Police in Sarasota, Florida, arrested a man on Thursday after his wife reportedly found a thumb drive full of child pornography files in his dresser drawer and contacted police. Charles Gilbert Parsons, 48, was charged with 40 counts of child pornography after his wife found the thumb drive containing over 2,076 images of what she …
A Florida student who was 16 when she was raped by her high school geometry teacher was awarded $49.3 million in damages. According to the Miami Herald. the victim, now 20, accused Bresnniel Jansen Mones in a 2014 lawsuit that the South Dade Senior High School teacher sent her texts that originally were about school but escalated into conversations …
A 10-year-old boy with autism whose arrest at his Florida school was caught on tape and led to widespread outrage still faces criminal charges months later. The boy’s mom, Luanne Haygood, recently told WPTV that the state refuses to drop the charges against her son because he had at least 55 other documented cases of aggressive behavior against teachers …
More than a decade after she pleaded guilty to charges that she had sex with a 14-year-old student, former teacher Debra Lafave has completely turned her life around, her friend says. In an interview with People, Joe Zuniga said Lafave is a “completely different person” from the woman who committed those criminal acts dating back …
A jury indicted a Pensacola, Florida, woman for first-degree felony murder for allegedly sitting on her 9-year-old cousin until she died. The Pensacola News Journal reported that Veronica Green Posey, 64, was indicted Tuesday in connection with the death of Dericka Lindsay. Authorities believe Posey was punishing the girl for “acting out” toward her adoptive parents, Grace Joan …
Police have charged a 59-year-old Florida man after they say he impregnated a 14-year-old disabled girl, Crime Watch Daily reported. Investigators arrested Carlos Carrizales of Frostproof, Florida after a DNA test reportedly proved he is the father. “This monster committed one of the most egregious crimes fathomable. There is nothing we can say about this …
A Florida woman faces multiple charges after police say she rode a horse while intoxicated down a busy road this week. According to the Lakeland Patch, a witness spotted 53-year-old Donna Byrne riding the horse in Lakeland on Thursday afternoon and told authorities she appeared confused and in potential danger. Officers stopped the suspect, who …
A Florida man is behind bars after the daughter of his girlfriend, suspecting he was having an affair, searched the family computer and found nude photos of herself. Fox News reports that police arrested Matthew Bordeaux, 48, on Sunday and charged him with video voyeurism after his girlfriend’s daughter found numerous compromising photos under his files on …
A 12-year-old Florida boy accused of fatally shooting a girl in the side of the head with a shotgun during a dare was charged with manslaughter. The boy, identified by WJAX as Tyron Calhoun, was arrested Friday in connection with the April 30 shooting of Ramya Eunice, 12. Jacksonville police said Calhoun, then 11, shot Eunice in the ear and …
A Naples, Florida, father who killed his wife and their five young kids was handed six death sentences in court on Friday. The Naples Daily News reported that Collier Circuit Judge Christine Greider handed down death sentences to Mesac Damas for slicing the six victims’ throats in September 2009. After the slayings, Damas fled to Haiti …
While at a suspect’s property to arrest him on homicide charges, Orlando officer made a grisly discovery in the man’s backyard. Orlando Sentinel reports that Orlando police arrested Jimmy Gary Merritt, 37, on Tuesday after an investigation involving the cashed check of a deceased person reportedly traced back to him. According to police reports, the suspect …
Florida police have arrested a former sheriff’s office employee in the death of a missing private investigator whose body was found a day earlier. The Pensacola News Journal reported that former Escambia County Sheriff’s Office employee Ashley McArthur (pictured right) was arrested and charged with the first-degree homicide of Taylor Wright, 33 (pictured left). Missing since September 7, authorities …
