PORT CHARLOTTE, FL — A student at Port Charlotte High School was arrested Thursday afternoon after posting a threat toward a teacher on Instagram. On November 20, deputies responded to the school following a tip from an FBI Intake Research Specialist, who reported that a student had threatened to “blowContinue Reading
On November 14, 2025, the Orlando Police Department conducted a SWAT operation at 4864 Edgewater Drive targeting a tattoo shop suspected of illegal drug and firearms activity. The investigation began in September after an anonymous tip reported narcotics sales at the business. Surveillance over the next two months identified nineContinue Reading
On Sunday evening, November 16th, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of an escaped inmate, Joseph Brown, 39, who was assigned to kitchen work detail at the local jail. Taking advantage of his trusted position, Brown removed his green-and-white striped inmate uniform top and slipped away approximately 50Continue Reading
St. Petersburg police have arrested 85-year-old Darrell Elwin Briggs in connection with a fatal hit-and-run. Authorities say that shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, November 7th, 91-year-old Mary Broughton was struck by a vehicle in the Publix parking lot at 200 37th Ave. N. She was taken to a hospital,Continue Reading
HAINES CITY, Fla. — A 46-year-old man is in custody after police say he opened fire during a road rage incident Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 27, narrowly avoiding tragedy for a driver and his 3-year-old passenger. Just before 8 a.m. on November 6, Haines City police responded to reportsContinue Reading
TAMPA, FL – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), in coordination with the Tampa Police Department (TPD) and Spokane Police Department (SPD), arrested Tyrone Lee Cliff, 38, on seven first-degree felony charges of possession of child sexual abuse material. At the time of his arrest, Cliff was employed asContinue Reading
Osceola County, Fla. — On October 31, 2025, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender/Sex Predator Intelligence Unit, in partnership with the Florida Department of Corrections—State Probation—and the St. Cloud Police Department, conducted Operation Your Trick, Our Treat. The primary goal of the operation was to verify the compliance ofContinue Reading
ST. CLOUD, Fla. – St. Cloud police arrested a local man on Friday, October 31st, following an investigation that began with an online tip and uncovered a disturbing pattern of animal abuse. Frank Louis Mitchell, 41, of St. Cloud, was taken into custody without incident at his Jersey Ave. homeContinue Reading
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell announced the arrest of one of his own deputies after an internal investigation revealed the deputy was engaged in inappropriate communications with a minor through social media. Deputy James Ford was taken into custody by the Sheriff’s Office investigative unit andContinue Reading
Dover, FL – A ninth-grade student at Strawberry Crest High School was arrested after being found with a firearm on school grounds on Monday, October 27, 2025. According to school officials, administrators initially approached 15-year-old Alan Juarez-Ramirez around 9:30 a.m. after receiving information that he might be in possession ofContinue Reading