Pembroke Pines teacher arrested. Plus gunpoint threats and Snapchat solicitation
Three recent stories about Pembroke Pines crime and public safety covered several topics, including a teacher’s arrest after an alleged scuffle with a student, a handyman allegedly being held at gunpoint over a job dispute and federal child exploitation charges tied to Snapchat.
Here’s a rundown to catch up:
Pembroke Pines music teacher accused of grabbing student by lanyard is arrested
Police say a Franklin Academy choir director grabbed a student’s lanyard in a hallway altercation that was caught on security video, and the student’s mother wanted to press charges. The teacher was arrested on a felony child abuse charge.
Handyman held at gunpoint at Pembroke Pines home over unfinished job, police say
Investigators say a man confronted a handyman at a home, pointed a gun at him, and told him he couldn’t leave until the work was finished after a dispute over mistakes and timing. The suspect was arrested on multiple charges.
Pines man told teens he wanted to ‘spoil’ them, solicited explicit videos, FBI says
Federal authorities say a man used Snapchat to solicit explicit videos from teen girls, sometimes sending money or gifts and allegedly urging at least one minor to claim she was 18. Investigators say they found child sexual abuse material on his devices.
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