Stoneman Douglas evacuates one building after ‘suspicious white substance’ found in envelope
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School evacuated one building and placed the rest of the campus under a lockdown after an envelope containing a “suspicious substance” was received in the front office, officials say. The substance was deemed not to be a threat, and the actions were precautionary.
sun-sentinel.comPublic defender’s office wants Parkland judge off all its criminal cases
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who handled the Parkland mass shooting case, is so biased in favor of the prosecution that she cannot be trusted to oversee cases handled by the Public Defender’s Office, according to dozens of motions filed in court last week.
sun-sentinel.comWatch Wednesday at 1:30: Day 2 of the Parkland school shooter’s formal sentencing
A Broward County judge will formally sentence the Parkland school shooter after a jury recommended life in prison for the 2018 killing of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Watch Day 2 of the proceedings live.
sun-sentinel.comParkland sentencing hearing: US Navy flight officer was serving on coast of Iran when she lost her father-in-law
Ines Maria Hixon said the U.S. Navy deployed her on a U.S. Aircraft carrier off the coast of Iran. The day her father-in-law Christopher Hixon died while trying to stop the Parkland school shooter, she said she was flying a military plane and didn’t get to check her e-mail.
Watch live: Parkland school shooter’s formal sentencing
A Broward County judge will formally sentence the Parkland school shooter after a jury recommended life in prison for the 2018 killing of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Watch the proceedings live.
sun-sentinel.comBroward Sheriff’s Office spent $2.6 million housing, supervising Parkland gunman since 2018, record says
Since the day of his arrest, confessed Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz has been housed and supervised inside the Broward Main Jail, which has cost the Broward Sheriff’s Office nearly $2.6 million, according to a court motion filed Friday.
sun-sentinel.comState spent more than $2 million prosecuting the Stoneman Douglas mass shooting case
The state of Florida spent more than $2 million trying to obtain a death sentence for the man who killed 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to the Broward State Attorney’s Office. Broward taxpayers will foot the bill for the defense, too.
sun-sentinel.comWatch live: Verdict in the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial
Watch from inside the courtroom as the jury reads their verdict: Will Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to death or life in prison? Jurors are deciding whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
sun-sentinel.comWatch live: Closing arguments in Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial
Watch from inside the courtroom as the prosecution and defense give their closing statements in the sentencing trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Jurors are deciding whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
sun-sentinel.comParkland school shooting verdict: Count 15 in penalty phase is Joaquin Oliver Padauy
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count 15 of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 6 in penalty phase is Alyssa Alhadeff
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count six of first-degree murder.
Turkey farm workers charged with animal cruelty after being caught on video
Eleven people working for one of the nation's leading turkey producers have been charged with animal cruelty in Pennsylvania after state police said they were caught on video kicking, stomping and beating turkeys at several farms.
news.yahoo.comCrowding problem draws new attention at Stoneman Douglas High. ‘We won’t kick the can down the road.’
To ease overcrowding, school district officials say they want to trim Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s enrollment by as many as 500 students. And eventually, other overcrowded schools also could face adjustments.
sun-sentinel.comMan sacrificing animals at Parkland shooting shrine is arrested in Broward school threat prevention effort
Broward Sheriff’s Gregory Tony said his investigators were able to get a potential school shooter off the street by nabbing him for defacing the shrine for Parkland shooting victims at the site of the high school.
sun-sentinel.com‘I’m a bad kid. I want to kill!’ Parkland gunman’s teacher says she kept his records in case they’d be needed in future
The Parkland gunman’s middle school language arts teacher was so troubled by his schoolwork that she kept a meticulous record of her interactions with Nikolas Cruz, knowing from the time she met him that he was going to be a problem.
