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 …
Police in Florida are looking for a woman they say scammed several people out of tens of thousands of dollars offering “spiritual/witchcraft services.” Naples police say ten victims have come forward so far and that they found the woman through ads in free Hispanic newspapers, radio ads on Hispanic radio stations, and flyers in the …
An unknown gunman opened fire into a Florida apartment Wednesday morning, killing a 7-year-old boy and wounding his mother while they were sleeping. Riviera Beach Police Chief Nathan Osgood said another child and the children’s father were also at home sleeping but were not hit by the gunfire, WFLX reported. The boy and the mother, …
A Florida man was charged with manslaughter Saturday morning after he allegedly beat a 2-year-old boy when he urinated on a couch. Alegray Damiah Jones, 30, is being held without bond at the Polk County Jail on a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child, the Lakeland Ledger said. Jones, the boyfriend of the boy’s …
Dallas police announced Friday that they had arrested two more suspects in the death of a Seattle woman found who disappeared last October and was found dead in March. Marisela Botello Valadez, 23, was last seen alive on October 5, 2020, according to police, and her remains were found March 24 in a wooded area …
A Florida woman has been arrested for the 2018 death of her 85-year-old mother, who was found dead of “severe emaciation” and a bladder infection, wearing a trash bag as a diaper. Kim Zaheer, 64, was charged with manslaughter of an elderly disabled adult and is being held on a $500,000 bond, the Flagler County …
Miami-Dade police are searching for man who forced a 12-year-old boy into a car, then sexually assaulted and shot him. Police said the incident took place between 2 a.m. and 3:30 am Saturday in northwestern Miami, according to Miami-Dade police. The suspect is described as a tall Hispanic man with long, curly hair, driving a …
A veteran Florida teacher was arrested Friday, accused of sexually abusing at least three minor students over several years. Police said they began investigating 41-year-old Hialeah Senior High School teacher Jeanette Valle-Tejeda, who has been with the Miami-Dade County school system for 20 years, when one of her alleged victims told the principal at the …
A Florida mom was arrested last week after getting into a fight with one of her daughter’s classmates in middle school cafeteria. Edith Riddle, 34, came to Dupont Middle School in Jacksonville for a meeting with the school’s vice principal with a boxing glove on her hand. She told the school it was superglued to …
