Florida sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage siblings this week for fatally shooting a man they tried to rob. Henry McGall IV, 18, and his younger sister, Madison, 15, have both been charged with first degree murder while engaged in robbery and robbery with a firearm resulting in death, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. The …
Investigators have found human remains buried on a Spring Hill property tied to a convicted serial killer serving several life sentences in California for killing five women and girls, WFLA reported. William “Billy” Mansfield, 64, was convicted in 1982, but Tuesday’s discovery at the house he once shared with his brother and father — a …
A Virginia man was arrested in south Florida on Sunday when state troopers found a dead body in his trunk after a crash. Robert Avery Coltrain, 25, has been charged with second degree murder and illegally transporting human remains, WSVN reported. The man in the trunk, 26-year-old Brian Trotter, was last seen alive on October …
Federal prosecutors alleged Friday that a Florida man used a fake business to receive a $1.9 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan — then used some of the funds to purchase a Mercedes and pickup truck. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Florida said in a statement that Keith Nicoletta, 48, acquired the …
Florida sheriff’s deputies have opened an investigation into a suspicious death after they found human remains buried on a property in the Florida Highlands neighborhood of Dunnellon. It’s the second set of remains found on the abandoned property this year. Marion County deputies found the remains of an as yet unidentified man on February 2 …
A 23-year-old Florida man has been charged with manslaughter after he accidentally shot his twin brother in the face, killing him. Gulfport police said that Mathias and Thomas Parkinson-Freeman, along with a mutual friend, were sitting in a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder, parked at the brothers’ home. The three men were said to be talking and …
Zachary Winton had threatened to kill Sabrina Dumdei in September, police say.
Searchers looking for a Florida mom who disappeared last month have found an SUV, driven by Stephanie Hollingsworth when she was last seen, submerged in a retention pond in east Orange County, WFTV reports. Orlando Police say there is a body inside the vehicle, but they have not confirmed the identity of the remains. Drone …
A 3-week-old infant was knowingly placed into a foster home with a sexually aggressive teenage boy who raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Marion County, Florida. The lawsuit charges that Kids Central, which manages child welfare in the Ocala region, and The Centers, which provides case management services, knew that the …
A Florida mom pleaded guilty this week to killing her toddler son two years ago and was sentenced to 50 years in prison, Bay News 9 reports. Police issued an AMBER Alert for 2-year-old Jordan Belliveau Jr when Charisse Stinson, 23, told police that a man named Antwan knocked her unconscious after she accepted a …
Florida deputies arrested a 20-year-old man Wednesday and charged him with multiple counts related to a fire Saturday at a Fort Myers Planned Parenthood. Everett Little has been charged with arson, criminal mischief, and using an incendiary device for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at the building, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. The incident …
A Florida woman was arrested Tuesday, days after she allegedly attacked a school bus assistant because her daughter was dropped off at her bus stop 30 minutes late. The victim — who is nine months pregnant — reportedly claimed they were dropping off children in Bradenton on October 2 when Erica Piedra, 36, entered the …
