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
MADISON COUNTY, Fla. – A wide-ranging investigation into stolen mail and fraudulent debit card use has led to multiple arrests and the seizure of drugs, stolen prescriptions, and large volumes of mail, Madison County Sheriff David Harper announced. The case began December 19, 2025, when deputies with the Madison CountyContinue Reading
Hamilton County Deputies arrested three suspects within hours of an armed robbery and assault near a rural cemetery after a crash alert from a victim’s iPhone and the intervention of an off-duty state trooper set the investigation in motion, authorities said. The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. on January 10,Continue Reading
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Three drug dealers arrested in separate undercover investigations by the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, officials announced. Crystal R. Gilbert, 44, was sentenced on December 10, 2025, to seven years in the Florida Department of Corrections, followed byContinue Reading
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – A man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after deputies say he shot and killed his landlord during a physical altercation inside a Port Charlotte home last week. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded at about 1:39 p.m. on January 7, 2026,Continue Reading
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Dade City man was arrested late Saturday night after deputies say he threatened a group of people following a minor traffic crash northwest of Lakeland, punched an 18-year-old, and claimed he would shoot them, authorities said. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, deputies respondedContinue Reading
POLK COUNTY, FL – A 43-year-old Wauchula woman is behind bars after investigators say her 16-year-old victim’s mother discovered incriminating videos on the boy’s phone. Marie Ibarra was arrested on Monday, January 5, 2026, by detectives with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). The investigation was launched in December 2025Continue Reading