A Florida man has been arrested for the ambush murder of an 0ff-duty corrections deputy earlier this week. Investigators said that Kevin Bennette, 32, “targeted and ambushed” Basil Powell, 39, as he returned home Monday evening, WTVJ reported. Powell’s 5-year-old daughter was waiting in his car while her father was shot to death. Police said …
A Florida lawyer was arrested last week after he smashed a dinner plate over the head of the father of two girls who cut in front of him in the prime rib line at a wedding reception. Mark Roher, 52, was charged with agravated battery with a deadly weapon in the January 18 incident at …
A Florida mom is accused of sending an 11-year-old girl dozens of threatening messages on TikTok. Paola Zarate Lassalle, 28, was arrested and charged with written threats to kill or do bodily harm, according to an arrest affidavit filed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. According to WOFL, the 11-year-old mother said her daughter, …
A Florida mother was arrested last week after she let her 2-year-old son take her Glock 43 to day care in his lunchbox. Shanae Davis, 39, reportedly told police that she put the gun in her son’s lunchbox because she didn’t have a purse and didn’t want it out in the open, WPTV reported. Then, …
A Florida woman, her boyfriend, and her son have been charged with sexually abusing children — and livestreaming the abuse to paying customers. Walquiria Cassini, 38, and Ryan Londono, 42, are each charged with sexual assault of a child, solicitation, and use of a child in a sexual performance, WPTV reported. Cassini’s 20-year-old son, Matthew …
The ex-husband of a Florida woman who remarried a week ago has been charged with the shooting deaths of her and her newlywed husband. Family members identified the victims as Kerlande and Marcelline Racine, a pastor and nurse who were married on December 2, WPTV reported. “She has never been as happy as she was …
A Florida man was arrested this week after he admitted to abusing a 1-year-old boy and his mother, who he said failed as a mother. An affidavit said the toddler was brought to Palm West Hospital on Tuesday, unable to raise his arm and with a fever, WPEC reported. The boy was also crying uncontrollably. …
A 22-year-old Florida man has been charged with murder in the death of a woman found floating in a canal west of Delray Beach last month. Christopher Diego Soto was also charged with destruction of evidence and providing a false statement. He was denied bond at a court appearance on Tuesday and is due back …
A woman woman accused of dressing as a clown and shooting her lover’s wife in the face pleaded guilty to second degree murder on Tuesday, 30 years after the infamous Florida murder. Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer accepted Sheila Keen-Warren’s plea in exchange for a 12 year prison sentence — with credit for the five and …
A Florida woman was charged with murder Sunday morning after Palm Beach County deputies responded to a call about a naked woman climbing a tree. Sheree Williams, 34, was no longer in the tree when deputies arrived, but they found her “running naked in the neighborhood,” the sheriff’s office said. Further investigation led them to …
Two people are in custody in Florida after an incident involving a stolen U-Haul truck that struck a deputy and an officer-involved shooting. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Teri Barbera said the incident began just before 4 a.m. in Royal Palm Beach when deputies initiated a traffic stop on the stolen rental truck, according …
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 …
