A Florida man has been charged with beating his grandparents to death in their Escambia County home last week. Deputies were called the couple’s home on Thursday by family members who hadn’t heard from them in a few days and found a “horrific scene” inside, WEAR reported. Deputies said the couple, both in their 60s, …
A Florida mom was seen on video she recorded encouraging one of her children to beat a child under 5 with a belt, laughing and telling the child to “hit harder, baby” and “beat the crap out of the sly devil.” Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies made the discovery when they searched Karyn S. Parrish’s cell …
A Florida man has been charged with shooting his mother to death as she celebrated her 78th birthday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Joanne Turrell’s body was found by a neighbor who checked on her at the request of Turrell’s daughter. The neighbor found the woman, covered in a blanket, and called 911. Deputies …
A Florida couple was arrested last week amid allegations that they sexually abused their pets. According to WBBH, Samantha White, 26, had sex with the family dog multiple times. Her husband, John White, 29, allegedly filmed the abuse. Samantha and John White were arrested on February 15. Samantha White was charged with sexual activities involving …
A Florida man has been charged in the shooting deaths of his father and uncle in Largo on Friday. Wesley Barber, 62, and James Barber Sr., 61, were found shot multiple times at James Sr.’s’ home on Friday. Wesley Barber had traveled to Florida from Kentucky for a family vacation, according to WHAS. When the …
Joshua Nareau eulogized his murdered grandfather after he was shot and killed in front of his home in Port Charlotte, Florida, on December 28. But on Thursday, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nareau, 23, and charged him with James Khoury’s murder. The 71-year-old Khoury’s wife, Lynda Khoury, called 911 just after 5 a.m. that …
A Florida mom who jumped from an interstate ramp in an apparent suicide attempt after her 3-year-old twins were found unresponsive in a nearby car has been arrested but is not facing murder charges. Shirlene Napoleon Alcime, 42, has been charged with two counts of child neglect causing great bodily harm, WTVJ reported. Police did …
A Florida woman has been charged with first degree murder after the death of an “obviously neglected” 14-year-old boy on New Year’s Day. Daytona Beach Police said they arrested Talia Nelson, 43, on Friday. She was also charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and aggravated child abuse, WESH reported. Police did not describe the …
Florida police have arrested an elementary school teacher and are looking for a teacher’s aide after they were seen on video tying a non-verbal student to a chair and holding him there for an hour. Bradenton police initially said they had obtained warrants for Exceptional Student Education teacher Carina Chindamo, 31, and aide Taylor Internicola, …
A Florida funeral home director has been arrested and charged with grand theft and improper handling of human remains after he allegedly abandoned three bodies in his Jacksonville funeral home and handed out cremains that family members said looked like “chalk or ground kitty litter.” Elliott Maurice Graham, 59, was arrested on Friday in Orlando …
The 38-year-old son of Florida sugar magnate Alexander Fanjul Sr. was arrested last week on domestic violence charges after a Palm Beach police officer responding to a noise complaint found him standing over a woman curled in a fetal position and bleeding from the face. Alexander Nicholas Fanjul, who goes by “Nico,” was charged with …
A Florida prosecutor announced Friday he was seeking the death penalty for a man accused of shooting a man to death at a crowded mall on the weekend before Christmas. Albert J. Shell, 39, had a long and violent criminal history in Florida but was out of jail on December 23 when he murdered David …
