EAGLE LAKE, FL – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 24-year-old Zachary Ingram of Eagle Lake and charged him with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony, after a three-month-old baby under his care suffered critical injuries. The investigation began on November 26, 2025, when deputies responded to a 911 callContinue Reading
On the morning of Saturday, December 10, 2022, 43-year-old Pedro Ramirez of Lakeland was found fatally injured along US 98 South near Innovation Drive, close to Oak Hill Cemetery. Detectives with the PCSO Traffic Homicide Unit believe Ramirez was walking north when he was struck from behind by a vehicleContinue Reading
HAINES CITY, FL — A late-night crash outside a Davenport Publix turned into a large emergency response Friday after the driver involved claimed he had a “dirty bomb” inside his truck, according to Haines City police. Officers were called around 10 p.m. on December 5, 2025, to the Publix atContinue Reading
Detectives with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office arrested 22-year-old Yezmar Angeanis Ramos-Figueroa of Kissimmee on November 26, 2025, after an investigation revealed she had been sending explicit material to a 13-year-old student. Ramos-Figueroa, a Physical Education teacher at Central Point Christian Academy, faces felony charges of distributing obscene material toContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 44-year-old Eric Patterson after a violent shooting left a pregnant woman and her unborn child critically injured. On November 22, 2025, at 5:17 a.m., Brandon Regional Hospital notified deputies that a pregnant woman had been dropped off with a gunshot wound to herContinue Reading
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL – Antonio D. Felix, 25, was arrested after detectives determined he knowingly purchased a firearm that was later used in the July 5, 2025, killing of 19-year-old Anthony Romero. The investigation revealed that Michael Balunas, 19, the teen charged with Romero’s murder, enlisted Felix to buy aContinue Reading
Ocala, FL – Police are investigating a late-night shooting that left a 28-year-old man dead after a homeowner reported firing at someone trying to break into his residence. Just before midnight on November 22, Ocala police received a 911 call from a man who said he had shot someone attemptingContinue Reading
Polk County, FL – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Jennifer Garula-Mers, former CEO of The East Polk County Association of Realtors (EPCAR), in connection with alleged grand theft totaling more than $81,000. Garula-Mers, 53, of Spring Hill, Florida, was taken into custody on Thursday, November 20, 2025, byContinue Reading
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