Canal rescue, confrontation, celebration: Catch up on 3 Pembroke Pines stories
Three recent stories about Pembroke Pines covered several topics, including a canal rescue, a gunpoint dispute over home-repair work and a reunion-themed concert night.
Here’s a rundown to catch up:
Good Samaritan rescues driver after car plunges into Pembroke Pines canal, cops say
A driver lost control at C.B. Smith Park and the vehicle ended up fully submerged in a canal, police said. A bystander jumped in to help get the elderly woman out before first responders arrived, and she was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
Handyman held at gunpoint at Pembroke Pines home over unfinished job, police say
Police say a man threatened a handyman with a semi-automatic handgun and wouldn’t let him leave after a dispute about fixing mistakes and showing up on time. The man was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment.
Throwback Thursday concert series returns to Pines with a reunion-themed night
Pembroke Pines is bringing back its free Throwback Thursday concert series with a “High School Reunion Night” theme on Thursday, May 28, at the Charles F. Dodge City Center. Expect decades-spanning hits (1960s-’80s), food trucks and more.
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