A Collier County judge sentenced a 52-year-old woman and wife of a Collier County sheriff’s deputy to eight years in prison Friday for embezzling more than $250,000 from a former employer. The woman was the office manager for a Naples company where she apparently wrote 211 fraudulent checks from the…
A 19-year-old Largo, Florida man was charged with grand theft after allegedly stealing a 2012 Dodge Charger from a local dealership. The man apparently entered the dealership Tuesday and test drove the vehicle. Later, police claim the man returned and stole the car from the dealership lot. The man allegedly…
A 21-year-old mother was placed under arrest after police claim she strangled her 11-month-old daughter six times at Florida Hospital South in Orlando, Florida. The girl was apparently unresponsive, but was saved by hospital staff. It was not clear why the mother and daughter were at the hospital. The woman…
A 49-year-old St. Petersburg woman was arrested Monday morning for allegedly attempting to torch her boyfriend’s apartment while his sister was inside. The woman was charged with arson, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. St. Petersburg police claim the woman and her boyfriend got into a domestic dispute…
Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crime Attorneys Detectives with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 19 people in an undercover prostitution bust targeting online advertisements. Undercover officials conducted the two-day sting focusing on online ads for prostitution last Thursday and Friday. According to police, both…
A 32-year-old Clearwater, Florida woman accused of tying a rubber band around the snout of a 9-month-old puppy for days pleaded not guilty in her first court appearance Monday. The woman faces a charge of first-degree misdemeanor animal cruelty. A pretrial hearing was apparently set for March 26. The puppy,…
Authorities in Palm Beach County filed charges against 22 individuals Wednesday, alleging they stole nearly $1 million. “Operation Leap Fraud,” apparently one of the biggest public assistance fraud roundups ever in Palm Beach County netted suspects from across Palm Beach County Jupiter to Delray Beach, and from Pahokee to West…
Former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes was arrested Thursday morning after he allegedly attempted to eat a plastic bag filled with marijuana and had a blunt tucked behind his ear. The 27-year-old man was stopped by an officer around 1 a.m. for apparently committing a traffic violation. Police claim…
A 51-year-old man was arrested Friday after local drug agents allegedly found marijuana and a shotgun at a property apparently owned by the man. A Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy allegedly went to an Ocala, Florida home to serve an arrest warrant on Feb. 7 for a 51-year-old woman. The deputy…
Two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old were charged with aggravated stalking with a hate crime enhancement Friday after police were called to investigate a reported incident at a school bus stop in Palm Bay, Florida. The trio is accused of repeatedly attacking and bullying an autistic teen while using racial slurs.…