Police in Florida have arrested a Christian school teacher on suspicion of sending lewd and sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old female student. According to the Orlando Sentinel, 69-year-old Stephen Ward taught physical education and was a volleyball coach at Stetson Baptist Christian School at the time of his arrest on Saturday. The Volusia County …
Authorities in Florida arrested an 82-year-old commercial airline passenger on suspicion of battery of a flight attendant while in the air. According to WBBH, Gregory Alexander is accused of approaching the unidentified victim from the rear as she was serving passengers during the recent flight. Police say he poked her aggressively in her back and …
The woman who abducted a newborn from a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital in July 1998 and went on to raise the girl as her own for 18 years was sentenced to prison on Friday. Gloria Williams, 52, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a plot that involved her posing as a nurse to steal a …
A 17-year-old Florida boy who allegedly participated in a street race that killed a mother and her child will be charged as an adult. According to KMOV, court documents filed Wednesday revealed that the case involving John Barrineau has been moved from juvenile court to Circuit Court. The Tampa teen has been in a juvenile detention …
Casey Anthony, the Florida mom famously acquitted for daughter Caylee’s murder, could be sued for claims she reportedly made following the toddler’s death. Roy Kronk was the man who found Caylee Anthony’s body a decade ago. He initially sued Casey for defamation five months after her acquittal. Kronk alleged that, during the trial, Casey’s attorneys falsely claimed …
A Florida agriculture teacher who allegedly drowned two raccoons and an opossum during class earlier this month won’t face criminal charges—as authorities determined the killings weren’t cruel or inhumane. In a four-page “decline to file” letter obtained by the Ocala StarBanner, Assistant State Attorney Toby Hunt explained his controversial decision not to prosecute Forest High School agriculture teacher Dewie Brewton. …
A Florida man was arrested last week for allegedly battering his girlfriend then holding her captive at gunpoint for two days. The Orlando Sentinel reported that the victim had tipped off staff at DeLand Animal Hospital on Friday by slipping them a note. “Call the cops. My boyfriend is threatening me. He has a gun. …
Bodycam footage reportedly captures the moment Florida officers rescued two young children after their mother allegedly dragged them onto a second-floor apartment ledge. Delray Beach Police Department uploaded the video to Facebook Wednesday, which they said showed a 23-year-old woman acting “erratically” while on the narrow ledge with her two young children, ages 1 and 3, who …
A Florida mother is blaming the the Netflix show, “Thirteen Reasons Why,” for her daughter’s suicide attempt on Mother’s Day, after the girl’s friends allegedly made a “suicide pact” and pushed her kill herself. Okechobee News reports that the mom, identified as Katrina Sheffield, said she pieced together the information after reading messages sent between …
A trio of Florida motorists are facing criminal charges after police say their illegal street race resulted in the death of a woman and critical injuries to her 21-month-old daughter. According to the New York Post, Ohio native Jessica Reisinger was in Tampa on Friday when she was pushing her daughter across Bayshore Boulevard shortly …
A Florida couple was arrested Wednesday after their 8-month-old son died of an apparent fentanyl and cocaine overdose. According to WKMG, David Williams Chappele Jr., 29, and Jessica Marie Strickland, 27, were arrested eight months after officers found their son, Tanner, unresponsive at their Brevard County home on September 6, 2017. The child was pronounced dead …
A Florida hairstylist has been missing over a week and with authorities feeling she’s likely dead, they’ve named her co-worker a suspect in her disappearance. New York Post reports that a family member reported Joleen Cummings (pictured right), 34, missing on May 13. She was last seen leaving the Tangles Hair Salon in Fernandina Beach. She left the …
