A 15-month-old baby is dead after a relative forgot to drop the child off at day care and Friday and parked at a Florida middle school all day, leaving the baby inside the car. Sumter County deputies said they were called to South Sumter Middle School just before 4:30 p.m. Investigators said the toddler was …
A Florida man called a relative Friday night and said he’d just killed his wife and then, apparently, killed himself at a Tampa hotel. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation after Weleska Gomez Baroeta’s relatives reported her missing just after 9 p.m. Her body was found three hours later in a car parked …
A Florida therapist is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old boy she was counseling. Law enforcement launched an investigation after learning of the allegations against Elizabeth Blanchard in late August, according to WJXT. Court documents say the teen was in group counseling at EPIC Behavioral Healthcare in St. Augustine but got into …
Orlando Police arrested a 17-year-old boy early Friday morning after a pair of downtown shootings left two people dead and six others wounded. Police said nearly 100 officers were on patrol downtown because of the large crowd expected in the area for Halloween and responded immediately to reports of shots fired at Central Boulevard and …
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 …
