Crime

ORLANDO, Fla. -- In what can only be described as a cowardly act, Orlando cops responding to a theft at a 7-Eleven had to deal with a less-than-cordial 26-year-old Orlando man attempting to take arrest him announced he had coronavirus and then overtly coughed and spit on him as they took him to the ground and cuffed him.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A 24-year-old Kissimmee man is being held on manslaughter charges in the alleged killing Friday of his female roommate, according to an an Osceola County Sheriff's official.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --  A caregiver was sentenced to life in prison this morning for second-degree murder in the beating death of a 49-year-old disabled man after an insurance policy in his name that named her as sole beneficiary was taken out nearly three years ago.

DELAND, Fla. – A 25-year-old man, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison by Circuit Judge James R. Clayton for raping a young woman in her bedroom after getting in through an unlocked window nearly two years ago.

Headline Surfer photo / David Lee Davis, a substitute teacher, political blogger, and failed 2016 candidate for Volusia County Supervisor of Elections, shown from his first appearance, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for sexual battery on a 15-year-old boy who testified against him at trial.

Posted: 2020-01-17 - 16:45:40

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a drive-by shooting at the Baymont Inn, 7601 Black Lake Road.

SANFORD, Fla. -- A Sanford cop has been relieved of duty pending the outcome of a criminal and administrative Investigation into his Bew Year's arrest by Lake Mary police who charged him with drivbing under the influence and causing property damage.

DELTONA, Fla. -- A man was shot and killed by a Volusia Country Sheriff's deputy on this Christmas Eve on Gaucho Circle in Deltona, near Deltona Bouvard.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Two men were found dead inside a home in Orlando on Saturday afternoon, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the to determine the cause of the deaths.

DELAND, Fla. -- A DeLand man is being held at Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach after his girlfriend was found unconsciouswith with visible physical injuries from an apparent beating in a motel room Friday night, DeLand cops said.