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A lawsuit has been filed against the Florida Department of Corrections after a Lowell corrections officer attempted to poison an inmate.
The corrections officer, identified as Qualesha Quayshaun Williams, 28, of Ocala, was arrested on Saturday, January 25, at Lowell...
Marion County, Florida -- On October 5, 2020, Stacie Schmerling, an attorney with Justice for Kids in Fort Lauderdale, filed a lawsuit against Kids Central, INC (KCI) and The Centers, INC, (TCI) for failing to protect a 3-week-old who...
Okeechobee, Florida -- Two things you typically don't see today -- a mullet and kids outside playing having a great time.
The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office recently placed a portable speed detector in a neighborhood and unlikely "suspects" decided to...
Florida -- Two car thieves are behind bars after they were arrested for stealing a car from the Microtel Inn & Suites, located at 1771 Southwest 134th Street, Ocala.
The victim told deputies that he had given the suspect, later...
Florida -- A 29-year-old Ocklawaha man is behind bars again following a physical altercation with his mother.
He had just been released from jail on June 24.
According to the victim's mother, she and her son, Jared Hanson, were riding in...
Ocala, Florida -- An illegal Russian immigrant who lives in Gainesville is being held without bond after he was arrested on an outstanding warrant for aggravated battery on two Ocala Police Department police officers.
The incident began last September.
On September...
Fort Pierce, Florida -- It was a sticky situation when a Florida woman was arrested after she removed a sex toy from a shelf, stripped off her clothes, and began pleasuring herself while still in the store.
Police identified the...
Ocklawaha, Florida — An Oklawaha woman who had previously been arrested for holding a knife to a man’s genitals has now been charged with Second-Degree Murder.
On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, Detective Pinder with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO)...
Florida -- The Marion County Sheriff's Office says they are taking bids and have set aside over $500,000 to have new fencing and razor wire installed around the jail.
The decision comes after an inmate, Alexander Wayne Phillip, 20, who...
A Florida man was captured in East Chicago, Indiana, and extradited back to Marion County to face molestation charges.
Angel Manuel Acosta-Cruz had been on the run for approximately two years.
According to the arrest affidavit, in 2018, authorities received information...