Tag: crime

MIAMI (AP) -- The family of a Florida autistic man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over a 2016 police shooting in which the man's caretaker was wounded.

The Latest on the multiple shooting in an industrial park in Orlando (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A Florida sheriff has identified a man suspected of fatally shooting five former co-workers and then killing himself. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says 45-year-old John Robert Neumann Jr. was responsible for the deaths Monday morning at Fiamma, an Orlando-area RV awning business. Demings says Neumann was armed with a handgun and a large hunting knife and killed himself just before deputies arrived.

https://embed.air.tv/v1/embed/v_Hm8A3vRsCFqOa5WeI9gA/oTBxQb-0S56gkw7m9smoBQ?video_sizing=fill-width&show_player_title=false&show_div_title=false&show_div_description=false&autoplay=true The Orlando County Sheriff's Office says five people are dead after a "disgruntled" former employee began shooting at an industrial workplace near Orlando. The ex-employee...

LARGO, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida man shot a pit bull that attacked his dog and bit his wife when she tried to protect their pet.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A New York man with a history of identity theft stole $3.5 million from a Florida city to buy sports tickets and resell them online, federal prosecutors allege.

A jury voted unanimously that a man convicted of murdering an 83-year-old woman during a home invasion should be executed. The Orlando Sentinel reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/2qMEXap ) that an Orange County jury voted 12-0 late Friday to recommend 30-year-old Juan Rosario be executed. The case was overseen by Ocala-based State Attorney Brad King, who was assigned by Gov. Rick Scott. He reassigned 23 cases from local State Attorney Aramis Ayala after she announced earlier this year she would not seek the death penalty in any cases.

A Florida man joyfully flashing money live on the internet got a sudden surprise when police officers barged in and arrested him for allegedly selling drugs. A man identified by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office as 22-year-old Breon Hollings went on Facebook Live to show friends a handful of money, saying, "It don't stop, man, it don't stop."

Traffic around a Florida gay nightclub that was the site of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was closed for a short time as firefighters examined a suspicious package. But it reopened Friday morning after bomb squad investigators determined that it was a suitcase with nothing harmful inside.

A 19-year-old woman is accused of "pimping out" a teenage girl by posting suggestive pictures of her on a website known for adult classified ads. The SunSentinel (http://bit.ly/2slCL74 ) reports Destiny Santilli remains in the Broward County Jail following her arrest on Wednesday. She's charged with human trafficking of a child under 18, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and living off the earnings of a prostitute.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Newly-released video from bodycams on officers responding to a mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub shows shattered glass inside the club, the sounds of automatic gunfire and an officer shouting, "Come out with your hands up or you will die!" The videos were released Wednesday to ABC News, the Orlando Sentinel and the newspaper's news partner, Fox 35.