A Florida couple was arrested Tuesday after they left their five children in a disgusting apartment with no food, electricity, or working plumbing . Sanel Canovic, 40, and Azra Nikocevic, 33, were charged with fice counts each of child neglect with no great bodily harm, WTVJ reported. An arrest report says police were called Tuesday …
A 10-year-old Florida girl died early Wednesday after she was struck in the head by “celebratory” gunfire during New Year’s celebrations. Miami-Dade Police said Yanelis Munuguia was outside with her family at about 1:30 a.m., sending off legal fireworks, WPLG reported. Her family saw the little girl, who had just turned 10, collapse and found …
A Florida sheriff’s deputy got away with murder for 45 years, and even after law enforcement connected him to the crime, they determined he “would never be well enough to stand trial” after finding him bedridden in a care facility in Tennessee. John Greer reportedly told Charlotte County investigators that he shot Adele Easterly, 25, …
A family dog apparently preventing a kidnapping Saturday afternoon when a man entered a St. Petersburg backyard and grabbed a toddler’s arm. Police said the incident happened just afternoon noon when Ron Lee Klein Jr., 36, entered the backyard through a gate and tried to pick up the 2-year-old boy, WFLA reported. But the family …
The mother of a 3-year-old boy found dead earlier this year in a Florida resort’s retention pond has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the resort. Tarina Akbari’s lawsuit names Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, Vistana Management, Inc., Vistana Development, Inc. and Vistana Spa Condominium Association, Inc. as defendants, WKMG reports. Akbari’s son, Rakim Akbari wandered …
Florida police have arrested a woman they say went back to a hotel room where she’d delivered a pizza and stabbed customer who ordered it because she was unhappy with the tip he gave her. Brianna Alvelo was charged with home invasion with a firearm, attempted murder, kidnapping, and aggravated assault and was booked into …
A Florida man angry at his wife shot his stepdaughter and killed her husband earlier this month before killing himself. Panama City Police provided updated information about the incident, which took place on December 13. As CrimeOnline previously reported, neighbors reported shots fired that night, and officers arrived to find Newell Mock, 67, on the …
A 20-year-old US Marine has been charged with first degree murder and possession of child pornography after a missing Florida woman was found dead in Alabama on Wednesday. Tshey Ronaie Bennett, 26, was reported missing on Saturday, according to the Escambia County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office. She had been last seen the day before, and police …
A Florida man who killed five women at Sebring bank in 2019 just because he felt like it was sentenced on Monday to death. A jury recommended the death penalty in June in a non-unanimous vote, allowed in Florida because legislators were angry that Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was not sentenced to death. The …
A 67-year-old Florida man “tragically took his own life” after he’d already killed one other person and seriously wounded another. Newell Mock did not physically harm two small children, ages 5 and 7, who were sleeping in the Gulf County home at the time of the shooting, Panama City Police said. Investigators said they got …
An Amber Alert was issued early Monday morning for a 5-year-old Florida boy with autism who is believed to have been taken from state custody “unlawfully” by family members. Jace Saunders’ mother and father, Taylor Judy and Brandon Saunders, have been arrested for interference with child custody, and the boy is believed to be with …
A Florida woman was arrested on charges of making terroristic threats after she ended a call with her insurance company with the words “delay, deny, depose.” An affidavit says that Briana Boston, a 42-year-old mother of three, called BlueCross BlueShield after they reportedly denied recent claims she made, according to WFLA. “Delay, Deny, Depose. You …
