Crime

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Who doesn't love a good animal story? Especially one that has a happy ending... 

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando police officer Samantha Ross has been named Patrol Officer of the Month for May.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Yet again, Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood used TV news cameras and social media to promote himself with antagonistic rhetoric ahead of today's "No Kings" protest rallies.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- An argument at a gas station resulted in a machete attack after which the alleged assailant drove the victim to the hospital, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- "Come out with your hands up, or you will die!"

Those were the orders called out by law enforcement - namely Orlando cops and Orange County deputies - to the gunman who massacred dozens of patrons inside the Pulse Nightclub on June 12, 2016.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A "schizophrenic man who reportedly was not taking his medication and was acting erratically" was fatally shot by a deputy after menacingly wielding a knife, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina. 

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orlando Police Department has released body camera video of the officer-involved shooting that occurred on May 1 in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 4620 Cason Cove Drive.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Osceola County Sheriff Marcos R. Lopez, has been suspended from his elected office by Gov. Ron DeSantis following his arrest on state racketeering and conspiracy charges earlier today.

DELAND, Fla. -- An off-duty Volusia Sheriff's Office deputy who was arrested for riding a motorcycle with a fictitious tag has resigned in lieu of termination from employment -- a situation that Sheriff Mike Chitwood has remained silent on. 

PALM COAST, Fla. -- On May 29, deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested Howard Blair, 55, of Palm Coast, on a warrant for aggravated animal cruelty, which resulted in the death of a 15-month-old American Bulldog/Labrador Retriever mix named Nutmeg.