PALATKA, Fla. — A Putnam County woman was sentenced to 15 years in state prison on Friday, October 9, 2026, following a 2023 fatal shooting that stemmed from a domestic dispute in Palatka, state prosecutors announced. Regena Daniels was sentenced by Circuit Judge Alicia Washington after entering a plea ofContinue Reading
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A 29-year-old Gainesville man was arrested after a woman’s Ring security camera captured a man allegedly engaging in lewd behavior on her second-floor back porch, according to the Gainesville Police Department. Jaimickel Florence, 29, was arrested on a voyeurism charge and an outstanding warrant for violation ofContinue Reading
Scott Beverst, of Palm Coast, entered a guilty plea on Oct. 7 in the 7th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols handed down the 20-year state prison sentence, along with a mandate that Beverst register as a sexual offender for life and complete 15 years of sexContinue Reading
PALM COAST, Fla. – A 52-year-old Palm Coast man who was caught driving without a valid license while heading to a court-ordered drug treatment class, with a device designed to cheat a urine test concealed in his pants, has been sentenced to eight years in state prison. James Shepard appearedContinue Reading
MIDDLEBURG, Fla. – A Clay County man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated animal cruelty in a case involving the torture and death of his former girlfriend’s dog. 25-year-old Cole Daughtry received the maximum sentence allowed under Florida law after videos discovered onContinue Reading
PALM COAST, Fla. – An exceptional student education teacher at Old Kings Elementary School was arrested after investigators said surveillance footage captured her taking prescription hydrocodone pills from a coworker’s backpack. Deborah Gibbens, 51, of Ormond Beach, was arrested Oct. 6 on a charge of possession of a controlled substanceContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 36-year-old Middleburg man was arrested Wednesday after authorities said he walked along a road on Jacksonville’s southwest side, waving an AR-15-style rifle at passing vehicles and threatening to shoot several people. Anthony Ryan Hagan faces six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intentContinue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Volusia County man who was driving as fast as 147 mph before a crash that killed two people on State Road A1A has been sentenced to 47 years in prison. 64-year-old Scott P. March received the sentence Wednesday, Oct. 7, after pleading no contest inContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a woman accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of fragrance testers from a cosmetics store on San Jose Boulevard. Police said the theft occurred Wednesday, Sept. 2, when the woman entered the store and beganContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two people accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise during three trips to a Jacksonville hardware store have been arrested, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Hazel Bilskey, 32, and Quentin Parker, 46, were identified by investigators following a Sept. 1 theft in which policeContinue Reading