Former University of Florida football player and New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was taken from his home in handcuffs Wednesday morning. His arrest comes more than a week after a Boston semi-pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez’s house. Less than…
Former NBA All-Star Mookie Blaylock, facing charges of driving on a suspended license and failure to maintain his lane in a Friday head-on crash in suburban Atlanta, has now been charged with vehicular homicide. Authorities claim that Blaylock, 46, was driving an SUV that crossed the center line of Tara…
Tallahassee, Florida – State officials have reported that the overall crime rate in Florida has dropped 3.8 percent in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. However, the number of murders and forcible sex offenses is on the rise. Governor Rick Scott and Florida Department…
A judge refused to set bail Wednesday for a 64-year-old Lake Alfred woman accused of killing her 77-year-old husband and burying his body in the couple’s backyard garden. The woman’s lawyer argued that the woman has seriously health issues that cannot be properly addressed in jail. The woman is diagnosed…
The state of Florida’s death sentence policy is quite different than any other state’s version. Florida is the only state that gives the jury the power to recommend the death penalty or life in prison, which is decided by a majority vote. The judge can consider the recommendation, but ultimately…
One of the defendants allegedly involved in the death of a 15-year-old Belleview, Florida teen is allegedly incompetent to stand trial. The 38-year-old man’s lawyer supposedly told a judge in a brief pre-trial conference on Wednesday that a psychiatrist asserts the man is unfit to stand trial for the charges…
Nearly 100 yards from where a Brooksville, Florida woman was bludgeoned to death about a month ago, investigators shot a man in the abdomen. Five investigators approached the 60-year-old man’s home on Sept. 27 with a search warrant in tow when the man allegedly opened the door and tossed a…
A 21-year-old woman has been accused of murdering an 83-year-old man found dead in a motel room in Tampa. She faces charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery and as of Saturday, she remained in the Hillsborough County Jail. According to police reports, someone dialed 911 to report an elderly…
A 16-year-old Sarasota, Florida teen was taken into custody on Sunday, April 17, 2011 for his involvement in the shooting of two British tourists on holiday from England. He was jailed and charged with two counts of murder. According to BayNews9, the tourists, aged 24 and 25, were killed Saturday…
A Lady Lake, Florida woman has been arrested this week for her connection in the January murder of a Wildwood, Florida man. A warrant for the woman’s arrest was obtained on March 7 after evidence indicated that her vehicle was used to allegedly transport the deceased man’s body to the…