A missing Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor, under investigation for leaving the scene of a drunk driving accident last week, was found dead Monday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound behind a Holiday Inn in Martin County, Florida. James Solti, 57, rear-ended a flatbed truck on April 17 after he’d been out drinking with Cassie Harrison, who …
A Florida personal injury attorney has been suspended from the state Bar after she intentionally drove into four people on a sidewalk outside The Fresh Market in Stuart. Beatrice Bijoux, whose office is in Fort Lauderdale, told police that “voices in her head had told her to kill the people,” according to an arrest report …
The body of a missing Florida woman was found Saturday morning in the septic tank of her Jensen Beach home. Cynthia Cole, 57, was last seen at a weekly festival in Jensen Beach on February 24. Martin County Sheriff’s detectives didn’t say what led them to Cole’s backyard, but they began excavating on Friday and …
A 38-year-old Florida man left a bar early Saturday morning and couldn’t find his car, so he stole one. Bradford Weitzel told Martin County Sheriff’s detectives he took the other car in a “good faith effort” to find his car. But before he could locate his own vehicle, he said, the stolen car stalled — …
Authorities found the body of a missing Florida mother in a canal on Monday and have charged a family friend with her murder. Perrin Damron, 23, was reported missing when she didn’t meet up with a friend on Saturday as planned, as CrimeOnline previously reported. She was last seen at 6 p.m. Friday, when the …
Family and authorities in coastal Florida are looking for a 23-year-old mother who hasn’t been seen since Friday evening. Perrin Damron was in her Manatee Creek community, where she lives, at that time, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said. Damron was supposed to meet up with a friend Saturday but never arrived. “The family says …
A dramatic night in South Florida began with a 911 caller who reported witnessing a shooting — and that the shooter and an accomplice were trying to drag the victim’s body into a canal. Palm Beach County deputies set out for the location, but before they could arrive, the 911 caller told dispatchers that the …
A Tennessee man was brought back from Florida last week to face charges that he raped an 11-year-old girl, who became pregnant, the Maryville Police Department said Wednesday. Mynor Leonel Jeronimo-Velasquez, 31, fled to Florida with a 9-year-old girl in September, six weeks before Maryville police conducted a wellness check on the older girl and …
Authorities in Florida say a scantily clad man was causing a disturbance near a residence in Martin County recently. According to KPLC, a resident reportedly spotted the man trespassing onto his property and building a makeshift shed. According to an arrest report filed in connection with the case, the suspect — identified as 31-year-old George …
Authorities in Florida say they were able to thwart a trio of would-be armored bank truck robbers with deadly intentions after an informant advised federal agents of a plot that was reportedly two years in the making. According to USA Today, the three suspects were arrested on Feb. 20, just hours before the heist was …
