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Police have arrested a 24-year-old woman responsible for a hit and run crash that left a South Florida grandmother fighting for her life.

At 9:05 Tuesday night, Jocelyn Glinton turned herself in at the Hollywood Police station. Shortly after, detectives recovered a late 90s model Lexus with front-end damage in the parking lot of an apartment complex near Interstate 95 and Broward Boulevard. Police said it is the same vehicle that was involved in the crash.

Meanwhile, 60-year-old Jo-Ann Snyder Salzlein remains in critical condition at Memorial Regional Hospital.

The incident occurred at around 5 p.m. Monday, along 441 and Filmore Street. Witnesses said the driver of a white Lexus struck Salzlein’s Kia jeep and caused it to rollover, severing her arm. “The lady’s face was bloody, and her arm was bleeding profusely,” said a man only identified as “Rick,” whose car was also struck at the scene. “It was pretty serious. I just hope she’s OK.”

Police said, Glinton fled after briefly pausing at the scene. “We have a witness account that the driver did in fact get out, look back at the accident scene, re-enter the vehicle and then flee,” said Hollywood Police Lieutenant Manny Marino, “so this person obviously knew that she was involved in some type of incident.”

It took rescuers more than 15 minutes to extract Salzlein. Paramedics transported her to Memorial Regional Hospital with severe injuries. “She’s got major injuries to her head,” said Salzlein’s son, John Salzlein. “She lost her left arm from the bicep down. She’s got broken ribs and a fractured neck. To see her like that, it’s surreal. It’s like a bad dream that you can’t wake up from.”

Sue Hicks was watching the aftermath of the accident Monday afternoon on TV when she realized her friend of nearly 30 years was injured at the scene. “This is not right that you’re causing all this heartbreak and all this pain for all these people that I know and love so much,” she said to the driver, then at large, through tears.

Family and friends were in disbelief that someone would drive off and not offer help. “They have these hit and run drivers. I hate that because I think you should take responsibility for what you do,” said Hicks. “Whoever you hit, you’re going to cause heartache for a lot of people that you don’t even know.”

A former Broward County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison on drug charges as part of an undercover FBI corruption investigation.

The sentenced was imposed Thursday by a West Palm Beach federal judge on 37-year-old Richard Tauber, who pleaded guilty in December to cocaine trafficking charges. A second former deputy also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison.

Federal prosecutors say the deputies provided services such as transportation and surveillance for men they thought were involved in organized crime and high-level cocaine trafficking. In reality, the “criminals” were FBI agents and the drug loads were faked.

Five Hollywood police officers were convicted in 2007 on similar charges in a separate FBI undercover operation.

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Miami Police are searching for two armed men who were caught on surveillance video robbing a 24-hour pharmacy early Sunday morning.

Police said, at around 6:30 a.m., the two men entered the Walgreens located at 1695 NW 20th Street and held-up the store manager, a clerk and a customer at gunpoint. “These individuals burst into Walgreens with their guns drawn as if they were entering a battlefield,” said Miami Police Officer Jeffrey Giordiono. “One of the subjects put a gun to the manager’s head, forcing him to the back room to open the safe, the other suspect put a gun to the cash register clerk and forced him to open the registers.”

The thieves ended their crime spree with a customer who walked in later and held him at gunpoint and took his wallet. The subjects then fled the scene with an undetermined amount of money.

Authorities released brief descriptions of the two subjects. The first thief is described as standing 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds and was last seen wearing a black hat, a dark long-sleeve top and blue jeans. The second suspect is described as standing 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds and wearing a blue hat, white long-sleeve top and black jeans.

Miami Police said the men took their time, which leads them to believe that this robbery might not be their first.

If you have any information on this armed robbery, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward.
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