MARION COUNTY, Fla – A 19-year-old Florida woman was arrested Saturday morning after claiming a 19-year-old man fell on a knife at a home near McIntosh, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Firefighters said they were called to the home shortly before 9:15 p.m. Friday after it was reported that someone was under cardiac arrest. […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Val Demings said Saturday morning that she would be willing to serve as former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate in the 2020 presidential election if he were to ask her. Demings, a Democrat who represents Florida’s 10th congressional district and is a former police chief in Orlando, told Joy […]
DELAND, Fla. – A Florida man is accused of threatening to kill his mother with a butter knife and coughing on a deputy who responded to the scene, authorities said. According to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, a woman called 911 Saturday to report that her son, 46-year-old Brent Smith, of DeLand, shoved her several times […]
Two Florida law enforcement officers who tested positive for the coronavirus have died. Broward County Deputy Shannon Bennett, 39, died Friday, and Palm Beach County Sgt. Jose Diaz Ayala, 38, died Saturday, officials said. Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said Bennett, a 12-year veteran of the agency, reported feeling sick March 23 while at work […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida senior citizens who live in a downtown Orlando high-rise flickered the lights of their apartments Friday in a show of support for the doctors and nurses who are trying to thwart the spread of the coronavirus. Residents of Westminster Towers flickered their apartment lights at 9 p.m. to show support for the […]
OCALA, Fla. – An attempted murder charge against a 9-year-old Florida boy accused of stabbing his 5-year-old sister multiple times earlier this year was dismissed Wednesday, WFTV reported. Officials said the charge in Marion County was dismissed because the boy was deemed incompetent to stand trial. Police said the boy stabbed his sister while she was […]