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
The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) has arrested Daniel L. Wright III, 32, in connection to a series of residential burglaries targeting student housing. Wright faces multiple charges, including burglary of a dwelling, armed burglary, and grand theft of a firearm. He was taken into custody on January 17th. The investigationContinue Reading
Around 5 p.m. on Friday, January 24, a 7-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man were leaving a home on the Westside when multiple people in a dark-colored vehicle, believed to be a Kia Soul, approached and opened fire. Both victims were rushed to the hospital, where the 7-year-old succumbed toContinue Reading
On January 23, 2025, 53-year-old Undray Benson was found guilty of First-degree Murder during a bench trial for the 2022 death of 31-year-old Antwain Jamar Hart. Following the conviction, Judge James R. Baxley sentenced Benson to Life in prison, in accordance with Florida law. “The actions of this defendant wereContinue Reading
James Ross Wightman, 65, a British national, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) on January 24, 2025, on six counts of voting illegally. Wightman, an illegal alien from the United Kingdom, is accused of unlawfully casting ballots in several local and national elections from 2022 toContinue Reading
William Tyrone Smith, 48, was arrested by the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics and K-9 Units on January 10, 2025, following an investigation into narcotics sales at his residence in LaBelle. Smith was charged with a range of drug and firearm offenses after deputies discovered multiple drugs and firearms onContinue Reading