A Florida man arrested earlier this week in the shooting death of a mother of two has now been charged with murder and tampering with evidence in another killing. Phillip Stapleton, 32, was charged with principal to murder in the first-degree and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with the July 20 death of …
Authorities arrested four people over the weekend and charged with them holding a woman against her will in a dog cage on their property. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the woman escaped Saturday afternoon and ran to a nearby home, where she knocked on the door pleading for help. Deputies responded to the home …
A 20-year-old man opened fire inside a Florida Panhandle Home Depot store Friday afternoon, killing a woman and leaving two other people injured. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested Keith Eric Agee in connection with the fatal shooting, which it said was not random. “We do believe the victim was targeted,” Escambia County …
A popular Jacksonville bartender was one of two women shot dead early Wednesday morning near train tracks in San Marco, Florida. The management of Dos Gatos in downtown Jacksonville said 28-year-old Paige Pringle had dropped off gifts for her manager and another employee and was stopped for the train. Her SUV coasted into the train …
Police in Florida are searching for a 16-year-old girl who was last seen in Deltona on July 25. Antaniya Medlock is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and 215 pounds. According to a poster from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, anyone who sees Medlock should not approach her and should instead …
Florida police have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting his aunt’s boyfriend over an argument over his mishandling of a gun. The Casselberry Police Department said that 22-year-old Joel Ferrer surrendered to them Saturday morning at about 10:30 a.m., WESH reported. The incident took place at about 11 p.m. Thursday night at the Goldelm …
Florida investigators have released an artist’s sketch of a woman found dead earlier this month and two of the suitcases that held her dismembered body. Delray Beach police found the remains late last week when a 911 caller “reported seeing something strange in the intracoastal waterway,” as CrimeOnline previously reported. Detectives found a suitcase containing …
Investigators on Florida’s Atlantic coast and near San Antonio in Texas are looking at separate incidents of human remains found in suitcases over the past week The Delray Beach Police Department said a person called on Friday and “reported seeing something strange in the intracoastal waterway.” Detectives found a suitcase in the water with human …
A Florida sex offender known as “Joker” in court records going back more than a decade was found overdosed on July 8, a day after he was released from jail and cut off his ankle monitor. Albert Gardner, 29, was taken back to jail after Narcan reversed his overdose and charged with violating parole and …
A Florida couple has been charged with human trafficking after they allegedly bonded three women out of jail in Marion County and forced them into prostitution. The Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, a multi-agency organization in central Florida, said it believe Joselito Martinez, 34, and Tanya Wurster, 30, may have more victims, WSVN reported. Martinez and …
Florida police have arrested three men following a deadly shooting at a Florida City Walmart on Wednesday. Miami=Dade Police said that Steven Lestin, 25, has been charged with second degree murder and attempted felony murder, while Roberto Acevedo, 20, and Jimari Hodge, 21, are charged with battery, The Associated Press reported. Police said they weren’t …
