A Florida mother said she’s receiving death threats after a video where she’s apparently seen dunking her 3-year-old son’s head in a toilet went viral. While Kaitlyn Wolf told WESH that the disturbing stunt was a “joke,” both the Leesburg Police Department and the state of Florida are investigating the matter. While the child can be heard screaming …
Police in Florida have released a sketch of the man who they believe has a 2-year-old boy who was last seen in the Largo area Saturday night. According to WFLA, an AMBER Alert has been issued for Jordan Belliveau, who police said is “endangered” after vanishing from Lake Avenue and East Bay Drive in Largo. Authorities believe …
Authorities in Florida reported the arrest of a woman suspected of dragging a sheriff’s deputy from her vehicle after a traffic stop early Saturday morning. According to the Tampa Bay Times, 29-year-old Amber Marie Griffin is accused of driving a silver Kia Rio along U.S. 301 in Riverview shortly after midnight with an outstanding warrant …
Authorities in Florida are hoping the public will help them apprehend their suspect in a gruesome stabbing death earlier this month. According to the Orlando Sentinel, 32-year-old Diana Mihaela Kessler was found dead on Monday at the home of 37-year-old Thomas C. McMullen Jr., the man investigators think stabbed her more than 100 times.` Results …
Florida officials are hopeful that DNA technology will finally allow them to identify the infant girl who was found floating facedown in a Gainesville pond on August 21, 2003. Per The Gainesville Sun, the Baby Jane Doe was so decomposed that authorities initially had difficulty determining her race. It was through DNA testing that they ascertained that she …
Newly released video shows the tense moments when a Florida deputy rescued a 3-year-old girl after she was reportedly left in a hot car for more than 12 hours. According to WESH, Seminole County police were called to the Vista Haven Apartments early June 17 following reports of a child locked in a stolen car. …
Police in Florida have released surveillance footage apparently showing a 23-year-old man following a teen girl around a Daytona Beach Shores hotel before he allegedly tailed the girl to her room and raped her. According to WKMG, Daytona Beach Beach Shores police released two videos they say catches Nelson Hernandez-Garcia stalking the 14-year-old victim from the pool deck, …
A Florida man is facing first-degree murder charges after allegedly beating his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter to death and misleading police about the cause of her death. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Dennys Llopiz, 27, called 911 from a North Beach apartment Friday and indicated that a child in his care wasn’t breathing. The toddler, identified as Skylar Hartley, …
Police said a worker died on Walt Disney World property early Wednesday after he fell into a vat of oil and was overcome by the fumes. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the 61-year-old man was emptying oil and grease from a tractor-trailer on the 2000 block of South Service Lane when he slipped and fell into …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a white man with manslaughter Monday in the death of an unarmed black man whose video-recorded shooting in a store parking lot has revived debate over Florida’s “stand your ground” law. Michael Drejka, 47, has been charged with the July 19 death of Markeis McGlockton outside a Clearwater …
Authorities in New York City say a 35-year-old assistant coach for the Wake Forest University basketball team was arrested on suspicion of assault after he allegedly punched a man who later died of his injuries. According to The New York Times, police say Jamill Jones was engaged in a physical altercation with the victim, 35-year-old …
The Florida mother accused of throwing her 4-year-old daughter with special needs into the Hillsborough River allegedly did so while singing the nursery rhyme “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring.” WTVT reported that a judge denied bond for Shakayla Denson, 26, the mother charged in the August 2 slaying of Je’Hyrah Daniels. Witnesses called police after reportedly seeing …
