3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (229+ words) Road Work, Lane Closures (Unsplash) PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Drivers across Pasco County can expect slower travel times and shifting traffic patterns next week as road crews begin another round of highway maintenance and construction projects. The Florida Department of Transportation…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (421+ words) Two Lake Worth residents were arrested for allegedly running a large-scale theft operation that bought and resold stolen baby formula across multiple Florida counties, bringing in more than $1.1 million in sales, authorities announced. Mohammed Alsaidi, 59, and Zeina Abdul-Hassan Sou Zabib,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (232+ words) A 37-year-old Florida man will spend the rest of his life behind bars following a multi-agency investigation into years of child sexual abuse. Judge Daniel B. Merritt Jr. handed down consecutive life sentences to Gerald Allen Gilbert on each count of…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (274+ words) CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A 43-year-old Florida man faces an indecent exposure charge after police say he walked into a local retail store fully nude on Monday morning. Officers with the Cape Coral Police Department were dispatched around 10:45 a.m. on September…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (351+ words) A South Florida vacation ended in a harrowing escape Sunday when a woman fled her Pompano Beach hotel room wrapped only in a T-shirt after being assaulted, choked, and held against her will by her boyfriend, according to Broward Sheriff’s…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (258+ words) LAKELAND, Fla. – Four teenagers from the Kathleen area of Lakeland were arrested Sunday, Aug. 30, after deputies linked them to a vehicle burglary and the theft of a firearm, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded earlier that day…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (187+ words) POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 29-year-old Mulberry man wanted on an active felony warrant was taken into custody Tuesday at a Lakeland convenience store after a detective spotted him riding a motorcycle without a mask. The encounter began Tuesday when a…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (290+ words) A squabble between South Florida neighbors ended with felony charges this week after an argument over infidelity—and a broken toilet—took a foul turn. Yirsi Machado Rivera, 50, was arrested Monday and charged with one count each of burglary and…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (228+ words) Authorities are piecing together a bizarre and tragic series of events after a 44-year-old man was charged with second-degree homicide in the death of his 68-year-old uncle—a deadly confrontation allegedly carried out with household pepper spray and an electric…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (265+ words) Tomas Valencia Ortega and Joshua Alan York An interstate street race reaching speeds over 120 mph ended in the arrest of two drivers early Saturday morning, including a father who had two toddlers in the back seat, according to the Florida…...