The Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution has filed criminal charges against Charles and Kristin Black, owners of Legacy Pools in Brevard County, for allegedly operating a fraudulent pool construction scheme. The couple faces charges of scheme to defraud, filing false documents, and other related counts after an investigationContinue Reading
A 49-year-old Port Charlotte man took his own life as deputies arrived to arrest him on sexual abuse charges. On January 20, 2025, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office received a report alleging the sexual assault of a 16-year-old female by 49-year-old Eberto Pupo Calzada. The victim disclosed that the abuseContinue Reading
Two juveniles were arrested in connection with a string of vehicle thefts and burglaries in Babcock Ranch after a detailed investigation by Charlotte County deputies. The investigation began on January 5, 2025, when a resident on Palmetto St. reported a stolen vehicle. The vehicle was found a few doors downContinue Reading
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 23-year-old Chase Crabb of Kissimmee for sexually exploiting a 16-year-old student at Haines City High School. The investigation began in January 2025 when the victim reported to her mother that she received sexually suggestive messages and pictures from her former substitute teacher, “Mr. Chase,”Continue Reading
A series of proposed boundary changes for several Westside middle schools in Duval County will be discussed in an open community meeting on Monday, January 27, 2025, at Ed White High School. The changes, aimed at alleviating overcrowding at Chaffee Trail Middle School, will affect Chaffee Trail, Westside Middle, WestviewContinue Reading
On January 21, 2025, 26-year-old Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves of Sebring, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court in Miami to conspiring to smuggle migrants into the United States. Dominguez-Nieves, who entered the U.S. illegally, collected over $11,500 from the families of Cuban migrants with the promise of transporting them into the UnitedContinue Reading
In October 2024, St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (SJSO) Special Victims Unit (SVU) detectives arrested 21-year-old Ali Aldemar Moreno on charges of Capital Sexual Battery involving an 11-year-old victim. Moreno, posing as a 15-year-old boy on the social media platform Snapchat, groomed the child. He subsequently picked her up nearContinue Reading
On January 24, 2025, the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) received information from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia regarding Matthew Steven Rollie, 30, who was wanted on an active warrant for Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes. Rollie, a registered Sexual Offender, had failed to register in DeSotoContinue Reading
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide detectives have arrested 20-year-old Justin Golden following the tragic death of an 8-month-old baby on Saturday morning, January 25th. According to the JSO, Golden was driving with a female passenger and the baby in the vehicle when he and the passenger became involved in anContinue Reading
On November 24, 2024, at approximately 3:27 a.m., officers responded to a single-vehicle crash near Cactus Street and Hayward Drive. The vehicle had left the roadway, struck a tree, and flipped onto its side. The driver and front-seat passenger were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Tragically, bothContinue Reading