Florida deputies arrested a 55-year-old Deltona man Saturday, charging him with aggravated stalking of a 6-year-old girl. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said that neighbors of Mark Greenburg frequently complained that he harassed them, yelled at them and their children with a megaphone, and even drive by their houses recording the children on his phone. …
A registered Florida sex offender was arrested Thursday for allegedly trying to buy a child from her parent for $100,000 last week — and it wasn’t the first time he’d made such an offer to a parent. Port Orange Police said the incident took place on August 16 at a Winn Dixie grocery story when …
Florida police arrested a 19-year-old man, charging him with the shooting death last week of another 19-year-old he was afraid was going to out him as gay. Daytona Beach police said Telan Mann was found dead on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds on June 23, WESH reported. Jakari Webb has been charged with first …
A manager at a popular Daytona Beach restaurant was beaten to death by a man he met on a dating app, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday. Bobby Scott, 63, was reported missing by his husband on January 18 after he left their home the day before and never returned, the Daytona Beach News …
A Florida woman shot and killed her boyfriend Thursday night when she found him with a tomahawk raised above her while she was lying in bed, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Jill Fritch, 59, told deputies that she grabbed a gun next to the bed and shot Troy Sorrell, 60, in self-defense, according to Volusia …
A 17-year-old central Florida boy pleaded guilty Wednesday to strangling his mother in 2018, when he was 15, and calling friends to help him stage a robbery and dispose of her body, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Gregory Ramos then called police and reported that his home had been broken into and his mother was missing. …
A Florida man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and uploading videos to the Kik messenger app, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. John D. Taylor, 32, was arrested on Friday, the sheriff’s office said. He’s being held without bail on one count of sexual battery on a child, …
A 29-year-old Florida man was arrested Friday night for using a fake Snapchat profile to lure a 13-year-old girl for sex, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Joaquin Mendez has been charged with lewd or lascivious battery of a victim under 16. The 13-year-old’s mother called police Friday afternoon after finding “concerning text messages” on …
Florida’s beaches were packed over the weekend with quarantine-weary visitors who took advantage of the holiday weekend to flock into beach towns, largely ignoring social distancing guidelines put out by the state to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In Daytona Beach, a widely publicized event called Orlando Invades Daytona was cancelled at the request of police, …
Authorities in Florida say a daycare worker in Ormond Beach was arrested on suspicion of shaking, smacking and tossing kids under her supervision. According to KTRK, 65-year-old Katherine Weitz is accused of abusing multiple children while working at the Dream City Academy. Police say the abuse occurred within the first three days of her full-time …
A former middle school teacher in Florida has pleaded guilty to charges including a lewd and lascivious battery sex act with a minor following her arrest in February. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 27-year-old Stephanie Peterson was arrested on suspicion of sending the 14-year-old victim nude photos of herself and offering to purchase illegal drugs for …
Authorities in Florida say an area doctor was found in bed with an underage teen boy at the child’s home recently. Both individuals were reportedly naked from the waist down. According to the New York Post, someone at the DeBary residence reported the incident after discovering 30-year old Alexander Ralys and the unidentified 15-year-old boy. …
