A former federal prosecutor has been charged in a bizarre road rage incident on a Florida bridge earlier this week. The Florida Highway Patrol said the incident snarled traffic on the Howard Frankland Bridge between Tampa and St. Petersburg for nearly three hours Tuesday morning, NBC News reported. Patrick Douglas Scruggs, 39, has been charged …
A toddler and two adults were shot dead Saturday night in an apparent dispute over the sale of a dog. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Assistant Chief J.D. Stronko said a group of five people, including a 3-year-old child, travelled to an apartment complex on the south side of the city at about 10 p.m. “to conduct …
A Florida store owner thwarted an armed robbery of another business earlier this month when he interrupted the brazen heist and held one of the suspects at gunpoint until police arrived, WPLG-TV reports. According to police reports obtained by the television station, two men approached a Family Dollar in Fort Lauderdale around 10 p.m. on …
A Florida mother and her boyfriend have been arrested after they left her two toddlers home alone for eight hours and returned to find one of them dead. Donrea McLaughlin, 22, reportedly told investigators that she had taken a nap on September 1 and that when her boyfriend, 26-year-old Sean Lee II, awakened her several …
Florida deputies conducted a traffic stop on a stolen vehicle on Interstate 75 early Thursday morning and were surprised to find a 10-year-old boy driving the car with his 11-year-old sister in the passenger seat. The sedan had been reported stolen in North Port, more than 200 miles away from the traffic stop in Alachua, …
A Florida couple has allegedly confessed to sexual battery on children between the ages of 10 months and 10 years and producing, transmitting, and possessing child pornography involving the children. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said that Nicholas Bassler Jr., 24, and Sierra Campany, 24, were both charged with capital sexual battery and face a …
A 14-year-old Florida boy was arrested Saturday after he allegedly shot and killed his mother, shot her boyfriend five times, and tried to shoot his older brother. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said his office received calls about a shooting at about the same time Saturday after that they received calls about a boy running …
A Florida man was arrested this week after he admitted to abusing a 1-year-old boy and his mother, who he said failed as a mother. An affidavit said the toddler was brought to Palm West Hospital on Tuesday, unable to raise his arm and with a fever, WPEC reported. The boy was also crying uncontrollably. …
A Florida woman was arrested this week after she left a young child alone in her running vehicle while she took a swim where multiple people were fishing, warning her about their hooks and the possibility of sharks in the water. Witnesses said Allison Sarah Daugherty, 41, shouted back that she didn’t care and “wanted …
A Florida man is accused of killing his 16-year-old son with an angle grinder. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said that Stephen Rodda was living temporarily with his grandfather, Thomas Rodda, to help him out while his grandmother was in rehab. The elder Rodda spent several hours visiting his wife Monday morning, and when he …
A Florida softball coach was arrested last week on several counts of sex crime with a minor. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into 40-year-old Matthew Galhouse on August 17 when the victim reported him to police. Investigators say that Galhouse began spending time with the victim in May, sending message via social media …
Jacksonville authorities identified 21-year-old Ryan Palmeter as the man who gun downed three Black people at a Dollar General store on Saturday after he was turned away from the historically Black Edward Waters University (EWU) nearby. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters identified the victims of the shooting at 52-year-old Angela Carr, 19-year-old Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre …
