A 2-year-old Florida girl is fighting for her life after her 3-year-old brother found a gun tucked between the cushions of a sofa and shot her. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the little girl was shot once in the chest, suffering severe injuries to her internal organs, and was in “exceptionally” critical condition. Judd …
A Florida man was charged with manslaughter Saturday morning after he allegedly beat a 2-year-old boy when he urinated on a couch. Alegray Damiah Jones, 30, is being held without bond at the Polk County Jail on a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child, the Lakeland Ledger said. Jones, the boyfriend of the boy’s …
Two practitioners of an ancient religion imported to Cuba and the Caribbean by Congolese slaves have been arrested in Florida for stealing human remains for use on a shrine, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office says. Brian Montalvo Tolentino, 43, and Juan Burgos-Lopez, 39, are accused of robbing the graves of four people — including three …
Deputies arrested a Florida man this week after an investigation revealed hundreds of images of child pornography, with the children involved ranging in age from 10 months old to early teens. Shawn Fitzgerald, 46, is a teacher and varsity soccer coach at Lakeland High School and the director of youth services at First Methodist Church …
Florida police are looking for two teenage brothers in connection with a body found in an orange grove earlier this week, WFLA reports. Danne Frazier, 21, was reported missing on November 4 when he didn’t come home from working at his job at a Publix warehouse in Lakeland. Six days later, his body was found …
A group of teenagers in a van intentionally mowed down a beloved Florida librarian while she was trying to record their license plate number after they’d attacked another teenager. Suzette Penton is said to be in “severely critical condition,” suffering from traumatic brain injury and multiple broken bones, WFLA said. A witness followed the van …
A central Florida man shot his girlfriend to death Sunday morning and wounded another woman who was trying to protect the girlfriend before police tracked him down using drones and dogs. Christopher Michael Pequeen, 33, has been charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, shooting into a building, tampering with physical evidence, aggravated …
A Florida woman has been charged with setting up a GoFundMe, collecting donations for the families of a triple murder, and then spending the money on herself. Amanda Brown, 32, has been accused of taking nearly $12,000 from a now-defunct GoFundMe called “Polk County Triple Homicide, Family Expenses” and depositing it into her personal accounts, …
A Florida man has been arrested after he shot another man multiple times in the back early Sunday morning, killing him with “too much force used,” Polk County Sherif Grady Judd said at a news conference. Bryan Medeiros, 25, was outside the bounds of Florida’s “stand your ground” law when he shot Devyn Pritchett, 19, …
Police have no suspects so far in the shocking murder of three best friends who were “massacred” on their way to a secluded Florida lake to fish, but Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Monday the reward for information has been raised to $30,000. Damion Tillman, 23; Keven Springfield, 30; and Brandon Rollins, 27; were …
Three best friends headed out to a secluded Florida lake for some night fishing Friday night and were brutally “massacred” on arrival, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Saturday morning. Judd said the investigation has so far indicated that Damion Tillman, 23, arrived at Lake Streety first and was immediately waylaid. Keven Springfield, 30, and …
A month long investigation in Polk County, Florida, netted 17 men on hundreds of charges relating to child pornography and solicitation of a minor for sex, the Polk County Sheriff’s Department announced on Friday. A former middle school assistant principle and two Disney employees — a custodian and a guest experience manager — were among …
