OCALA, Fla. — Two owners of an Ocala RV dealership have been charged following a financial crimes investigation that uncovered alleged fraud involving more than two dozen customers, according to the Ocala Police Department. The investigation focused on Village RV on South Pine Avenue and its owners, 65-year-old Anthony PicconeContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 22-year-old woman remains in critical condition after an officer-involved shooting Sunday evening during a response to a reported armed domestic dispute, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Undersheriff Shawn Coarsey said the incident occurred around 6 p.m. on June 7 onContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives seized thousands of potentially fatal doses of fentanyl and several other illegal drugs during a narcotics investigation that resulted in the arrest of a 32-year-old man, authorities announced. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, detectives with the Narcotics Unit identified Allen Johnson asContinue Reading
PALM COAST, FL — Two men captured last year by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) Major Case Unit have been officially convicted and sentenced, marking a rapid wave of successful sex offense prosecutions in the local circuit court. Jordan Pittmon, 27, was handed a seven-year state prison sentence, whileContinue Reading
PALM COAST, FL — A 33-year-old Palm Coast man who told cybercrime detectives that he sought out child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for the “thrill” of it is behind bars on a quarter-million-dollar bond following a high-risk tactical raid on his home. Jayson Jankowski was arrested on Thursday, June 4,Continue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Four people were arrested and 30 firearms were seized following a drug investigation on Jacksonville’s Eastside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The arrests stemmed from an investigation conducted by the Sheriff’s Office Community Problem Response (CPR) Unit into suspected drug activity at two homes in theContinue Reading
KISSIMMEE, FL — A morning raid by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office SWAT and cybercrime units has landed a Kissimmee man in jail without bond after federal investigators intercepted transmissions of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and animal abuse files. Steven Joseph Nickles was arrested on Thursday, June 4, 2026,Continue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, FL — A 27-year-old Volusia County man has been convicted and sentenced to jail followed by a decade of strict federal-level oversight after a multi-agency cybercrime task force caught him recording himself committing a sex act in front of a young child. Timothy Williams IV entered a guiltyContinue Reading
CROSS CITY, FL — A Dixie County man has been ordered to spend the next two decades in state prison following a felony sentencing hearing on severe familial abuse charges. Leon Anthony Davis was officially sentenced on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, to 20 years in the Florida Department of Corrections.Continue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and marijuana throughout the city. According to federal authorities, 32-year-old Trey Allan King was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge after pleading guilty onContinue Reading