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
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Two people were arrested on methamphetamine trafficking charges after St. Augustine police said officers discovered about 25 grams of crystal meth during a traffic stop. 35-year-old Donald Bennett Smith and 40-year-old Amanda Jean Wells of Elkton were arrested following the October 4th traffic stop, according toContinue Reading
PALM COAST, Fla. – A Palm Coast man was arrested Friday on his second DUI charge in slightly more than a month after deputies found him apparently asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla outside a liquor store, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Stephen Barnier, 49, was arrestedContinue Reading
BUNNELL, Fla. – A Port St. Lucie man already being held in the Flagler County jail is facing 10 new felony charges after a multi-agency investigation uncovered videos and images of children being sexually abused on his cellphone, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Brandon Irizarry, 29, was arrestedContinue Reading
OSTEEN, Fla. – An Osteen woman was arrested Monday, October 5th, on 10 animal cruelty charges after authorities found two dogs and eight cats living in conditions that caused responding personnel significant concern, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Samantha Nicole Ashby, 34, was taken into custody after Volusia CountyContinue Reading