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
NAPLES, Fla. – An unlicensed contractor is behind bars after investigators say he defrauded multiple Naples condominium owners out of tens of thousands of dollars for hurricane impact windows that were never installed. Michael Allen Rodriguez, 29, owner of MCR Construction Pro, is being held in the Charlotte County JailContinue Reading
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) conducted an undercover sting operation over the weekend, dubbed “Operation Spooky Surprise,” resulting in the arrest of four men who traveled to meet individuals they believed were minors for sexual activity. Detectives entered online chat rooms and websites used forContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Spoto High School principal in connection with the failure to report a child abuse allegation involving a daycare on school grounds. Detectives with HCSO’s Special Victims Section began investigating on May 9, 2025, after learning that a 4-year-old child had been inappropriatelyContinue Reading
On October 6, 2025, Osceola County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Poinciana Medical Center after a male juvenile arrived with gunshot wounds. Investigators determined the victim was shot during an attempted robbery in the Bonnet Creek Place area of Kissimmee, where two juveniles tried to steal THC cartridges. The suspects, 17-year-oldContinue Reading
KISSIMMEE, FL – A tense five-hour standoff at a Kissimmee motel ended peacefully Monday evening when deputies with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who had barricaded himself inside a room with a 74-year-old woman. Just before noon on October 13, deputies responded to reports of a domesticContinue Reading
Tampa, FL – A Tampa man is back behind bars after allegedly robbing a Truist Bank and then being turned in by his own mother just hours later. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), 33-year-old Aaron Spencer entered the Truist Bank on Memorial Highway around 1:10 p.m. onContinue Reading