A Florida woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband in a hospital room in 2023 was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison followed by 12 years probation. Ellen Gilland, 78, pleaded no contest in December to assisting self-murder and manslaughter after a grand jury reduced the charges from first degree murder, …
Florida man was allowed to enter a plea agreement late last month, pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl and forcing her to take the “morning after pill” to prevent her from becoming pregnant. Robert Joseph McGuire Jr., 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery on a person 12 to 18 years of …
A 28-year-old Florida woman was arrested this week on multiple charges after she allegedly sicced her dogs on utility company employees and a sheriff’s deputy who responded to their 911 call. Two Duke Energy employees were at the home of Tiffany Perkins, investigating the possible theft of utilities there, when she allegedly released her dogs …
A Florida man has been charged with sending nude photos and an explicit video of his ex-girlfriend to her children. Lafayett Lee has been charged with two counts of sexual cyberharassmanet and one count of transmitting material harmful to minors, although he allegedly sent the material to three children, Coral Springs Talk reported. Coral Springs …
A 57-year-old Florida man who fatally shot an ATV rider at his apartment complex hid behind a building and waited for the rider to drive by, authorities say. Ralph Francis Hensel has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Ja”Keem Williams last week in the Orlando suburb of Winter Garden, as CrimeOnline …
A 4-year-old Florida boy found a loaded, unsecured handgun in the family car Friday night and shot himself in the head with it. Quinta and Robert Morris found their son, Chosen, in the car with a gunshot after hearing a “pop” and thinking the children had broken something, WTVT reported. The parents rushed the boy …
Florida cops have charged a 32-year-old man with murder in the death of his girlfriend last October. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said that Robert Hendrix was already in jail on unrelated charges when they completed their months-long investigation into the death of Kristin Carrier, 43, and charged him with her death. She was found dead …
A Florida man “inexplicably” attacked a nurse at a hospital where he was receiving treatment, leaving her with critical injuries that may include loss of sight in both eyes. Stephen Scantlebury, 33, was hospitalized at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital under the state’s Baker Act, which allows law enforcement to involuntarily hospitalize subjects temporarily but …
A Florida man has been arrested for shooting and killing another man who was riding an ATV in a Winter Garden apartment complex. Winter Garden Police said the shooting appeared to stem from an “ongoing dispute” about people riding motorcycles in the complex, WESH reported. Ralph Francis Hensel, 57, apparently decided to take the dispute …
A 21-year-old Florida man was arrested for stabbing a juvenile at a party, and his mother was charged with tampering after ordering witnesses to delete video of the attack. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office said the victim’s friends called 911 at about 10 p.m. Saturday while en route to the hospital. Deputies met up with …
Florida police finally released the names of two other people shot to death on Sunday along with the mother of a 4-year-old child abducted by her killer father. Broward County deputies found Nathan Gingles and the daughter about five hours after responding to a call and finding a man shot to death at the residence. …
Nathan Gingles now faces three murder charges, but police have not identified the other two victims.
