LAKE CITY, Fla. Two Lake City men have been arrested in separate undercover child exploitation investigations conducted by the Lake City Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, bringing the agency’s total number of child exploitation-related arrests this year to 16. According to the Lake City Police Department, detectives conductedContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. – An armed man critically injured himself Tuesday after deputies and police officers responded to reports of an active shooting at a Lake City restaurant, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Lake City Police DepartmentContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has arrested 11 people and obtained two additional arrest warrants following a months-long undercover investigation targeting suspected drug trafficking at a motel long associated with criminal activity. According to the sheriff’s office, officers have responded for years to repeated calls for service atContinue Reading
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A 26-year-old Florahome woman has been arrested after investigators say her infant suffered life-threatening medical neglect that required emergency hospitalization. According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, detectives arrested Jodie Danielle Cannon on Tuesday, July 21, after physicians determined the infant’s condition was the result ofContinue Reading
PALM COAST, Fla. – A Palm Coast man was arrested Sunday after deputies say he repeatedly violated a court-issued protective injunction by confronting a woman in a grocery store parking lot and preventing her from leaving. According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded shortly after 4 p.m. toContinue Reading
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A five-month investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of a Port Orange man accused of repeatedly harassing a Flagler County woman with thousands of phone calls and filing a false child abuse report against her. According to the sheriff’s office,Continue Reading
BUNNELL, Fla. – A 21-year-old Palm Coast woman has been arrested after police discovered two deceased Labrador retrievers inside a storage unit where investigators say the animals were kept without adequate food, water, ventilation or protection from the heat. According to the Bunnell Police Department, officers responded at approximately 9:44Continue Reading
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison after a pipe bomb exploded during a traffic stop, injuring a Putnam County Sheriff’s Office deputy and leading investigators to uncover a large quantity of methamphetamine and other weapons. Charles Legault was sentenced Friday,Continue Reading
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — A 41-year-old caregiver is being held on a $1 million bond after authorities arrested him for sexually exploiting a vulnerable, disabled adult in his care, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (SJSO) announced. Micah Hatcher was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service in neighboringContinue Reading
WEIRSDALE, Fla. – Firefighters from multiple agencies battled a large commercial fire early Sunday morning that heavily damaged a factory building in southern Marion County. According to Marion County Fire Rescue, crews were dispatched at 4:02 a.m. on July 19 to the 16600 block of South Highway 25 after multipleContinue Reading