Police officers arrest woman for 5th time this year in Fort Lauderdale

Police officers have arrested Yohana Bec five times so far this year in Fort Lauderdale, according to county court records.On Monday night, a man asked police for help in the downtown riverfront area. He reported Bec, 33, had broken into his docked boat, punched him in the face, and caused “a laceration to his nose,” according to a police report. By Tuesday afternoon, records show Bec’s charges had piled up to nine in five pending cases in Broward County court. Records show that earlier this year, public defenders asked judges to consider Bec’s mental health. Before Bec got caught in a revolving door in Broward this year, prosecutors filed a 2023 case against her on two charges: Unlawful use of a false name or identity, a first-degree misdemeanor, and petit theft, a second-degree misdemeanor.Records show Bec wasn’t arrested in 2024 or 2025 in Broward County. Police officers arrested Bec in 2024 at a hospital in Aventura, after she was accused of stealing the keys to a Porsche from a va