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Deputies are conducting a shooting investigation that occurred at a residence on Billie Lane in Malabar, Florida, shortly before midnight Friday. Brevard County Sheriff’s Deputies originally responded to the residence at approximately 11:55 p.m., in reference to a reported disturbance. Preliminary investigation has determined that…
Read More Four Teens Shot At Florida House Party, Deputies Investigating
A Florida man and woman were killed in a crash that happened around 3:22 am on Sunday, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say a SUV was traveling northbound on CR-209, north of CR-202 in Sumter County when the vehicle entered the west shoulder. According…
Read More Florida Highway Patrol: Two Die In Rollover Crash, Neither Wearing Seatbelts
A fifth-grade student in Florida has been arrested for making threats of a mass shooting at his elementary school. On Saturday, May 28, 2022, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office learned of a threatening text message sent by a fifth-grade student at Patriot Elementary School in…
Read More 10-Year-Old Florida Boy Arrested For Threatening Mass Shooting At Elementary School
LAKELAND, Fla. – On May 11th, at about 2:47 p.m., a theft occurred on Costine Road inside of the Timberidge neighborhood in Lakeland, off of Old Polk City Road. An unknown person stopped their vehicle next to a parked trailer and stole tools from a…
Read More Polk County Sheriff Searching For Tool Thief In Lakeland
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation in Lithia. Early Saturday, just after midnight, deputies responded to the 6200 block of Kiteridge Drive to the report of a person down. Once on the scene, HCSO deputies and Hillsborough…
Read More Hillsborough Sheriff Investigating Violent Murder Of Woman In Lithia
Emerging details about the timeline of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting Tuesday revealed law enforcement was present within two minutes of 18-year-old shooter Salvador Ramos entering the building but didn’t breach the classroom for over an hour. Several children were still alive about halfway…
Read More New Details Emerge On What Police Did And Didn’t Do During Texas School Shooting
A Florida High School student will face administrative discipline after he got onto his school bus wearing a full Scream costume on Friday morning. The Martin County Sheriff’s SRO was notified and the student was removed from the bus. Students on the bus were alarmed…
Read More Florida High School Student To Face Discipline After Getting On Bus Dressed In Scream Costume
Madeline Dovi The Buffalo FBI is investigating whether a former federal agent knew beforehand of an accused gunman’s plans to murder black people at a local supermarket, law enforcement officials told The Buffalo News. Officials believe the retired agent was one of at least six…
Read More REPORT: Authorities Investigating If Ex-FBI Agent Knew Buffalo Mass Shooting Was Going To Happen
A 71-year-old Florida man has been arrested for sexually battering a child under 12 years of age. On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, James Andrew Davis, 71, was arrested by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) in Georgia on a Marion County warrant for the Sexual…
Read More 71-Year-Old Florida Man Arrested In Georgia For Sexually Battering A Boy Under 12
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an individual for impersonating a law enforcement officer in Hillsborough County and pointing a gun at a man during the incident. New Jonm Charles Sr., 38, is now facing several charges including Impersonating a…
Read More Florida Man Arrested After Impersonating A Cop, Putting Gun To Victim’s Head