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A video has surfaced of Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel attending a meeting of Muslims, where both Israel and one of his deputies spoke in Arabic. The deputy said that Israel pledged to keep young people out of jail and to put “God first, your family second and the community third.” Israel credits his deputy Nezar Hamze as a likeminded individual who is on the same mission as Israel. Israel compares himself and Hamze to lions on a mission. Both Israel and Namze boast that they keep young people out of jail, rather than put them in. “I want you...

The current Sheriff is Scott Israel; he was elected to office in November 2012. As Sheriff, Israel has made it a point to reach out to diverse crowds, including those who could be considered enemies of the U.S. and her allies. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel’s 2015 radical Muslim tour began this past January, when he posed for photos with Sofian Abdelaziz Zakkout and a member of Zakkout’s Miami-based AMANA group at a local mosque. Zakkout is a big supporter of Hamas. On his Facebook page, one can find Hamas logos and photos of Hamas militants and leaders, including Hamas founders Ahmed Yassin and...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A man was being detained in New York for the death of a woman who was dragged for several miles under a minivan after trying to stop the driver from fleeing a collision, officials said Monday. Abdelaziz Bilal Hamze, 24, was detained on Delta flight 132 bound for Athens, Greece, Broward County Sheriff's spokesman Elliot Cohen said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained him while the plane was pulling away from the gate at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Cohen said. Broward sheriff's deputies were en route to New York to interview Hamze,...

(CBS4) FT. LAUDERDALE Federal agents took away a man who had boarded a Greece-bound jetliner after the Broward Sheriff's Office accused him of running down and dragging a woman for miles until she died this weekend. Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne said 24-year-old Abdelaziz Hamze was taken from Delta flight 132, bound from New York's JFK airport to Greece, after BSO was given a tip he was the driver of the car which killed 44-year-old Sandra Hall Sunday night. Hall was angry that her car had been hit by a driver who sped away, and was killed after the she chased...

Lauderdale woman dragged for miles, killed after confronting hit-run driver UPDATE: Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne announced Monday afternoon the arrest of a man at New York's John F. Kennedy airport in the dragging death of Sandra Hall, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, according to news reports. Sheriff Jenne identified the suspect as Abdelaziz Hamze, 24, of Coral Springs. He said BSO investigators were on their way to New York to interview him.