{"id":402293,"date":"2026-09-17T07:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402293\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:24:19","slug":"driver-sought-in-pompano-beach-hit-and-run-that-killed-71-year-old-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402293\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver sought in Pompano Beach hit-and-run that killed 71-year-old \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 71-year-old man on a bicycle in Pompano Beach last month.<\/p>\n<p>Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office officials said deputies had responded to the 1700 block of Northwest 6th Avenue around 4:45 a.m. on Aug. 23 after receiving a report of a person lying on the side of the road near a bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies found the victim, Jacob Robinson, who was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/091626-Broward-Crime-Stoppers-flyer-Jacob-Robinson.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Jacob Robinson\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBroward Sheriff&#8217;s OfficeBroward Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Robinson<\/p>\n<p>The bicycle appeared to have been struck by a vehicle and the Broward County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office found Robinson&#8217;s injuries were consistent with being struck by a vehicle, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities haven&#8217;t released a description of the vehicle but said the incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with info is asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 71-year-old man on a bicycle in Pompano Beach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,8928],"class_list":["post-402293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-pompano-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402293","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=402293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}