State corrections officer Miya Bell of Homestead was arrested last weekend for allegedly driving under the influence while her children were inside her vehicle and resisting arrest.
Bell, 27, is charged with DUI, battery on a law enforcement officer, child abuse, and resisting an officer with and without violence. She is being held on $25,000 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The press did not name an attorney for her.
Two Hallendale Beach police officers have been placed on administrative leave while internal affairs investigates a video that reportedly shows them striking a suspect with batons.
Officers Richard Allen and Jaime Cerna were recorded arresting James Dunkelberger on May 30 after he purportedly stole a phone and charger from a parked car. Dunkelberger was charged with resisting an officer without violence and burglary.
Derek Myers of West Boynton, Florida was arrested last Friday for allegedly crashing his car while under the influence with an unsecured 3-year-old passenger in the front seat. Myers purportedly fought and resisted deputies until he was forcibly subdued. He was booked into Palm Beach County Jail and is being held in lieu of $4,000 bond. It is unclear whether Myers has hired legal representation.
According to the arrest report filed at the Palm Beach County Sherriff’s Office, the car crash occurred on Friday 25 at around 1 p.m. on East Sandpiper Drive in West Boynton. Myers, 32, was driving his car with a 3-year-old passenger. The three-year-old boy, who has not been identified as Myers’ son by news sources,was in the front-passenger seat unsecured by a seat belt, sources say.
Kenton Taylor Garret of West Palm Beach, Florida is accused of rear-ending a marked police car with his silver sedan, and faces aggravated assault, aggravated battery, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and hit and run charges. Reports did not specify a lawyer for Garret, who is currently held at the Palm Beach County Jail.
According to a West Palm Beach Police arrest report, Garret, 56, allegedly tried to make a getaway and almost ran down Police Sergeant Bullard after he rear-ended his patrol car. The incident allegedly occurred on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard on a turn near North Congress Avenue.
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