Author: Matt McCarthy
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Disturbing Crime Stories Flood Florida Headlines Leading Up to Thanksgiving Holiday
Woman Found Stabbed to Death, Baby Killed During Apartment Fire in Daytona Beach State Fire Marshalls are investigating after a woman was found stabbed to death and an infant was killed during a fire at Countryside Apartments on Beville Rd in Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach Fire Dept. reported three children and an adult woman inside.…
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Fentanyl Remains a Major Problem Across Florida
Drug Deaths Dropped, but Illegal Distribution Still Rampant Recent trends surrounding fentanyl use and opioid drug-related deaths in Florida are a mixture of positive and negative indicators for public safety. A report by Project Opioid. released last month cited CDC data showing that Florida saw a 2.6% decrease in drug overdoses in the latest available…
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Florida Crime News Update for Nov. 1 – 8, 2023
Below is an overview of crime news including arrests, investigations, trials and criminal sentences that occurred across the state of Florida during the first week of November 2023. Child Abuse and Kidnapping Crime News The first week of November, 2023 in Florida saw a spate of crimes involving youth who were endangered, harmed and kidnapped.…
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Florida Woman Arrested for Child Neglect After Leaving Child in Car Outside of Bar
Florida’s Department of Children and families took custody of the 7-year old daughter of Veronica Elliott. According to a news release from DeLand police, Elliott, 35, was arrested by officers and charged for neglect of a child after she allegedly left her seven-year-old child alone in a vehicle outside an establishment known as the Perfect…
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Dead Man’s Wife, 2 Sons Arrested in Connection with His Murder
In the big bend region of Florida’s panhandle, the wife and two sons of the late David Rainey were arrested in connection with his murder, which occurred just over four years ago. David Rainey was reported missing n July 25, 2021 by his wife, Cindy Rainey, during a family vacation in the town of Suwannee.…
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Tampa Police Searching for Driver Who Hit, Killed Bicyclist
Tampa Police are searching for a person who was behind the wheel and caused a deadly hit-and-run crash Tuesday night According to a statement from Tampa Police Department, on 10/24/2023 at 8:16 PM, officers responded to the 1900 block of E. 21st Ave and located a 57-year-old male bicyclist in the roadway unresponsive after being…
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Tampa Man Charged for Fentanyl Overdose Death of Another Individual
As the opioid crisis continues to kill thousands of Americans, a Tampa man was indicted for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in the death of an individual. According to Roger B. Handberg from the Middle Florida District of the United States Attorney’s Office, Telvin O. Wright (26, Tampa) was charged for distributing a mixture of…
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Cape Coral Man Gets 2-Year Prison Sentence for COVID Relief Fraud
Another Floridian convicted of Payroll Protection Plan COVID Relief has been sentenced to prison. Five months after Denis Casseus of Cape Coral pled guilty to two years in federal prison for bank fraud and an illegal monetary transaction related to COVID Relief, U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber sentenced him to two years in prison. As…
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Retail Theft Crime Ring Busted in South Florida Caused $20 Million in Losses
Earlier today, Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody announced that Florida’s Office of Statewide Prosecution filed criminal charges against 14 defendants for involvement in the retail theft ring. During a press conference with other law enforcement officials from the Miami-Dade Police Department, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, the…
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Orlando Police Arrest Man Who Stole Drugs from CVS Pharmacy
A man who admitted to stealing drugs from an Orlando pharmacy may have regretted a few of his methods after he was arrested. Orlando Police Department said Thomas Mues entered CVS in the 4300 block of Curry Ford Rd last Friday night and showed pharmacy staff a note detailing drugs that he wanted them to…
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Man Arrested for Murder After Moving Dead Body from Crime Scene in Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County Sheriff Deputies arrested a man who is suspected of fatally shooting another person last Saturday night near the Polk and Hillsborough County border. Shannon Owens now faces several charges, among them Second Degree Murder. Witnesses detained Owens after he allegedly tried to remove the body of a victim who had a gun shot…
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Florida Man Working at GameStop Store Fatally Shoots Suspected Pokemon Card Thief
An assistant manager at a Pembroke Pines GameStop store has been charged with manslaughter after he reportedly shot at suspected shoplifter who was allegedly stealing several boxes of expensive Pokemon cards, authorities said. Derrick Leonel Guerrero, 33, of Pembroke Pines, was charged with manslaughter in the Tuesday evening incident in Pembroke Pines, according to Broward…