Four arrested in large-scale retail theft

A team effort between South Florida law enforcement agencies, including the Broward Sheriff's Office and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, resulted in the arrest of four suspected members of an organized retail theft group According to BSO and PBSO, on Monday February 6, members of the group committed a grand theft at a Walgreens store in Palm Beach County PBSO deputies attempted to stop the subjects; however, they intentionally crashed into a PBSO vehicle The deputy did not suffer any injuries

As the group headed toward Broward County, PBSO alerted BSO's B A T (Burglary Apprehension Team) With assistance from BSO Aviation, detectives with B A T began surveilling the vehicle Once the vehicle parked in an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Pacific Point Place in Lauderdale Lakes, BSO detectives made contact with the subjects One subject was immediately arrested, another fled and was quickly captured, and two others fled into a nearby apartment After a brief standoff, the subjects surrendered and were arrested

BSO then assisted PBSO with a search warrant of the apartment Inside, more than $200-thousand worth of over-the-counter medications and other products were found in the apartment All four subjects were transported to Palm Beach County where they were booked into the Palm Beach County Jail Multiple law enforcement agencies are continuing to investigate the group Homeland Security Investigations Miami Office and El Dorado Task Force - South are also investigating

Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke reappointed to US House committees

Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke on Wednesday announced her appointment to again serve on the United States House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, and House Committee on Homeland Security

“Serving as a senior member on both the Energy and Commerce Committee, and the Homeland Security Committee during the 117th Congress has been an incredible honor, and I proudly accept the support of my colleagues to continue working into this new legislative session,” Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC)

“I look forward to continuing the great progress we ' ve made in the cybersecurity space within the Oversight Subcommittee, along with leveraging our oversight capacity to address the political extremism and turmoil of House

Republicans and continue working to protect our country's democratic institutions in 2023 and beyond,” added the representative for the largely Caribbean 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York Clarke will serve on the following committees in the 118th Congress: House Committee on Homeland Security; Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Subcommittee on Communications and Technology; Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce; and Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials

In early December 2022, the United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Clarke as its first vice chair She was among top officials elected by CBC's Executive Committee for the 118th US Congress Clarke, who serves as chair of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee in the US House of Representatives, thanked her CBC colleagues for their support, stating that she is “blessed” to be serving with them in the 118th Session of Congress Clarke, who has been a member of the US Congress since 2007, said for decades, the CBC has provided “ a voice to the voiceless and a platform for the marginalized