Crime

DeLand cops: Man charged in apparent beating of his girlfriend found unconscious in Dixie Lodge

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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.

Seminole County Sheriff's Office: Orange City woman arrested on charges of defrauding elderly Lake Mary woman

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LAKE MARY, Fla. -- The Seminole County Sheriff's Office has arrested an Orange City woman on mulltiple felony counts of defrauding an elderly Lake Mary woman out of $5,00 to $10,000. 

 

Osceola Sheriff's Office: Roommates arrested in alleged armed robbery invasion

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KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Two roommates are being held at the Osceola County Jail after the long arm of the law arrested them over the weekend without incident at their residence and recovered proceeds from an armed invasion, according to an official with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

Daytona Beach Cops: Motorist shot in the head and killed; crashes car into Campbell Middle School

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The unmistakeable sound of gunshots rang out under the cover of darkness Saturday night -- the driver's side door riddled with bullet holes -- one of the rounds piercing the head of the young motorist and causing him to crash through a fence abd against Campbell Middle School.

Sanford Cops: Daytona Beach man arrested on charges of arranging via the internet to meet two girls, 9 &11, for sex

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Sanford police Investigators were notified through the Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force that a possible suspect, later identified as 19-year-old Harris M. Carvel, expressed interest in traveling to Sanford from Daytona Beach for the sole purpose of engaging in sexual intercourse with with two girls, ages 9 and 11, Sanford cops said in announcing his arrest on Wednesday.

FDLE: Ex-Port Orange police sergeant & his New Smyrna Beach wife arrested on charges of exploitation of an elderly person and forgery

DAYTONA BERACH, Fla. -- Steven Braddock, 49, a former sergeant with the Port Orange Police Department, and his wife Mary Braddock, 50, have been arrested by agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for exploitation of an elderly person and forgery.

Osceola Sheriff Russ Gibson's detectives team up with US Marshal Service deputies and FDLE agents in arresting 67 non-compliant sexual predators & sex offenders

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KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- It was a massive operation on a near-unprecedented scale and took an investment in time of seven months in partership with state and federal law enforement agencies, but in the end, Osceola Sheriff Russ Gibson knows greater Kissimmee is a much safer place in terms of being up-to-date on the exact whereabouts of 550 registered sexual offender and predators in Osceola County.