A former Key West police officer who was recently accused of sexually abusing a minor will not be prosecuted on two charges of child molestation and one of lewd exhibition. Assistant State Attorney Val Winter, who had been prosecuting the case against the 42-year-old man, said that the charges were…
A 26-year-old Lake Wales motel manager is accused of video voyeurism. Police claim the man is the motel’s night office manager at the Budget Inn Motel and allegedly installed a camera in a guest’s bathroom. According to the arrest affidavit, the camera was facing the shower. Police believe the man…
A 57-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly smeared dog feces on a neighbor whose pet had defecated in the woman’s yard. The woman was charged with battery on a person 65 years or older and was released Thursday from the Palm Beach County Jail on her own recognizance.…
A Penn State University associate sociology professor was arrested during a flight from Nicaragua to Miami on Saturday. Her onboard speech about U.S.-Venezuela relations apparently got her pulled off a flight in Miami. Authorities claim that the 52-year-old, who lives outside Philadelphia, is facing disorderly conduct and breach of peace…
A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday night after police allege he distributed sexually obscene photographs taken of a female who was a minor at the time the photographs were taken. According to a Gainesville Police Department report, the 36-year-old man and the female had apparently been involved in a two-year…
Prosecutors decided to drop charges against NFL free agent Chris Johnson this week for a January gun arrest in Orlando, according to court records. The Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office stated that, “this case is not suitable for prosecution.” The 29-year-old athlete was stopped on the night of Jan. 9 for…
A Clay County man who is already a registered sex offender is now back behind bars after authorities allege he attempted to sexually assault a minor. The 58-year-old man has been jailed after allegedly attempting to contact the child through his cellphone and trying to entice the victim into sex…
According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, police arrested an Ocala man Friday morning on 20 counts of possession of child pornography. The 51-year-old man turned himself in at the Marion County Jail and was booked in at 10:45 a.m., according to the Sheriff’s Office. He declined to speak with…
Vanilla Ice, legally named Robert Van Winkle, was arrested in south Florida and charged with burglary and grand theft after police found items allegedly stolen from a foreclosed home at Van Winkle’s residence. The home of the alleged burglary was adjacent to a house the former rapper was renovating as…
Kurt Busch is accused of smashing his ex-girlfriend’s head against his motor home wall Sept. 26 at Dover International Speedway, according to the conclusions of a Kent County (Del.) family court commissioner who granted the woman’s request for a protective order last week. Busch is scheduled to race Sunday at…