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…
An Interlachen man was arrested Thursday for allegedly manufacturing methamphetamine inside a travel trailer. Deputies responded to an Interlachen home to follow up on an investigation, when they claim they observed people in a travel trailer behind the residence. Deputies went behind the house to speak with the individuals at…
A Manatee County man was arrested shortly before 2:00 p.m. Thursday after Bradenton police claim he lead them on an unusual “leisurely” car chase. The slow-speed car chase, described by police as “like the movie, ‘Driving Miss Daisy,'” took about 15 minutes to resolve in a serpentine loop around the…
A 33-year-old Marathon man was arrested Tuesday and charged with lewd or lascivious exhibition for allegedly masturbating in clear view of passengers on an Amtrak train. The man is accused of exposing himself in front of a young child during the alleged incident. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was called…