December 15, 2023 Former middle school teacher pleads guilty, receives sentence for sex with 14-year-old boy A former middle school teacher has pleaded guilty to six criminal charges for repeatedly having sex with a 14-year-old student, and she has been sentenced.
December 15, 2023 Pancake problem: Man, 85, stabs wife, 81, to death over food, police say An 85-year-old man is accused of stabbing his 81-year-old wife to death in a dispute over pancakes that tragically turned physical.
December 15, 2023 Cruise ship counselor charged with abusive sexual contact with two 6-year-old girls A man who worked as a youth counselor on a cruise ship has been arrested on two counts of abusive sexual contact with a minor.
December 15, 2023 Wife missing, husband found with child sex abuse material, feds say A man is under arrest for possession of child sex abuse material and the feds say the case started with the investigation into his wife’s disappearance.
December 13, 2023 Florida facing federal lawsuits: Mom for transgender treatment, teachers over personal pronoun law Three teachers in Florida filed a federal lawsuit over a state law on titles and pronouns in schools, and a trial is underway over restricting treatment for transgender people with puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
December 1, 2023 Man who ‘recorded himself performing oral sex on a child’ pleads guilty, faces 30 years in prison A man who authorities said “recorded himself performing oral sex on a child” pleaded guilty to a charge of production of visual depictions involving sexual exploitation of minors.
November 30, 2023 Man’s latest arrest was for possession of 2 controlled substances, exposure of sexual organs (again) A man is under arrest for at least the sixth time in two years. He was wanted for exposing himself. Authorities say it wasn’t his first time. They also charged him with three other crimes.
November 29, 2023 Man, 84, ‘with blood on his hands, face and clothing’ charged with killing wife, 85, over cat care money An 84-year-old man is charged with the beating death of his wife in their home on Tuesday.
November 27, 2023 Lawmaker wants to ban Florida, a former slave state, from paying reparations to descendants of slaves A lawmaker in Florida wants to make sure no government money in the former Confederate state goes to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves.
November 22, 2023 Pennsylvania man tried to convince Iowa girl to send porn pics, videos of herself, police say A man in Pennsylvania is accused of “trying to convince” an underage girl in Iowa “to send him pornographic material” of herself.
November 20, 2023 Man charged with murder accused of punching victim, using his walker in nursing home laundry room attack A 71-year-old man who lives in a nursing home is accused of murdering another resident there in a fight over a washing machine.
November 20, 2023 Driver ‘purposely ran the victim over due to being kicked out of the car show,’ witnesses told police A man upset when he couldn’t get into a car show over the weekend and then hit a worker with his car is facing a felony charge.
November 14, 2023 Disturbance at music video shoot leads to deadly attempted robbery for necklace, Rolex watch A music video shoot led authorities to an attempted armed robbery that turned deadly and eventually, three people were arrested.
November 13, 2023 Bill would protect historical monuments, memorials in Florida, including those honoring Confederates Protecting the state’s history, or those who tried to break up the U.S. and lost the Civil War? Those are two ways to look at a controversial bill introduced to the Florida House of Representatives.
November 2, 2023 3 men, one’s mother charged in connection to $10k murder-for-hire of 17-year-old sexual assault victim Three men in Florida have been indicted for crimes in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old sexual assault victim. One’s mother is also facing charges.
November 1, 2023 Evidence and interrogation led to confessions in boy’s disappearance, brutal murder, detectives say A little boy reported missing was found dead with severe injuries in a dumpster. Now, a man and a teenager who live in makeshift bedrooms in the same multi-story home are facing criminal charges.
October 31, 2023 Boyfriend, his grandmother arrested, charged in 16-year-old girl’s disappearance The case of a missing underage girl kept deputies in Florida busy for weeks and they say she had been hidden at a place they visited several times, all along.
October 27, 2023 Sexual abuse victims from across the country identify themselves in man’s child pornography photos A man has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for two counts of production of child pornography. He lives in Florida but his crimes stretched across the country.
October 23, 2023 Florida man sentenced to federal prison for child sex abuse material after threatening victim A Florida man has been sentenced to 80 years in federal prison for the production and distribution of child sex abuse material.
October 20, 2023 Swaying public opinion by releasing 2 of 200 hostages. Will the world fall for humanitarian Hamas? Hamas freed an American woman and her teenage daughter who they took hostage. A spokesperson for the Israeli army wants to make sure Hamas doesn’t fool the world.
October 19, 2023 Prison for Florida man who used hidden camera on girls undressing, in shower A man in Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing photos and videos of child pornography.
October 13, 2023 Atlanta officer fired for death of church deacon, 62, tasered during dispute over traffic ticket The Atlanta Police Department has fired one of its officers, months after a deadly taser incident on a driver who’d been involved in a crash.
October 10, 2023 Undercover sting ‘Operation Child Protector IV’ nabs 6 men who now face 22 felony charges Authorities teamed up for a week-long undercover operation to catch people who “prey upon and travel to meet children for unlawful sexual activity,” and they turned up six suspects.
October 9, 2023 Florida attorney general fighting possible amendment to ensure abortion rights Florida’s attorney general took her first step to block a proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure abortion rights in the Sunshine State.
October 6, 2023 Secret code and harassing texts: Former teacher charged with child rape arrested again The former teacher who was accused of raping a child has been arrested again, less than three weeks later — this time for coercion of a witness, aggravated stalking, and harassment.
October 5, 2023 Jury watches hours of ‘boy in the box’ video: ‘You wanna take this to the next level? Let’s go!’ The jury in the ‘boy in the box’ case spent hours watching video of the 14-year-old victim, taken with a camera installed on the ceiling of the structure in the garage.
October 4, 2023 ‘Being locked in a room is dehumanizing’: Boy kept in 8×8 garage box testifies in adoptive dad’s trial For the first time, the boy who was forced to live in an 8×8-foot box in his family’s garage spoke publicly. He was testifying in the trial of his adoptive father.
September 27, 2023 Philadelphia ransacking suspects facing criminal charges, mostly burglary so far The faces of dozens of people facing criminal charges in Philadelphia after a night of flash mob-style ransacking have been released, 24 hours after the violence.
September 15, 2023 Birmingham church hosts 60th anniversary commemoration of deadly 1963 bombing Friday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous attacks during the Civil Rights Movement: the deadly bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
April 3, 2023 Conservative congresswoman won’t ‘nitpick’ Bible on grandmotherhood thru teen pregnancy A prominent conservative in Congress is about to become a grandmother for the first time and she doesn’t want to “nitpick” the Bible before the blessed occasion.
March 28, 2023 Fla. man driving twice the speed limit had to get girlfriend to job interview, police say A Florida man accused of driving 100 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone told police he had to get his girlfriend to Taco Bell for a job interview.
March 24, 2023 ‘Joke,’ ‘ridiculous,’ ‘stunt’: DeSantis clashes with Florida NAACP over travel advisory Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis is now in a spat with the state’s chapter of the NAACP over a new advisory they’ve asked the national organization to issue that would urge Black Americans against traveling to the Sunshine State.