A 19-year-old Florida man is behind held without bond after he allegedly beat his father to death in an argument over a plate of food. Police were called to the Melbourne home on January 19 for a man breathing “but not responding.” Julien Welch-Beddoe told police he had been fighting with his 45-year-old father, Francis …
Florida investigators say a 20-year-old woman found shot to death off a roadway in Melbourne was killed in a targeted attack. The body was found just after 6:30 a.m. Monday when a witness notified deputies, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said. The victim had been shot and was pronounced dead on the scene. Investigators identified …
A Florida man has been charged with the death of his 6-week-old son after confessing that he “accidentally” bashed his head. Edrick Lamar Davis, 25, has been charged with first degree murder and aggravated child abuse, WOFL reported. Arrest records say that police were called to a home in Melbourne for an infant not breathing. …
Four women were arrested Saturday after they abducted a 6-year-old child from another woman at knifepoint in Florida. Melbourne Police were called to a home in south Melbourne just before 11 a.m., WKMG reported. The victim told them the women “attacked a threatened her with a knife.” The women took the child in an SUV …
Two Florida health care workers have been arrested after they allegedly livestreamed themselves abusing and mocking an elderly dementia patient in their care. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said Jada Harris, 18, and Shy’Tiona Jazziemysha Bishop, 20, were charged with video voyeurism, abuse of an elderly person, and interception/disclosure of wire or oral communications for …
A Florida man has been charged with shooting his ex-girlfriend 15 times because she wouldn’t return his texts or phone calls. Carlos Lemont Jones, 23, was arrested this week for the murder of Sha’Dayla Johnson, 23, in Melbourne Tuesday morning, WOFL reports. An arrest affidavit says Jones shot Johnson in the back as she was …
A Florida woman called police five times from an Indialantic bar to complain the company wasn’t practicing appropriate social distancing guidelines, but when officers arrived, they found she’d been wandering through the business trying to kiss random customers. The owner of the Monkey Bar and Grille told Melbourne police that multiple customers complained about Audra …
Authorities in Florida say a 47-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her boyfriend last year and dumping his body in a camper. According to WESH, 55-year-old Anthony Franklin Mitchell was last seen alive in August. Investigators believe his girlfriend, Penny Rebecca Pospisil, was responsible for killing Mitchell, dismembering his body and keeping …
