A Florida mom walking her children to the park after school was killed in a lightning strike Thursday afternoon. Winter Springs Police Chief Matthew Tracht said that investigators believe lightning from a sudden summer storm struck a tree where Nicole Tedesco, 42, and her 8- and 10-year-old daughters were standing, WESH reported. “That lightning energized …
An Apple AirTag led to an arrest and the recovery of several thousand dollars in jewelry and other items stolen from luggage at Florida’s Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport earlier this month. Giovanni De Luca, a 19-year-old Delta subcontractor, has been charged with two counts of grand theft, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said. An arrest …
A prominent Florida radiation oncologist took his 33-foot yacht from Naples Bay Resort & Marina on August 10 and disappeared. On that same day, Chaundre Cross’s wife, SarahJo Cross, filed for divorce in Collier County, Fox News reported. It’s not known if the doctor knew about the divorce filing before he sailed from Naples. The …
A Florida high school teacher has been charged with interfering with custody after sheriff’s deputies found a missing teen hiding at her home. Kelly Simpson, 31, is alleged to have picked up the boy from an unknown location, knowing he had been reported as missing and endangered, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said. The boy …
A Florida appeals court on Monday upheld a county court decision denying a teen’s request to have an abortion without notification and consent of a guardian because she is not “sufficiently mature” to make that decision. Escambia County Circuit Judge Jessica Frydrychowicz initially denied the request to bypass that part of Florida’s anti-abortion law, although …
A Florida woman was shot and killed Tuesday morning by her boyfriend, who intended to shoot her ex-boyfriend. Daytona Beach police said Chad Keene, 37, fled from the scene of the shooting and was located in the passenger seat of a car traveling in nearby Ormond Beach late Tuesday afternoon, WESH reported. The shooting incident …
A Florida man was arrested last Tuesday for allegedly exposing himself and groping a 10-year-old girl at a mall. WSVN reported that Julian Lambert, 45, was exposing himself at Pembroke Lakes Mall before he grabbed a 10-year-old girl’s buttocks at the food court. Lambert’s pants were allegedly down when he touched the victim. The girl’s older …
A Florida preschool teacher was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly punching and pushing a 4-year-old boy. Pinellas County police said in a statement that they responded to Dunedin KinderCare after a witness reported hearing screaming from the preschool’s playground. The witness also alleged that they overheard Ashley Richards, 32, screaming at the victim and punching …
A Florida couple has been charged with murder, child abuse, and child neglect after a 3-year-old girl in their care was brought to the hospital this week “pulseless.” Doctors revived Brandy Crews on Tuesday but she had no brain activity and died on Friday, WTVT reported. Hospital personnel found multiple burns, cuts, and fractures along …
A Florida woman was arrested on Wednesday after a postal worker found a naked toddler wandering alone on an Ocala street. The Ocala Police Department said the child had multiple scratches, a bruise near the right eye, and a bloody nose and was covered in sand. Medical personnel took the child to a hospital for …
An Instagram and OnlyFans influencer has been arrested for the murder of her boyfriend earlier this year at their apartment in Miami. Courtney Clenney, 25, was arrested in Hawaii and will be extradited to Florida this week, WPLG reported. Clenney, known as Courtney Tailor on Instagram, was hospitalized under Florida’s Baker Act because she was …
A Florida dentist was arrested last week for the fourth time to face charges that he inappropriately touched female patients. Charles Stamitoles, 65, has been allowed to continue his Pensacola practice but was ordered after his last arrest in June to see only male patients, WEAR reports. The latest arrest, on Friday, charges Stamitoles with …
