A Florida man was arrested earlier this month after a woman made a 911 call and pretended to “order a pizza” until the dispatcher understood she was about to be raped. The pizza call came in to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office at about 3:45 a.m. on October 19. The dispatcher asked further questions to …
A 36-year-old Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly instructed her 10-year-old daughter over a gaming platform to kill a baby. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says that Tara Alexis Sykes told the child to drown a 2-month-old boy in the bathtub, burn the infant with scalding water, and drop the …
A South Florida teen was seen rushing out of her West Miami apartment building Sunday night — after telling her mother she was taking out the trash — and hasn’t been seen since. Alyssa Mariela Gonzalez Velazquez, 14, left home at about 7:30 p.m.. The surveillance video from the apartment hallway shows her rushing to …
A Florida woman was arrested Thursday after she apparently used a young child to help her steal multiple items from a Cape Coral Target store. Target reported the incident o the Cape Coral Police Department on October 12. The store said the unknown woman had come into the store the day before with a child …
A former Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested Friday and charged with killing his estranged wife, who worked for the same department, and trying to pass it off as a suicide. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said it responded Monday to what appeared to be the suicide of OCSO Lt. Eloilda “Ellie” Shea, 39. By the …
A Florida man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for killing a woman and burying her in his backyard after he learned she was trying to help his girlfriend get out of an abusive relationship with him. Nathaniel Slade was found guilty of second degree murder in September in the death of LaDonna Williams, …
A 47-year-old Florida man was arrested for groping a teenage “scare actor” at a Jonesville haunted house Friday night. Lonnie Joe Ward Jr. has been charged with lewd and lascivious behavior with a victim under the age of 16, the Alachua Chronicle said. The victim said Ward was the last person to go through the …
A ma accused of fatally shooting an off-duty Florida corrections officer last week was caught in North Carolina. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Officer Brad McNew was shot dead Saturday when he intervened in suspect Demaurea Grant’s assault of a woman, Queen City News reported. Deputies said the incident began just before 1:30 a.m. when a black …
Sergio Pino, a prominent South Florida developer, shot himself in the head on July 16, spraying his blood over the bedroom of his waterfront Coral Gables mansion. He was just days away from being arrested for hiring not one but two crews to kill his wife of 32 years before their contentious — and lucrative …
A 25-year-old Florida home health aide has been charged with manslaughter after she failed to call 911 when the 86-year-old man in her care fell out of bed and she didn’t help him or call 911 for hours. An affidavit says that Beatrice Taylor arrived at the home for her shift at 9 p.m. and …
Florida authorities arrested a man last week for stomping his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in May, causing a lacerated liver. Oscar Cedell Miller, 25, was released almost immediately on a $10,000 bond, and Miami Gardens Police didn’t explain why they waited four months to arrest him. An arrest report says the investigation began on May 25 …
Police in Florida are investigating after a 6-year-old child found a loaded, unsecured gun and fatally shot himself. The shooting took place Monday afternoon inside a gated community in Tamarac, WFOR reported. Investigators have not provided any other information about the shooting, including the boy’s name. Neighbors were shocked, WSVN reported. “All of a sudden …
