Former ‘Teacher of the Year’ Cleared of Child Abuse Charge; Wants Apology From School District
Caroline Lee was accused of striking a student who made a death threat toward her. Ten months later, the state’s attorney dropped the charges.
Caroline Lee was accused of striking a student who made a death threat toward her. Ten months later, the state’s attorney dropped the charges.
Florida authorities have arrested a man for the murder of a woman found dead earlier this month in a Jacksonville lake. Family members identified the victim as Beverly Febres, the 23-year-old mother of two toddler sons, WJXT reports. Her body was found floating on the edge of Marco Lake in the San Marco neighborhood early …
A man killed a Jacksonville, Florida, resident and shot at another Thursday morning in what investigators say was a “random” shooting. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the man, who has not yet been positively identified, was subdued by a K-9 that he fought with before officers were able to handcuff him. “Striking him, potentially trying …
A Florida carpet installer found a dead man Friday inside morning what was supposed to be a vacant apartment in Jacksonville. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Steve Rudlaff told WJXT that deputies were called to the apartment complex at about 10 a.m. after the installer reported finding the body of a man who had been shot. …
A Florida rental property owner cleaning up the home for new renters found a body last week buried in the back yard, and investigators have now identified the deceased as a woman who was last seen in February. Investigators have not determined how 40-year-old LaDonna Williams died, but the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has classified her …
A 5-year-old Florida girl was killed Thursday night when a kidnapping suspect, pursued by police, drove off an interstate ramp into a retention pond. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer Christian Hancock said officers ran into the water and apprehended the driver, but they were unable to locate the little girl, WJXT reported. Fire crews and a dive …
Two police departments have launched internal investigations after they were tipped early this week about a heavily armed pregnant woman on her way from Florida to New Jersey — a trip that ended with her 21-year-old sister shot to death. Tony Miranda contacted Jacksonville, Florida, police on Monday, telling them that his fiancee had stolen …
A Florida mom who reported her 5-year-old daughter missing back in 2019 pleaded guilty Thursday to killing the little girl. Brianna Williams, who was a Navy petty officer when she was arrested, had been charged with aggravated child abuse, lying to police, and tampering with evidence, as CrimeOnline previously reported. She pleaded not guilty. The …
A Florida woman has been charged with poisoning her boyfriend’s lemonade to make him stop talking. An arrest report says that Jacksonville Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Susie Street for a suspected poisoning and found 54-year-old Alvis Parrish on the front porch yelling at them, according to WTLV. When they got close …
Florida police are investigating the stabbing death of a woman Friday morning after one of her children called to report the incident. Three children were in the apartment on University Boulevard in Jacksonville, News4Jax reported, and none of them were hurt, First Coast News reported. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested Nathan Matthew Rines, 40, and …
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 …
A 12-year-old North Carolina girl reported missing last Friday was found safe in Florida with 15-year-old Jacksonville boy who had also been reported missing by his family, WXII reports. According to her mother, Ashlan Earley went for a walk just before dark Friday and never returned, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Davidson County authorities began a …