Five people working at clinics in Fort Myers and Port Charlotte were arrested after police concluded an investigation into alleged false personal injury claims at these facilities. The arrests included clinic owners, massage therapists and chiropractors who have been charged with patient brokering and solicitation in support of what police…
FBI agents have charged a Pinellas County chef with federal child pornography charges after he allegedly admitted he made sexually explicit videos of a 3-year-old girl he was babysitting. The 27-year-old Dunedin man apparently sent online chat messages under his name that graphically describe “training” a 3-year-old to perform a…
The brother of the Hardee County sheriff has recently been charged with sexually abusing a young girl six years ago. The 62-year-old Zolfo Springs man was arrested Wednesday during a joint investigation by the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. According to the sheriff’s office,…
The parents of three children living in Daytona Beach were arrested last week after police allegedly discovered the family was living in a dead woman’s house. In fact, police claim the woman’s body was decomposing in a bedroom. Police conducted a well-being check at the Holly Hill home after they…
A veteran Broward County circuit judge has been charged with driving under the influence after her car was allegedly seen by police driving erratically and nearly hitting another vehicle in Boca Raton. According to a Boca Raton police report, the woman was pulled over along the 2400 block of West…
An 89-year-old Indiana man and the owner of an Apopka lily nursery pleaded guilty Tuesday in Detroit to transporting more than 1,400 pounds of cocaine to Michigan between 2009 and 2011. The Michigan City, Ind., man is one of the oldest criminal defendants in Detroit’s federal court. He told the…
Police have arrested two Orlando men accused of packing 24 children younger than 18 into a van and forcing them to work in Palm Bay. Palm Bay police claim the children were dropped off in Palm Bay and forced to spend more than 10 hours selling cheap items door-to-door. According…
A Punta Gorda woman was arrested Sunday night on sexual battery charges after an alleged altercation in Port Charlotte from which she tried to escape by hiding in the trunk of a car. Detectives arrested the 34-year-old woman on charges of Sexual Battery, Felony Battery by Strangulation and Resisting Arrest…
A Volusia County deputy sheriff who was arrested Saturday night on a DUI charge will also face a child-neglect charge because a 7-year-old girl was apparently in the patrol car with her. The 37-year-old woman has been placed on administrative leave with pay, according to the Sheriff’s Office. She was…
On Monday, a former Ocoee city commissioner and local business owner, was arrested on fraud and counterfeiting charges for leading a scheme to sell fake bulletproof vests. Two of the man’s employees were also arrested and charged with fraud and counterfeiting. Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials claim counterfeit bulletproof…