March 13, 2024 10 times! Christmas tree, lights, Grinch ornaments among items stolen in Walmart thefts, cops say Managers at a Walmart in Florida told deputies about a string of 10 thefts at the store between the beginning of November and shortly before Christmas.
March 11, 2024 Ex-felon accused in deadly double stabbing, killing dad who was trying to protect his son Authorities in Florida want to catch a convicted felon who detectives say stabbed two men at a bar, last week, killing one of them.
February 15, 2024 Man threw pillows at mom when she wouldn’t give him money to buy marijuana, deputies say A man who lives with his parents became “irate” when his mom would not give him money to buy marijuana, deputies say. Then, his tantrum turned physical.
February 6, 2024 ‘Complaint of a drunk driver who had fallen out of her golf cart’ leads to eventual arrest This case moved slowly and the suspect wasn’t arrested until months later. Besides the golf cart, the deputy reported she recited the alphabet pretty poorly.
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 Teacher, church volunteer faces 14 criminal charges ‘related to sex abuse of minors’ A man in charge of children is accused of “14 offenses related to sex abuse of minors,” and what investigators say they discovered is disturbing.
January 22, 2024 Drunk driver’s victims this 4th time: Golf cart, fire hydrant & someone else’s flower bed A golf cart in a flower bed was what a deputy saw first when arriving at the scene of “a reckless driver complaint,” and he arrested a man for his fourth DUI.
January 22, 2024 ‘While conducting the breath test, Patricia fell out of her chair falling to the floor’ A DUI suspect was identified when someone traveling behind told police her SUV “was running off the road,” and arrested after failing field sobriety exercises.
January 16, 2024 Man arrested for DUI after he was found ‘passed out behind the wheel’ of his golf cart A man was arrested after he was found in his golf cart, “parked in the roadway with the lights running,” but he ended up facing a lesser charge than DUI.
January 12, 2024 Man of many mugs accused of stealing $400 in goods from Walmart, his 1st arrest for theft A man who apparently managed to avoid arrest for more than a year got picked up for allegedly picking up a Walmart backpack and using it as his shopping cart.
December 22, 2023 Florida State University sues the Atlantic Coast Conference over more than ‘travesty’ playoff decision Florida State University is suing the Atlantic Coast Conference, alleging it “persistently undermined its members’ revenue opportunities” and damaged FSU.
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 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 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 13, 2023 Man who called deputies to his home ‘was not making sense,’ arrested on drug charges A man called sheriff’s deputies to say “he had knocked out an intruder” but found he “was not making sense,” along with something very different than a body.
December 8, 2023 High school teacher arrested for sex with student after his mom found out, showed up and took pics A high school teacher has been arrested on five counts of sexual activity with a student after his mother found out what had been happening.
November 20, 2023 Serial molester convicted of child exploitation, sex offender registration, firearm offenses and hacking NFL jumbotron A man in Florida has been convicted of a long list of charges and the feds say his many crimes took place over several years.
October 24, 2023 Date made on social media turned into threesome, kidnapping, robbery, attempted murder A guy who just wanted a date was almost killed after the young lady he met online introduced him to her supposed “uncle” and things took a violent turn.
October 13, 2023 Money pouring in to pay Mary Lou Retton’s medical bills The family of Mary Lou Retton has raised $400,000 to pay her medical bills, and there could be a lot more on the way.
September 11, 2023 Disney, Charter settle cable dispute hours before ‘Monday Night Football’ season opener There were 15 million winners, at least in the short-term, hours before the first “Monday Night Football” kickoff of this NFL season.
March 8, 2023 As DeSantis reshapes education in Florida, school districts struggle to find new leaders One school district’s struggle to find a new superintendent could be a sign of the times in Florida.
January 18, 2023 Dry again, for now: Woman pulled from storm drain 3rd time in less than 2 years A woman with a history of being rescued from storm drains was pulled from another one, her third in just under two years.
October 27, 2022 High school teacher accused of months-long romantic relationship with student A teacher has been released from jail — and “reassigned” away from a classroom — for having an improper relationship with a student.
October 27, 2022 No jail, no job for high school athletic director accused of taking $16k+ but not coaching A high school athletic director is out of a job but won’t be going to jail on charges of grand theft and official misconduct.
October 25, 2022 Teacher accused of stealing coworkers’ coaching supplements, even denying them when asked Teachers get paid for educating in the classroom, but some also get supplements for work with extracurricular activities. Andrea Smith-Thomas was one of them.
August 3, 2022 DeSantis talks about addiction but also border, transgender, sports, Covid, Trump, Fauci Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference about addiction care but spent a lot of time talking about a lot of other issues.
May 11, 2022 Alleged victim: She had sex with former teacher in his classroom’s closet The arrest report is shedding light on a middle school teacher in jail facing sex crime charges relating to an incident with a minor.
February 1, 2022 Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores suing NFL, every franchise The former coach of the Miami Dolphins is suing the National Football League and each of its franchises for racial discrimination.
January 24, 2022 Shark off South Florida’s coast swam all the way from Canada A ten-foot shark traveled more than 2,500 miles south over the past four months and is now swimming off the South Florida coast.
January 18, 2022 Naked NFL player charged with beating Broward deputy at child learning center A defensive tackle is charged with beating a Broward Sheriff’s deputy in a “violent attack” that left the deputy “dazed,” according to the Sun Sentinel.
January 6, 2022 Is child’s swim diaper OK or is country club in hot water? A pool problem that happened more than three years ago has a local country club being sued for discrimination.
December 5, 2020 Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…