Authorities in Florida have arrested a Minnesota pilot on suspicion of attempting to board a plane with a loaded handgun in his suitcase. According to KNXV, the Lee County Port Authority handled the arrest of 54-year-old Brian Andrew Machtemes at the Southwest Florida International Airport on Friday. As police reports indicate, the suspect, who lives …
A Florida mother is accused of routinely keeping her 3-year-old son with Down syndrome locked in a dog cage while she picked up her daughter from school. Per the Orlando Sentinel, Department of Children and Families received a tip indicating that the boy was left alone and held in a cage. DCF alerted the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, …
A Florida man who fatally shot his girlfriend and her 10-year-old son on Sunday claimed he carried out the double slaying during an argument over television and football, police said. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Tyron Terell Johnson, 42, called 911 Sunday evening and said he opened fire on two people “because he was being attacked” …
One Florida police department is under fire after a video spread widely on social media in recent days. As WPTV reported, the video purports to show a 14-year-old girl being hit by a male officer as a female officer holds her down. Witnesses expressed dismay, including one person who screams at the officer. “Why you …
Yet another viral video concerning a racially-fueled, unnecessary police call reportedly shows a white woman calling the cops on a black father because he yelled out instructions to his son from the sidelines of a soccer field. The incident in question occurred Sunday in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Gerald Jones told WJXX that he was telling …
A 3-year-old Massachusetts boy who vanished in 2016 was reportedly found Tuesday living with his mother in Florida. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Christina Hale, 40, took her son, Matthew Hale, from Webster, Massachusetts, in September 2016 after the boy’s father was awarded full custody. An anonymous tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children …
Following her parents’ deaths at their home in Wisconsin and her disappearance, police issued an Amber alert for 13-year-old Jayme Closs on Monday and leads began to pour in. Her parents apparently died from gunshot wounds and authorities are treating her as missing and endangered. As CrimeOnline previously reported, one reported sighting suggested she was …
One of seven Florida men arrested in a sex sting involving children reportedly told officers he knew it was an undercover operation and “thought it would be cool to see it in action,” according to police. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced in a statement that seven men were arrested in parking lots across the …
Authorities in Florida say a lawman from Alabama was arrested last week on suspicion of lewd conduct in the presence of multiple women and teens. According to the New York Post, 44-year-old Billy Maurice Driggers was a police chief in Level Plains and traveled to Palm Beach where he allegedly masturbated and otherwise fondled himself …
Authorities in Florida say a man executed an ill-advised counterfeit scheme using a local library as his criminal headquarters. According to Fox News, cops believe 29-year-old Levy Newberry used a template he found on Pinterest to create the phony cash. From there, he allegedly went to a local library with store-bought resume paper to start …
Authorities in Florida are investigating threats one Edgewater man reportedly made during a recent city council meeting. According to Fox News, 56-year-old Leonard Towsley continued a longstanding feud with his neighbor in a violent rant earlier this week directed at local leaders. “He took full advantage of you peoples’ stupidity, arrogance and animosity and made …
UPDATE: The Tampa Bay Times reported that missing Florida mother Sydney Wyatt, 28, and her 1-year-old son, Future Johnson, were found safe at a local hotel at around 10 a.m. Friday. Police have yet to provide a timeline of events leading up to their safe discovery. Original story: Police in Florida are asking for …
