Category: Local
Florida man busted in undercover drug sale
Elijah Michael Barney, 20, of Okeechobee, arrested after selling Psilocybin, Marijuana, LSD, 2CB, MDMA, THC, Promethazine, and Hash to the undercover agent
One dead, two more injured in Essex Saturday shooting: Reward offered
One man died at the scene, two more transported to area hospitals. Suspect sought
New Jersey man charged with arson and firearms violations in Brick Township’s ‘Shotgun Wildfire’
Richard Shashaty allegedly started the wildfire that burned through 350 acres by igniting combustibles with a 12-gauge shotgun
Broward County man charged in the accidental shooting death of his six-year-old nephew
Carika Hall, 25, was watching his nephew when the child grabbed an unsecured firearm and accidentally shot himself
Second woman arrested in the Nov. 5 shooting murder that was live streamed on social media
Savon Chantay Tyler and Lakevia Davonna Pringle are both charged with the 1st degree murder of Lauren Ashley Martin, whose shooting was live streamed on social media
Twelve Salisbury University students in Maryland charged in hate crime assault of gay man
One of the students posed as a 16-year-old on Grindr and lured the man to an off-campus apartment where the group allegedly held him captive and severely beat him
Harford County man arrested in connection with recent shooting in Abingdon
Deputies say that Justin Schlotterbeck, 41, shot Eric Igwacho, 27, outside a liquor store in Abingdon
Illinois man arrested, charged with punching election judge in the face at polling station
That same 24-year-old also struck an 81-year-old woman at the election office
University of Miami Professor charged with importing and trafficking date rape drug
Dr. Dairon Manuel Garcia busted importing 15 lbs. of GBL, aka, “liquid ecstasy” and “coma in a bottle”
FL prisoners file federal lawsuit accusing state of “deliberate indifference” due to sweltering heat in prison cells
In the 2020s, the South Florida heat index exceeded 100°F for hundreds of hours per year—triple the number from decades ago. In 2024, the heat index in Miami Dade exceeded 103℉ for a full 154 hours.