Plantation death investigation victims IDed as mom, toddler; father hospitalized
Authorities identified the victims found dead after a suspected murder and attempted suicide at a Plantation home as a mother and her 2-year-old son; the child’s father, they said, was taken to the hospital after an apparent overdose attempt.
10-foot gator removed from lake in Plantation neighborhood
PLANTATION, Fla. – Families in one South Florida neighborhood took action on Monday because of a big alligator. It seems the 10-foot-long gator had been swimming in a lake in the Jacaranda Lakes community in Plantation for some time. Some worried families didn’t want to wait any longer and called for help. Trappers came out to the neighborhood on Northwest 99th Avenue and captured the big beast. It’s unclear where it was relocated to.
Neighborhood comes together to raise money for piano teacher who survived fire, but lost son in blaze
PLANTATION, Fla. – Families in Plantation’s Jacaranda Lakes neighborhood are coming together to raise money online for a beloved piano teacher who lost everything, including his son and his home in an early morning fire Saturday. Neighbors were still reeling Saturday afternoon as Plantation Fire Crews put out hot spots after the deadly early morning house. “He lost his son and it’s a horrible tragedy and we’re all kind of shocked,” Wallack said. The fundraising page said the man who survived the fire was Ronald Peters, and that his son, Aaron, died in the fire. Dr. Peters lost all his music, his piano, and his joy of teaching from not just the pandemic but also from this terrible fire.”To visit the page, click here.