A Miami day care will remain closed following reports that two toddlers possibly died from meningitis within a week of each other. Dr. Alvaro Mejia, a medical epidemiologist at the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, told WTVJ that a 22-month-old boy who died December 3 and a 2-year-old boy who died Sunday both …
A Florida man who exchanged sexually explicit texts with a 9-year-old girl was sentenced to life in prison last week. The Miami Herald reported that a North Carolina father found messages between his daughter and Scott Trader, 32, on the “SayHi” application on his child’s phone. The father contacted local police on May 30 and …
A Florida man is under arrest for trying to set his girlfriend’s house on fire Saturday. Jose Bernando Rosa Madrigal, 19, of Auburndale, is accused of starting the fire on Saturday while his girlfriend and her parents were still inside the house, Fox News reports. Police found flammable fluid sprayed on the girlfriend’s bedroom in the …
The well-known scammer, Derlyn Roberts, was previously arrested by the same agency who held the press conference
The search for 4-year-old Florida girl who disappeared from her Port St. Lucie home ended tragically Monday morning when police reportedly recovered her body from a nearby retention pond. Chelsea Noel allegedly walked out of her home at around 10 p.m. Saturday. Police believe the girl, who had autism and was nonverbal, became disorientated and ran …
A 25-year-old man and a 16-year-old teenager were arrested on Sunday in Florida after they beat and robbed an autistic man. The unidentified 22-year-old victim said he was just trying to make some friends on a basketball court when one of his attackers accused him of stealing their cell phone. He insisted that he didn’t have …
Authorities identified a woman living in Georgia as the suspect in a decades-old string of child abuse cases related to an alleged cult based in Florida. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Anna Elizabeth Young, 75, married after moving to Georgia and had been using the last name “Anderson.” Police were able to identify her …
Police announced that the manager of a McDonald’s employee recently charged in connection with four fatal shootings in Tampa, Florida, will receive “every penny” of a $110,000 reward after providing information that led to the man’s arrest. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Delonda Walker, a manager at a Ybor City McDonald’s, turned in the gun …
Disturbing footage has emerged purportedly showing the moment a Florida sheriff’s deputy shot his ex-girlfriend and then himself during a violent argument. The Palm Beach Post reported that the surveillance video allegedly depicting the October 12 crime was recently released by Boynton Beach police. Police say the footage shows Michael DeMarco, in his uniform, threaten …
A Florida teenager was arrested in connection with the murder of his grandmother after they both were reported missing and the grandmother’s body was found buried in a shallow grave. Logan Mott, 15, is charged as an adult with the murder of Kristina French, 53, according to Joanna Pasceri, a spokesperson for the Erie County District Attorney’s …
Florida police arrested a homeless man Saturday morning after he allegedly stabbed another homeless man to death with a sword. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said police responded to a call Saturday afternoon about a bloodied man lying next to railroad tracks in Lake Worth, about 10 miles south of Palm Beach, according to …
A Florida woman was arrested on Friday for stalking after she reportedly hid a GPS tracker in her former boyfriend’s car and stalked him, according to police. News 6 reports that the unnamed victim reported Erica Capps to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office after she allegedly showed up uninvited at least four times where he was, …
