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Woman accused of causing 2 crashes while driving stolen car in Deerfield Beach arrested, BSO says

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 12:09 PM · 1 min read
Woman accused of causing 2 crashes while driving stolen car in Deerfield Beach arrested, BSO says — NBC 6 South Florida, Weston Community news
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A woman accused of causing two crashes in Deerfield Beach while driving a stolen car and attempting to carjack a Good Samaritan was arrested on Friday, deputies said. Roszetta Benjamin, 44, was charged with carjacking, kidnapping, grand theft and hit-and-run. According to the Broward Sheriff s Office, on Friday, at around 2:47 p.m., deputies received reports of a hit-and-run crash near Northeast 54th Street and Federal Highway. Deputies said that Benjamin was in a stolen vehicle when she was involved in a crash with three other cars. The people in those cars sustained minor injuries. After the crash, Benjamin kept driving and was then involved in another crash at the intersection of North Federal Highway and Hillsboro Boulevard. BSO said that the stolen car Benjamin was driving was then disabled, and the other driver had non-life-threatening injuries. During the incident, a Good Samaritan stopped to render aid, and Benjamin tried to carjack him, and a struggle over

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