A Bell man has been arrested following a shooting that left one person critically injured. On March 12, 2025, at approximately 8:50 a.m., the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported shooting in the 20th block of NW 30th Street in Bell, Florida. Deputies arrived on scene by 8:56Continue Reading
Columbia County deputies arrested a Lake City man on multiple charges following a search warrant that resulted in the discovery of over 4 pounds of methamphetamine, a stolen vehicle, and two firearms. On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, detectives with the Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 139 SEContinue Reading
Investigators in St. Petersburg have upgraded charges against 33-year-old Kyle Hill from DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder following a fatal crash on March 9, 2025. Shortly before 8 p.m., Hill reportedly argued with his ex-girlfriend, who then left in a friend’s vehicle. HillContinue Reading
A 19-year-old Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun conversion device, which can turn a semi-automatic Glock pistol into a fully automatic weapon. Andres Felipe Mejia now faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set. According to court records,Continue Reading
A Jacksonville woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for her role in a fraudulent credit scheme and COVID relief fraud. Crystal Denean Harvell, 37, was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and PPP loan fraud. She has been ordered to pay $131,782.63 in restitution andContinue Reading
A convicted sex offender from Connecticut has admitted to attempting to coerce an 11-year-old Florida child into creating explicit images of herself. Federal prosecutors announced that Andrew Thomas Bull, 37, of Tolland, Connecticut, also known as Andrew Thomas Picard, now faces a minimum of 25 years and up to 50Continue Reading
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Kelly Rae Short, 57, of Milton, for grand theft. Short is the former treasurer of the Santa Rosa County Association of School Administrators (SRCASA) and the former director of in-service and instructional technology for the Santa Rosa County school district. The investigationContinue Reading
During Bike Week 2025, the Port Orange Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit conducted “Operation Full Throttle,” a proactive online operation targeting individuals engaging in the sexual exploitation of children. The operation, conducted in collaboration with multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Lake City Police Department, SouthContinue Reading
A joint law enforcement operation led to the arrest of a 28-year-old Lake City woman on drug charges after authorities uncovered a plan to smuggle narcotics into Suwannee Correctional Institution. Jakaleb Thomas, a correctional officer trainee, was taken into custody after task force detectives received intelligence from the Alachua CountyContinue Reading
After more than three decades, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has identified a previously unidentified homicide victim found in 1988 as Pamela Leigh Walton. On September 25, 1988, deputies discovered the remains of a deceased individual approximately 30 feet off the side of CR 474 in a rural, heavily woodedContinue Reading