A Polk County ex-teacher facing 22 years in prison for child sex crimes will be asking for a lighter punishment, according to reports. The former English teacher pleaded guilty to 37 child-sex charges in March 2015 and was sentenced a few months later. The 31-year-old was initially arrested on allegations…
A 16-year-old Winter Springs teen was arrested Thursday on charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in a crash that claimed the life of an 18-year-old friend, according to Winter Springs police. The teen was driving east on Shepard Road near Lisa Loop about 4:45 a.m. Aug. 27 when he…
A Dixie County man, currently on probation for a Marion County rape, has been arrested on multiple charges after authorities claim he forced a man and woman to have sex in his camper. The 36-year-old was charged by the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday on two counts of sexual battery…
A Tavares High School janitor has been accused of poisoning his coworker last week after she received a job promotion he wanted, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The 39-year-old was arrested Friday on a poisoning charge after a fellow custodian reported to a school resource deputy that she…
A New York man is accused of traveling to New Port Richey to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. On Tuesday night, at approximately 11 p.m., Pasco deputies were dispatched to the girl’s home in reference to an unwanted guest complaint. The caller advised that his wife found a 21-year-old…
Five Notre Dame football players were arrested Friday night after police stopped them for speeding and reported finding a handgun and marijuana in the car. A senior safety, a redshirt freshman cornerback, a freshman wide receiver, a sophomore running back and a sophomore linebacker were each charged with possession of…
Texas district Judge Elizabeth E. Coker is stepping down from the bench after she was apparently caught texting prosecutors on how to win cases. A whistleblower revealed that Corker was sending text messages to prosecutors with suggestions on questions to ask in court in order to secure a conviction. The…
Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents arrested a 24-year-old man Wednesday for attempting to solicit a 10-year-old girl on the internet. Authorities say the girl’s mother told the Orange County Sheriff’s Office that her daughter received sexually explicit material from a man. Deputies then sent the case to FDLE agents…
A Wildwood city commissioner is facing second-degree felony charges after deputies claim he texted a death threat. The 38-year-old Oxford man was charged Wednesday with intimidation/writing or sending a threat to kill or injure. According to a Sumter County Sheriff’s arrest report, a woman who told deputies she’d been with…
The case of a former Turkey Creek Middle School teacher accused of having a sex with a 15-year-old student will not go to trial. The Brandon woman accepted a plea deal Monday. She received five years in Florida state prison, two years of community control (GPS monitoring), followed by 15…