{"id":298404,"date":"2026-06-06T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298404\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:37:08","slug":"police-arrest-man-in-connection-with-hit-and-run-that-left-bso-deputy-hurt-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298404\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man in connection with hit-and-run that left BSO deputy hurt in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0June 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale police have arrested a suspect in connection with a hit-and-run crash that they say left a Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy hospitalized Friday evening.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Fort Lauderdale police have arrested a suspect in connection with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/05\/bso-deputy-hospitalized-after-hit-and-run-crash-in-fort-lauderdale-driver-remains-at-large\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/05\/bso-deputy-hospitalized-after-hit-and-run-crash-in-fort-lauderdale-driver-remains-at-large\/\">hit-and-run crash<\/a> that they say left a Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy hospitalized Friday evening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Casey Liening, a spokesperson with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, said Sean Alexis, 40, was taken into custody with assistance from the Plantation Police Department and booked into the Broward County Main Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jail record show Alexis is facing multiple charges, including hit-and-run involving serious bodily injury, hit-and-run involving property damage and driving with a suspended or revoked license. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The crash happened around 6:15 p.m. near West Broward Boulevard and Northwest 11th Avenue, when a vehicle struck a marked BSO patrol unit and fled the scene, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said witnesses told police that Alexis ran a red light before the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Video from the scene showed heavy damage to the deputy\u2019s vehicle, with the driver\u2019s side crushed and airbags deployed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said the male deputy was hospitalized after the crash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said his injuries were determined to be non-life threatening, though it was not immediately clear whether he remained in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The suspect\u2019s arrest photo and booking information weren\u2019t immediately released. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jolena Esperto\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/4c492fdc-471c-4ae6-a004-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jolena Esperto<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jolena Esperto joined the Local 10 News team in July of 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM Fort Lauderdale police have arrested a suspect in connection with a hit-and-run&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-298404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}