A 2-year-old Florida girl is fighting for her life after her 3-year-old brother found a gun tucked between the cushions of a sofa and shot her. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the little girl was shot once in the chest, suffering severe injuries to her internal organs, and was in “exceptionally” critical condition. Judd …
Florida authorities are looking for a 9-year-old girl who was last seen in east Homestead. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said that Aniyah Arcia is about 4 feet 7 inches tall and 100 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a green jumper and has bows in her hair, …
Police in Florida are looking for a man who remains on the run after allegedly beating and kidnapping a woman on Sunday. According to WTVT, Cody Jackson, 32, got into an altercation with the victim at a home in Seffner. Police said Jackson used a piece of wood to strike the victim in the head …
A Dunkin’ employee in Florida was rearrested on Friday, days after the customer he allegedly punched died of his injuries. The altercation involving Corey Pujols, 27, and a 77-year-old man reportedly occurred on May 4 at a Dunkin’ location in Tampa. Police and rescue crews who responded to the scene found the elderly man unconscious …
A Florida elementary school principal who used a wooden paddle to spank a 6-year-old girl last month did not commit a crime, prosecutors said Friday, although corporal punishment is banned in the county where the paddling took place. The incident was videoed by the girl’s mother, who said she was called by the school and …
Police in Florida are investigating a shooting that left a 4-year-old child dead and a 5-year-old sibling in critical condition. The Hendry County Sheriff’s Office said Clewiston police requested assistance just before 3 p.m. for “a reported shooting involving two young children.” Details were not made available immediately, but both children were rushed to a …
A Florida man, in jail after he was found running naked around a daycare, has now been charged with killing and decapitating his grandmother, then setting an Ocala home on fire to dispose of the remains. Nicholas James Trench, 31, was charged Thursday with second degree murder, first degree arson, and abuse of a dead …
Three people were found dead in a Florida home at the conclusion of Sunday’s police standoff that is now being investigated as a murder-suicide. According to WPLG, the unidentified man is believed to have fatally shot his wife and mother at a home in Miami-Dade County. The man allegedly also shot his father, who fled …
A Florida man who was serving a life sentence in prison for the vicious stabbing death of a middle school classmate in 2004 was found dead in his jail cell on Thursday. Michael Hernandez, now 31, was seen on surveillance video collapsing to floor, according to WFOR, which said an autopsy would determine cause of …
A 19-year-old Florida man has been charged with murder after he shot a man in a Starbucks drive-thru in Lake Worth Beach. Justin Boersma, 19, allegedly cut in front of a truck driven by 31-year-old Samuel Joseph Rossetti at about noon on Wednesday, according to an arrest report cited by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. …
A 19-year-old Florida man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a mother and daughter early Monday morning in Largo. Sage Curry has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and burglary, according to WFLA. Largo Police Lt Scott Gore, said that officers responded to a 911 call just before 2 a.m. …
The 46-year-old housekeeping manager of a Florida hotel was found Tuesday brutally beaten to death in one of the rooms she was cleaning. Tina Strader’s husband, Gerald Strader, identified his wife as the victim after he found her and called police, WLFA reported. Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 30-year-old Stephen Havrilka, who had been staying …
