Police on Florida’s northeast coast arrested a man on Sunday after they found his 2-year-old son wandering around in the middle of a street in pajamas and “a heavily soiled diaper.” Deputies responded to multiple 911 calls about the child, including some who reported the toddler in the front yard of a home, the Flagler …
An allegedly drunk driver was arrested Monday night after he was accused to ramming his Jaguar into a retired sheriff’s deputy who was picking debris up from the roadway. Former Polk County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Dan Cooley, 69, stopped and turned on his hazard lights after a tote fell off his vehicle into the center …
An 18-year-old Florida man has been arrested after he allegedly taunted a victim walking on a Fort Myers beach with racial slurs and then bit off his ear in a fight. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the victim, who was not identified in any way, was walking with friends on the beach late …
A Florida woman and her boyfriend were arrested earlier this month in a child abuse case that began when the woman brought her toddler daughter to the hospital with multiple injuries, including broken bones and bite marks in various stages of healing. Jordan Moore, 28, is charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm, while …
A Florida man was charged with attempted murder Friday night after he fired a shot at his ex-wife and reportedly told her he’d “kill you if I could get away with it.” The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office says it was called to the scene in Spring Hill at about 9:15 p.m. and met with the …
A Florida man has been charged with first degree murder after he forced a car he was chasing into a crash that killed the vehicle’s passenger. Kyle Hill thought he was chasing a car carrying his ex-girlfriend when he “aggressively” chased and harassed the vehicle for several blocks Sunday night, eventually forcing the car off …
Police say they’ve found a bicycle belonging to a missing Florida teenager, prompting an “intensive search” of the nearby Weedon Island Preserve area. Allister Nasr, 17, was reported missing on March 1, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a missing child alert nearly a week later, WTSP reports. Nasr is describe as 5 …
Police in Florida have arrested a man for the death of his wife in January. Citrus County deputies said they were called to the home of Dean and Christine Nelson on January 27 and found 47-year-old Christine dead from an apparent drug overdose. Investigators linked her death to methamphetamine they said was given to her …
A 72-year-old Florida man was arrested this week for allegedly touch a young girl swiming at an Orange County resort. William Chatel was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim under 12 and booked into the Orange County jail, WESH reported. An arrest report says the girl’s mother called the Orange County Sheriff’s …
A resident of Florida retirement community The Villages has been charged with DUI manslaughter after a woman fell out of a golf cart he was driving in the middle of the night and died from her injuries. The Florida Highway Patrol said that Richard Allen Keil, 58, swerved to avoid a parked car just before …
A court filing in a Florida case this week provides ominous words from a wife and mother who was shot dead last month, allegedly by the husband she was trying to get away from. The filing comes from a case Mary Gingles filed in December seeking a permanent domestic violence injunction against her husband. Gingles, …
The boyfriend of a 22-year-old Florida woman found naked and dead along Interstate 95 in December has been charged with her murder. Lorent Junior Pion, 29, was initially charged with failing to stop and aggravated fleeing after telling police that Nahomi Cittadini jumped out of his moving vehicle and was hit by a passing car, …
