Florida

Domestic violence
February 16, 2025

Abducted 4-Year-Old Girl Found With Dad After Mom Found Shot to Death

An abducted 4-year-old girl was found Sunday morning in the company of her father, who had a domestic violence restraining order barring him from contact with the girl’s mother — who was found shot to death in a Tamarac, Florida, home. Reports of a shooting brought Tamarac police to the home at about 6 a.m. …

Battery
February 15, 2025

Florida Man Seen on Video Attacking Women Over Handicapped Parking Space in Church Lot

A 65-year-old Florida man was arrested this week for battery, months after he was seen on video attacking two women in a church parking lot because he thought they shouldn’t have parked in a handicapped space. The victims, a 22-year-old woman and her disabled mother who had difficulty walking after a car crash, had come …

February 14, 2025

Florida Man Ambushes Corrections Deputy Who Was Dating His Ex-Girlfriend

A Florida man has been arrested for the ambush murder of an 0ff-duty corrections deputy earlier this week. Investigators said that Kevin Bennette, 32, “targeted and ambushed” Basil Powell, 39, as he returned home Monday evening, WTVJ reported. Powell’s 5-year-old daughter was waiting in his car while her father was shot to death. Police said …

February 14, 2025

Florida Man Strangles 17-Year-Old Girlfriend to Death, Throws Body Into Backyard

A 20-year-old Florida man has been charged with killing his teenage girlfriend and tossing her body in the backyard. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home on Monday night by Dominique Domond’s mother, who told police the story her son told her, WTVJ reported. Domond said an unknown man and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Jansie …

Child sex crimes
February 12, 2025

Christian School Teacher, Writer Charged With Molesting Middle School Student

A Florida Christian school teacher and conservative media writer has been charged with molesting one of his female students during Bible class. Aaron Craig Gleason, who has frequently written in national publications about drag queens “grooming” children, faces a charge of lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old, according to …

February 12, 2025

Former College Hoops Player Charged With Killing Mother

A former basketball player who played pro ball in Croatia after being kicked off his college team for violent behavior has been arrested for his mother’s murder in Florida. Eric Cobb, 28, stands accused of shooting 51-year-old Erika Winford to death and leaving her body wrapped in a blanket and towels in the backyard of …

Stalking
February 9, 2025

Florida Cop Charged With Using Police Database, Cameras to Stalk Girlfriend

A Florida police officer has been arrested for using password-protected police databases and cameras to stalk his former girlfriend. Jamarus Brown, 29, was charged with stalking and unauthorized access of a computer system/network and jailed on a $15,000 bail. The Orange City officer was put on paid administrative leave in November when allegations surfaced, the …

Manslaughter
February 8, 2025

19-Year-Old Florida Man Charged In Beating That Killed Dad

A 19-year-old Florida man is behind held without bond after he allegedly beat his father to death in an argument over a plate of food. Police were called to the Melbourne home on January 19 for a man breathing “but not responding.” Julien Welch-Beddoe told police he had been fighting with his 45-year-old father, Francis …

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Court
February 7, 2025

Florida Man Sentenced for Brutal Murder of Motel Housekeeper

A Florida man was sentenced to two life terms and 132.5 more years for the murder of a Sarasota County motel housekeeper in 2021, along with other counts including battery and property damage. Tina Strader’s husband found her badly beaten and stuffed into a closet at the Rodeway Inn where she worked in 2021, as …

Child Abuse
February 5, 2025

Miami Mother Beats Daughter Because She Had to Wait 10 Minutes to Pick Her Up From School

A Miami mom was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated child abuse after she allegedly beat her daughter with a metal guitar and broomstick because she had to wait 10 minutes until she came out of school. An arrest report says that 52-year-old Sayda Orellana Castellanos was picking her daughter up …

Kidnapping
February 4, 2025

Florida Man Kidnaps Woman Who Struck Him on His Bicycle

A Florida man has been charged with kidnapping after he carjacked a woman who had struck him on his bicycle. Danny Keith Phelps, 67, was charged with kidnapping/false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and tampering with a witness, the Lake City Police Department said. Officers were called to a Lake City pharmacy on …