March 14, 2024 He and his wife said she crashed car. Their son and the other driver had a different story A driver was ticketed for crossing the line in a no passing zone, causing a crash, but not until deputies investigated to find out who was really driving.
March 11, 2024 Woman accused of leaving ‘crying, emotional’ boy at Chuck E. Cheese hours after party This case started when the folks at Chuck E. Cheese called police to say they found a boy who’d been left behind, apparently after a birthday party.
March 1, 2024 Tasered and ‘fell to the ground, and the stolen merchandise came falling out of her purse’ “Best Buy staff recognized her from previous encounters in which she stole a laptop,” her latest arrest report said, so they watched this woman closely.
February 29, 2024 Senior’s ‘continuous harassment’ caused next-door neighbors ‘fear and emotional distress’ People don’t get to choose their neighbors, and, in this case, a couple said they put their house for sale due to harassment from their next-door neighbor.
February 29, 2024 Injured in suspected DUI crash, charged with kicking ER nurse in the stomach A woman taken to the hospital after a suspected DUI crash is also facing a battery charge after she allegedly kicked an emergency room nurse in the stomach.
February 23, 2024 Armed robbery suspects wearing Cookie Monster pajamas also face animal abuse charges A pair of armed robbery suspects wearing Cookie Monster pajamas were arrested the next day, and they’re also facing charges for what police found at their home.
February 21, 2024 2 women charged with ringing up low-priced items, stealing expensive ones from Walmart Walmart employees and sheriff’s deputies had a busy evening and when it was over, two women were taken from the self-checkout area to jail.
January 31, 2024 Man accused of striking employees at 2 restaurants in their faces in 1 night A man seemed to really get around one night, and so did the sheriff’s deputy who had to investigate. He’s accused of punching an employee at two restaurants.
January 25, 2024 Senior shoplifting suspects go to jail together, wife with ‘no recollection’ faces felony A senior citizen couple is accused of shoplifting from a Walmart. He’s charged with a misdemeanor but she’s facing a felony for a much longer list of items.
January 24, 2024 ‘Dirtbag’ ex-con didn’t shoplift from Walmart, arrested for taking whole cash register The man in a red long-sleeve t-shirt who stole a cash register from a Walmart is back behind bars, authorities say.
January 19, 2024 No-show doc, 72, convicted of prescribing controlled substances for cash: $4,000 daily A Florida doctor faces decades behind bars after he was convicted on seven charges of illegally dispensing and distributing controlled substances.
January 18, 2024 Times were hard, he allegedly said during shoplifting bust, but what about other arrests? A man who’d been arrested more than a dozen times added another one to his rap sheet when he was charged with petit theft (shoplifting) 2nd offense yet again.
January 12, 2024 Teacher facing 12 sex crime charges against former student over 2 years to be fired A teacher will soon be out of a job after she was indicted on a dozen criminal charges involving sexual misconduct with a teenage girl who was her student.
January 11, 2024 Bank employee charged with stealing $100,000 from elderly customers’ accounts An employee at a bank is under arrest, accused of stealing more than $100,000 from accounts belonging to elderly customers.
January 10, 2024 Subway sandwich thrown, food preparer hit, ‘upset’ would-be customer arrested for battery A situation at a Subway landed a would-be customer behind bars after his rejected sandwich hit the food preparer.
January 4, 2024 Arrested for vandalizing the same SUV, 9 months after video showed him defecating on roof Looks like a surveillance camera got Jeremy Powell again. His first case of criminal mischief happened last February and it wasn’t the last time he was seen on video.
January 3, 2024 Can you believe it? Former Walmart employee arrested for shoplifting had 5 convictions for theft This isn’t a typical case of someone shoplifting from a Walmart in Florida. A deputy went to the store and a loss prevention associate described what happened.
December 22, 2023 Restaurant owner who lived ‘lavish lifestyle’ with ‘private tennis court’ sentenced to prison for tax fraud A restaurant owner who prosecutors said “maintained a lavish lifestyle” has been sentenced to federal prison for tax fraud.
December 22, 2023 Case manager charged with not making Dept. of Children & Families home visits, falsifying records A former case manager with Florida’s Department of Children and Families was arrested and charged with falsifying home visit records.
December 21, 2023 Alleged victim says after-school program worker sexually assaulted him 100 times, 2nd boy says 50 A man who worked at an after-school program is charged with sexually assaulting 4 boys. Authorities put out an old photo of him to help any others come forward.
December 19, 2023 Man charged with throwing 16-year-old Shih Tzu in trash bag, rope around her neck, into dumpster Workers at a Family Dollar store in Florida “found a trash bag inside the dumpster with something moving inside,” the sheriff said, and a man is under arrest.
December 18, 2023 Adulterous man sentenced to prison after murdering wife last Christmas Eve, telling her family, then ghosting them A man in Pennsylvania who took a plea deal and confessed to killing his wife has been sentenced to decades in prison.
December 15, 2023 Man of identities and escapes over 5 years didn’t get away this last time A man who had to be tackled by deputies, then chased, and became a fugitive for three years, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
December 14, 2023 Man beat grocery worker until golf club broke, then impaled him with broken shaft, police say Police investigating a violent, deadly beating at a grocery store got a lucky break in the case, but found the suspect holed up in his 16th-floor apartment.
December 13, 2023 House condemns university presidents for tolerating antisemitism on campuses, votes by party differed The House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the presidents of three of the nation’s most prestigious universities for their testimony on antisemitism on their campuses.
December 13, 2023 5-alarm fire with extremely heavy smoke giving NY firefighters tough time Firefighters in New York have been working to put out a stubborn five-alarm fire that broke out overnight in the Bronx. The alarms went off at about 3:30 a.m.
December 8, 2023 Suspect dropped straw, escaped until ‘the chain of his bike broke and he then tripped’ The report of a suspicious person outside a pain clinic led to a sheriff’s deputy, a minor accident, a chase, and two felony charges.
December 5, 2023 Roofing company accused of ‘intentionally and schematically causing damage’ for insurance money, 4 arrests made Florida officials announced arrests at a roofing company for “their alleged involvement in intentionally and schematically causing damage to homeowner’s roofs.”
November 29, 2023 Robbery suspect accused of violent, bloody barbershop holdup with pocketknife, pool cue Barbershops are not often targeted by robbers since they’re not known for keeping a lot of cash on hand, but there’s always an exception.
November 22, 2023 Car dealership owner convicted in $1 million murder-for-hire to cover up affair, stop extortion A former executive for his family’s car dealerships was convicted of wiring more than $1 million to have his mistress and her estranged boyfriend murdered.
November 22, 2023 Man dressed as construction worker to steal copper wires from highway light poles, police say Police troopers noticed a suspicious pickup truck on the shoulder of a highway and arrested the driver, who was reportedly impersonating a construction worker.
November 21, 2023 From major at the sheriff’s office to conviction for abusive sexual contact with minor on cruise ship A former law enforcement officer faces life in federal prison after he was convicted of abusive sexual contact with a minor under 12 years old on a cruise ship.