Tag: crime

A Clearwater trucker could face the death penalty after at least 10 illegal immigrants died in the trailer of his 18 wheeler in Texas.

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy has been fired after authorities say he took partially naked photos of himself while on duty at a county courthouse.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old Chihuahua died in a hot car while its owner was cleaning condominiums in Florida.

MIAMI (AP) -- It may be reprehensible and morally outrageous, but legal experts say a group of Florida teens had no obligation to rescue a drowning disabled man they instead mocked, laughed at and recorded on a video that was later posted online. Still, authorities are pursuing possible misdemeanor charges against them for failing to report a death.

COCOA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a group of teens watched and laughed as a man drowned in a retention pond last week.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida escort convicted of trying to hire a hit man to murder her newlywed husband could get up to 30 years in prison when she is sentenced Friday, perhaps ending a drawn-out case that drew notice for its startling videos and salacious characters.

CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 27-year-old man broadcast live on Facebook as he sped down a Florida beach, running over beach chairs and umbrellas while drinking from a bottle of Canadian Mist whiskey.

DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Police say a woman on her way to daily mass at a Catholic church in Florida was pushed to the ground by two men who took her keys and left in her car.

LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing (all times local):

A Florida lawmaker making unannounced visits to the state’s prisons says he has uncovered a pattern of dehumanizing treatment of inmates by prison staff. Rep....