News Release

PBSO Deputy Educates Mother in Child Passenger Safety

In the afternoon of Monday, June 12th 2017, District 16 (City of Greenacres) Deputy Gregory conducted a traffic on a vehicle for an expired registration within the City of Greenacres. As Deputy Gregory was conversing with the driver, he noticed a 2 year-old child not properly restrained in a child safety seat. Deputy Gregory requested Deputy Gonzalez, a certified technician in Child Passenger Safety to respond in which he did. Upon Deputy Gonzalez’s arrival he too began to converse with the...

PBSO Investigate a Shooting in Lake Worth

PBSO Deputies received a call of “shots fired” approximately 1:30 am in the area of 914 F Street, Lake Worth. Upon arrival Deputies found an Hispanic adult male deceased from being shot and another with non-life threatening injuries. He was transported to the hospital. Detectives are investigating this death. There is no motive to the shooting at this time and no suspect information. This advisory will be updated when more information becomes available.

PBSO Investigates a Shooting in West Palm Beach

Deputies responded to a shooting in the 2800 block of Saranac Ave, West Palm Beach. Upon arrival deputies found a male with gunshot wound(s). He was transported to a local hospital for treatment. No suspect information or known motive at this time. Detectives from the Violent Crimes Division are in route to investigate further. More information will be released when it becomes available, in the meantime, anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS. You can also remain ANONYMOUS by downloading our...

Deputies Investigate a Shooting in Belle Glade

Deputies responded to a shooting in the 600 block of SW Avenue D, Belle Glade. Upon arrival deputies found an adult male with gunshot wound to the leg. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment. No suspect information of known motive at this time. Detectives from the Violent Crimes Division are investigating further. More information will be released when it becomes available, in the meantime, anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS. You can also remain ANONYMOUS by downloading our new...

Missing Christy Luna Tells Her Story Through Our Social Media 33 Years Later

33 years ago, on Memorial weekend, 8-year-old Christy Luna walked out of her home in search for cat food and was never found. Although a  massive search was started,  no one was ever charged.  In an effort to revive the case, Media Relations lead a nontraditional social media campaign. We kicked our social media campaign on May 26th, the day before Christy went missing, all the way until the day after, May 28th. We used all outlets, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram to reach as many people...

PBSO Marine and Aviation Units Rescue Missing Divers

PBSO Aviation Unit works together with Marine Unit to find and rescue missing divers. Shortly after 10:00 am this morning, seven divers separated from a commercial dive boat out of Jupiter. Two divers were immediately located and transported to the local marina. The other five divers were found a few miles away by PBSO Aviation pilot. The pilot led the Marine Unit deputies to the five outstanding divers. A short time later the dive boat arrived and all five divers successfully reentered the vessel.   /wp-content/uploads/2017/06/10000000_1182566261854340_6536175144807694336_n.mp4

Do You Recognize These Wallet Snatchers on the Move?

Two unknown suspects were captured on surveillance video entering JFK Hospital. While inside they roamed the halls, entered patients rooms and private offices looking for anything of value. On the same day, the same suspects, entered a different medical establishment and stole a wallet out of a purse from a private office. Both incidents occurred on May 1, 2017. JFK Hospital is located in the City of Atlantis. The second medical establishment is located in the 10000 block of Jog Road. Anyone with information is...

Suspects Crashed their Vehicle After PBSO Car Chase

Just after 4 AM we were called out to Duggans Pub regarding a robbery. Our deputies arrived shortly after. A short pursuit ensued. The suspects then started firing at our deputies and we returned fire. One deputy was injured with minor injuries while being shot at. After a short pursuit the suspects crashed their vehicle and began shooting at our deputies. We are still searching the for the suspects. We are starting to breakdown the perimeter so the residents in the area could move freely although...

PBSO K9 Kasper Takes Bullet Meant for K9 Partner

We are investigating an officer involved shooting in Jupiter. Suspect Phillip Oshea, again fired shots at the deputies while we were attempting to apprehend him. He was shot and killed. During the gunfire, PBSO K9 Casper was shot while protecting his handler. This was the weapon used by this dangerous suspect to fire upon our deputies twice in the same day. The suspect Phillip Oshea, 46, had a warrant out for his arrest in North Carolina. PBSO K9 Kasper took a bullet that was meant...