A 51-year-old Immokalee man faces 50 counts of possession of child pornography after detectives found sexually explicit videos of children as young as infants on his cell phone. James Carter was arrested on Wednesday by detectives with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Southwest Florida INTERCEPT TaskContinue Reading
On February 6, 2025, detectives with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU), in collaboration with agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), executed a search warrant at a residence in Floral City. The investigation stemmed from a Cybertip received from the National CenterContinue Reading
A man suspected of fatally shooting two people and injuring two others during a robbery in Gadsden County was shot and killed by law enforcement Friday morning after he wounded a Suwannee County Sheriff’s Deputy and fired at multiple officers. The Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office issued a shelter-in-place warning atContinue Reading
A 22-year-old man from Kingston, Jamaica, was arrested in Florida on Monday, February 3, 2025, in connection with the murder of 33-year-old Donald Neece of Mobile. The suspect, identified as Zachri Frazer, was charged with murder after the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) signed aContinue Reading
The Lake City Police Department, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) detectives, have arrested Anthony Michael Burgos, 30, of Tampa, Florida, on charges related to online child exploitation. The investigation began on December 20, 2024, when detectives with the Lake City Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division initiated a probe into BurgosContinue Reading
A 67-year-old man was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a pharmacy employee following a staged traffic incident on Thursday, January 30, 2025. At 12:55 p.m., officers from the Lake City Police Department responded to Baya Pharmacy, located at 1465 West US Hwy 90, after receiving a report of a kidnapping. TheContinue Reading
A man was shot by deputies on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, after pointing a firearm at law enforcement officers serving a final eviction notice at a residence on SW Washington Avenue in the Three Rivers Estates subdivision. At approximately 10:45 a.m., three Columbia County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived to serveContinue Reading
Jose Ortiz, 35, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of burglary and violation of probation following a series of break-ins at churches in Districts 5 and 6 of Northwest Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Ortiz is responsible for at least eight separate incidents. His arrest came afterContinue Reading
The City of Jacksonville has partnered with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) to become the first municipality to implement the Florida Recovery Obligation Calculation (F-ROC), a new system designed to streamline disaster-related cost recovery. Developed by FDEM, F-ROC simplifies and standardizes the Public Assistance process, enhancing Jacksonville’s abilityContinue Reading
The City of Jacksonville, The Arc Jacksonville, and Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) have announced the launch of the Professional Animal Workers Certificate (PAWS) program, an initiative providing individuals with intellectual and developmental differences (IDD) with education and hands-on experience in animal care. The program was introduced at aContinue Reading