Orlando Police arrested a 17-year-old boy early Friday morning after a pair of downtown shootings left two people dead and six others wounded. Police said nearly 100 officers were on patrol downtown because of the large crowd expected in the area for Halloween and responded immediately to reports of shots fired at Central Boulevard and …
A Florida woman awaiting trial for the 2020 death of a her boyfriend, who suffocated inside a small suitcase, has obtained a new attorney who apparently answered her ad for someone “ready for your close-up on nat’l television.” Sarah Boone, 46, has been representing herself since June, when the court ruled that her behavior forfeited …
Orlando police officers responded to a domestic violence call early Sunday morning and shot and killed a suspect who came out of the house and shot at them. Police Chief Eric Smith said that when officer went inside, they found three victims — one a child, WESH reported. Smith said the officers heard gunshots from …
Four people were found shot to death Friday morning in an Orlando home after a wounded woman ran to a neighbor’s house for help. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says it received the call at about 4 a.m., WESH reported. The wounded woman, who was taken to the hospital in unknown condition, said she was …
A Florida man was sentenced to multiple life sentences last week for abusing and torturing his 11-year-old stepson. The boy was rescued by an Orlando restaurant manager who noticed something wrong when Timothy Lee Wilson, 36, didn’t let the boy order food, and she saw bruises on the child’s face, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Flavaine …
An Iowa woman reported missing by her family after she flew from Orlando, Florida, to Louisiville, Kentucky, has been found safe. Mariam “Star” Lint, 25, had been staying with her brother in Florida but left for Louisville on August 5 to visit a friend. But Louisville Airport Police initially said they didn’t see her get …
Florida state troopers this week arrested a 16-year-old boy from Virginia who drove into the the state after threatening an Orlando detective who was investigating him for an alleged inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. Orlando police said Thursday that the two teens met online in March and began exchanging messages — including “pornographic material.” …
The family of a missing Florida college student called on another family — that of the 27-year-old maintenance man named the “prime suspect” before he killed himself earlier this week — to “speak up” if they know anything at all. Miya Marcano, 19, was last seen when she left work at Arden Villas apartments in …
A Florida mom charged with manslaughter in the death of her toddler son in 2018 pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Friday and now faces up to 15 years in prison, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Victoria Toth, 26, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Johnathan Pursglove, were both charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of …
Searchers looking for a Florida mom who disappeared last month have found an SUV, driven by Stephanie Hollingsworth when she was last seen, submerged in a retention pond in east Orange County, WFTV reports. Orlando Police say there is a body inside the vehicle, but they have not confirmed the identity of the remains. Drone …
Florida police are using DNA to find the parents of three children, all dropped off at a southwest Orlando apartment complex as newborns in three separate years, the Orlando Sentinel reported. After the third child was left at the same spot last July, an Orlando detective submitted the children’s DNA for testing. The results: All …
Authorities in Florida say a man was arrested on suspicion of arranging to meet someone he believed to be an 8-year-old girl for sex at a hotel in Orlando. According to WSPA, 40-year-old Frederick Pohl Jr. was an employee of the Magic Kingdom theme park at Disney World when he communicated online with an undercover …
