Police believe a 65-year-old man used rented trucks to steal nearly 450 pallets of brick paver stones, worth an estimated $200,000, from Flagstone Pavers. Brooksville investigators arrested the man on a felony grand theft charge resulting from a six week investigation into the missing pavers. The company claims they never…
A 56-year-old homeless man has been arrested and charged with molesting a child, according to reports. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office claims the man molested a 9-year-old girl multiple times Tuesday and Wednesday at a Largo home. Officials allege that the man somehow knew the child. According to police, a…
A former University of Florida track and field athlete was arrested Sunday morning after police allege he struck a bouncer multiple times after being denied entrance to a downtown nightclub. According to a GPD report, the 23-year-old man was apparently trying to get into Simons Nightclub at about 1 a.m.…
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 former Alachua County teacher and swim coach has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison after he plead guilty to charges of producing child pornography. In addition to the prison sentence, he was also ordered to pay $78,000 in restitution to each of his eight victims. The 32-year-old…