DAYTONA BEACH, FL – A Volusia County jury has convicted Jeffrey Cullen Summers, 52, on multiple counts related to the sexual solicitation of a child. The verdict, delivered on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, followed a two-day trial that detailed an undercover operation targeting online predators. Summers was found guilty of:Continue Reading
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A 23-year-old Gainesville woman has been arrested and charged with homicide after police say her 7-month-old baby was found unresponsive in a bathtub inside a northeast Gainesville apartment. According to the Gainesville Police Department, officers and emergency medical personnel responded to Sweetwater Square Apartments, located at 3501Continue Reading
SANFORD, FL – A Sanford Police officer assigned to protect students at Seminole High School has been fired and arrested following an investigation into “vile and disgusting” behavior with a minor. Pedro Enrique Da Silva was taken into custody on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, after investigators determined he had usedContinue Reading
NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – A Yulee man was arrested last week after a road rage confrontation escalated into gunfire while a child was present, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office. Jesse Robin Compton, 33, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and firing a gun into anContinue Reading
NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – A Kissimmee man accused of carrying out a large-scale retail fraud scheme targeting Walmart stores across Florida and Georgia has been arrested following a months-long investigation by the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office. Branden Nikita Brown, 31, was taken into custody last Friday and charged with sixContinue Reading
FORT PIERCE, FL – A massive multi-state investigation into the serial abuse of three minor children has culminated in the arrest of a 40-year-old man in St. Lucie County. Terry Farmer was taken into custody on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, following a probe that spanned nearly a dozen states andContinue Reading
UPDATE: Detectives have identified the victim found inside the Imeca Lumber business as 23-year-old Eduardo P. Rodriguez. The suspect responsible for his killing and the gun battle with officers was identified as 31-year-old Justin D. Long. Original Post: GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A suspect was killed and two Gainesville police officersContinue Reading
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A ninth-grade student at Lincoln High School was arrested Wednesday and charged with false imprisonment and battery after investigators say another student was forcibly held and assaulted inside a campus bathroom. According to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred on January 14, 2026, and wasContinue Reading
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A Hastings man was sentenced this week to 10 years in state prison for driving under the influence and killing a tow truck driver who was working along a Palatka roadway, prosecutors said. Keith Douglas Guthrie entered a no contest plea last year to DUI causingContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. – Three suspects, including a juvenile, were arrested following an armed robbery that deputies say stemmed from a marijuana deal arranged over Snapchat and ended with a victim held at gunpoint and assaulted in a Lake City driveway. According to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, deputies respondedContinue Reading