sun-sentinel.comDeSantis appointees replace elected school board members
Four school board members appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in one of Florida’s most Democratic counties were sworn into office on Tuesday. The state's Department of Education on Monday voiced “significant concerns" about the school system's actions before, during and after the shootings of 17 people by Nikolas Cruz, a troubled former student who attacked the high school's campus on Valentine's Day in 2018. In a letter sent to Superintendent Vickie Cartwright, the state cited the grand jury's finding of mismanagement of the $800 million voter-approved bond to renovate schools, the underreporting of criminal activity to the state, the district's “almost fanatical desire to control student data” and use it to manipulate public perception, and the practice of allowing students with serious felonies back on school campuses.
news.yahoo.comWatch live: Defense opens its case in the Parkland school shooting trial
Watch the opening statement from the defense in the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes on Monday. Aug. 22, 2022. The prosecution rested its case two weeks ago after trying to convince jurors why they should sentence the shooter to death.
sun-sentinel.comThe painful legacy of a building: Behind a fence and under lock and key, Parkland massacre site holds haunting memories
As the Parkland jury walked through the 1200 building on Aug. 4, students, teachers and graduates remember the classes they had in the building, the items they abandoned as they fled, and having to walk by the mass shooting crime scene so many times over the past few years.
sun-sentinel.comStoneman Douglas shooting site won’t come down until next year at the earliest
The Parkland building where a teenage gunman shot and killed 17 people will continue to stand at least until next year, even though the jury deciding the gunman’s fate has already finished its tour of the crime scene.
sun-sentinel.comParkland’s 1200 building: Jurors view crime scene of chilling destruction, frozen in time moments after bloodbath
Jurors in the Parkland trial viewed the scene of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday. In one corner of one room, books lay on the floor, caked in dried blood. One was titled “Tell Them We Remember.”
sun-sentinel.com‘It’s an ache that is just constant’: Parents share tearful memories of the teens who died in Parkland school shooting
'I wish every single day this is a nightmare I can wake up from,' a tearful Max Schachter told a jury considering the fate of confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman Nikolas Cruz. Schachter's son Alex was killed at the Parkland school.
sun-sentinel.comWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 11 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Wednesday, Aug. 3. The prosecution, which is getting close to resting its case, is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.
sun-sentinel.com‘I’m left with a feeling of emptiness’: Victims’ families tell jury about how Parkland shooting ripped apart their lives
The 17 teenagers and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school who were murdered by a school shooter each have a story. On Tuesday, emotional testimony from their families resumed in front of the jury who will decide the fate of confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz.
sun-sentinel.comWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 10 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The prosecution, which is getting close to resting its case, is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.
sun-sentinel.comParkland school shooter’s death penalty trial: Detective reads ominous comments, searches
The Broward County prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter called Broward Sheriff’s Office Detective Nicholas Masters on July 27 to testify in court about the digital evidence his team uncovered.
Parkland shooter’s actions after school massacre discussed during Day 4 of sentencing trial
The state spent Thursday’s shorter hearing speaking to more witnesses and discussing how Nikolas Cruz was trying to blend in with the public after fatally shooting 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Center formed in wake of Parkland shooting collecting letters for Uvalde victims’ families
A South Florida wellness center formed in the wake of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland is collecting letters from the community to present to families affected by last month’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Broward Health unveils sculpture in honor of Parkland school shooting victims
Nicholas Dworet was a star swimmer and had signed a scholarship letter of intent to swim for the University of Indianapolis when a shooter killed him and 16 others on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He was 17 when he died and would have celebrated his 22nd birthday last week.
Florida massacre families to get millions for FBI's inaction
Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed and wounded in a 2018 Florida high school massacre over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack.
Former BSO Deputy Scot Peterson permitted to visit Parkland school to prepare for trial
A defense motion has passed to allow former Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scot Peterson to visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and staff members were killed in February 2018 under his watch, his attorney confirmed to Local 10 News on Friday.
Parkland gun control activist dad continues protest outside White House for more than a week
Manuel Oliver traveled from South Florida to Washington, D.C., about eight days ago and he has been standing in front of the White House to demand action on gun violence. Dozens of other students and parents joined the protest on Thursday.