pembroke Pines, police announced an arrest in the murder case Wednesday evening.

Pembroke Pines police arrested a student Wednesday morning who they said made a threat toward Charles W. Flanagan High School.

Authorities are investigating an attempted abduction that took place in Pembroke Pines.

A man and woman were arrested Monday after being accused of running a chop shop in Pembroke Pines, authorities said.

Police officers arrested a 28-year-old man on Thursday after he was accused of beating up Jack, an eight-month-old American pit bull terrier, to death in Broward County.

Police in Pembroke Pines are looking for a teenager they accuse of exposing himself to a mother and child walking down a residential street.

Pembroke Pines police say a 5-year-old boy likely won’t face charges after he allegedly attacked a teacher at Pines Lakes Elementary School.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A North Bay Village police officer is accused of drunken driving while behind the wheel of his cruiser in Pembroke Pines. James McVay was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence. Pembroke Pines police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell said McVay was driving a marked North Bay Village police cruiser, traveling north in the southbound lanes, with its emergency lights activated when he was pulled over on U.S. Highway 27. According to the report, McVay, who was not wearing his uniform, was unsteady on his feet and had vomit on his shirt. The North Bay Village Police Department has suspended McVay pending the outcome of an internal investigation.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A Pembroke Pines police officer who was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic outside Charles W. Flanagan High School remained hospitalized Tuesday morning. Pembroke Pines police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell said Officer Victoria Lima was struck by a vehicle Monday morning in the school zone along Taft Street. Lima, a 15-year-veteran of the Pembroke Pines Police Department, was in uniform and wearing a yellow traffic vest. Conwell said Lima's injuries were not life-threatening. Lima remained under the care of medical staff at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A Pembroke Pines police officer was struck by a vehicle Monday morning outside Charles W. Flanagan High School. The crash occurred about 7:30 a.m. while the officer was directing traffic in the school zone along Taft Street. Pembroke Pines police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell said a vehicle driven by a woman struck the officer, who was in uniform and wearing a yellow traffic vest. A view from Sky 10 showed an officer being placed on a stretcher and loaded in the back of an ambulance. Police diverted eastbound traffic by the school during the crash investigation.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - A prisoner who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in South Florida has been caught. John Ireland, 33, was taken into custody by Broward Sheriff's Office deputies in Oakland Park after a citizen recognized his picture from the news and called police, Pembroke Pines police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell said Thursday morning. Ireland escaped Wednesday from South Florida State Hospital in Pembroke Pines. The court-ordered patient escaped from the Cypress Drive facility by climbing over an exterior fence, Conwell said. Florida Department of Corrections records show Ireland has a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for theft and aggravated assault.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - A newly released 911 call casts new light on last week's swatting prank in Pembroke Pines. The Broward Sheriff's Office released 911 audio from what led to a heavy police presence inside a gated community in Pembroke Pines. Images from Sky 10 showed police officers behind an armored truck with firearms drawn as they advanced toward a house. In the 911 audio, the caller asks an emergency dispatcher for a hostage negotiator, claiming to have shot their girlfriend and tied up two children. After the incident, Pembroke Pines police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell said an initial report of possible shots fired in the area came in to authorities, which corresponds with the false information from the 911 caller.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - Sgt. John Baker, who supervises the Pembroke Pines Police Department's traffic unit, remained hospitalized on Sunday after he was injured in a crash that prompted the shutdown of Sheridan Street at Interstate 75 on Saturday. Baker was riding a police-issued motorcycle and was on duty when he was involved in the crash about 7 a.m. Saturday at 14800 Sheridan St., in Pembroke Pines, according to Amanda Conwell, a spokeswoman for the police department. Baker's crash comes a few weeks after a 30-year-old deputy died in a crash. Deputy Benjamin Nimtz died July 21.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - Officers arrested a group of students, ages 16 to 20 years old, on Tuesday after a burglary at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines. Pembroke Pines Police Department officers believe the group broke into the school at 12800 Taft Street about 11:50 p.m. on Monday. "When officers arrived, the suspects were seen running through the halls and courtyard," said Amanda Conwell, a spokeswoman for the Pembroke Pines Police Department. Deputies in a Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter and police dogs from the Miramar and Pembroke Pines police departments participated in the search. The students are facing charges of burglary and trespassing on school grounds.