A Florida couple has been charged with child neglect after their 21-month-old child overdosed on cocaine. The incident took place in January, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were called to a home in Venice to assist medical personnel who were called about an unconscious child who was not breathing. Kaitlyn Van Dorn, 33, …
A Florida man shot and wounded a 10-year-old boy late Sunday afternoon when the boy, driven by his father, opened fire with a paintball gun at a group of people in the man’s front yard. Opa-locka police said Gregory Barns told investigators he believed his family was under attack when the boy started shooting from …
Florida police officers shot a 14-year-old girl on Tuesday during a shootout that also involved a 12-year-old boy, according to reports. The two children allegedly shot at police officers after escaping from Florida United Methodist Children’s Home in Enterprise and breaking into a Volusia County residence, where they stole the firearms. Volusia County Sheriff Mike …
An 18-year-old Florida man wounded his girlfriend and killed her friend Thursday when the two young women arrived at his Coral Springs home. The girlfriend told police that she had recently learned Rashawn Hinds had been unfaithful to her, and she and her friend had gone to his house to pick up her belongings, according …
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 …
