Category: Public Health and Safety
Largest Fentanyl bust ever goes down in Martin County
“… the flow of “mass death” into our small town is real.” ~ Sheriff
Corrections Deputy busted supplying inmates with ecstasy, weed, and a variety of prison contraband
Deputy Anderson Jean, currently suspended without pay from his position, arrested, charged and jailed
Homeless man arrested outside US Capitol with a knife, brick and a machete under his clothes
Police are still trying to determine why the man was carrying the dangerous and prohibited weapons outside the Capitol
Laura Lynch: Co-founder of The Dixie Chicks dead at 65 in El Paso
Laura was one of the founding members of the band now called “The Chicks” and performed with them on their first three albums
Gunfire erupts at Florida mall leaving one dead, multiple injured (Video)
Police identified the one fatal and “targeted” shooting victim as David Nathaniel Barron, 40.
Massive gator (12’, 600 lbs.) wrangled outside Florida’s Coconut Point Mall (Video)
“… never a dull moment while on patrol here in Lee County, eh?” ~ Lee County Sheriff’s Office
Holiday traffic: Drivers should be aware of increased police presence on the roads over the Christmas weekend
Local law enforcement is on the job and looking for impaired, aggressive and distracted drivers – while conducting saturation patrols on roads with high DUI incidents
High School teacher facing possible 1,000 years in prison on child sex abuse convictions
… 300 years on federal charges and possible 700 years on state charges for former teacher Toshemie Wilson for sexually exploiting at least seven of his students over a 10-year span
Two people shot at Parkside Apartments in Ocala
A man and a woman had to be hospitalized after someone fired multiple shots through the front door of their apartment
Woman found guilty in DUI vehicular homicide death of 23-year-old Charlotte County Deputy Christopher Taylor
Cassandra Diane Smith, smiling for her mugshot, was found guilty on all counts in a trial by jury
