Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz will be allowed to skip many future court hearings as his planned trial draws closer in the 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, expressing no remorse over his conviction for a massive drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for more than two decades.
Police say the incident happened on Grobe Street on Monday, July 8 around 3 a.m. Police wrote, “This is what happens when you lock your car doors at night. It’s an attempted burglary, without success. Lock. Your. Doors."
State corrections officials are investigating after a video posted to YouTube shows a group of officers beating an inmate on the lawn of a Florida prison.
A 34-year-old former Manatee County corrections deputy has been charged with battery and sentenced to 120 days in jail after injuring an inmate two years ago.
According to a release from Department of Justice, between March 2016 and February 2018, 31-year-old James Lockhart of Bradenton produced four videos of himself having sex with the 1-year-old child.
Timothy Rice, 41, of North Port was arrested in Jackson County, Texas on new charges after already facing charges for his alleged behavior at a local pool.
Deputies say in June, the alleged victim reported what happened to Children Services in Richland County, Ohio. A report was issued in Manatee County, where deputies say they learned of another case involving the suspect, Keith Wandell, from 2015.
During the overnight hours on July 5th and July 6th, four people entered multiple vehicles in the Azalea Park Community. The group walked down 12th Avenue Northwest checking door handles and entering unlocked vehicles.
Danielle Daniels, 26, and Ellis Brummel, 26, have each been charged with felonies for Aggravated Battery, Assault and Tampering with Evidence for their roles in the fight.
The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office says Lenise Martin III, 36, has been taken into custody after being filmed in a store licking a Blue Bell ice cream container, moving his finger through the container, then putting it back onto the shelf.
Around 7:00 a.m., deputies were called to the 6300 block of Gateway Avenue for reports of a vehicle burglary. Deputies say when they arrived they saw 25-year-old Aaron Watts fleeing the scene in a stolen grey Chevy Camaro onto Clark Road.
A deputy noticed a 2016 white Nissan Maxima on Tuesday around 11:45 p.m. traveling on 14th Street West and 53rd Avenue West in Bradenton. The car matched the description of a vehicle on the stolen vehicle listed by Bradenton Police Department.
Keith Wandell, 47, was not supposed to possess or be around animals as he was awaiting to go to trial for animal cruelty. Deputies say they found him at a home with animals on June 21. As a result, he was arrested and taken to the Sarasota County Jail.
After a two-month investigation involving several law enforcement agencies, five people were arrested, among them a DCFS employee. Authorities are still looking for two others.
It happened shortly before 10:30pm on Thursday. Police say a woman was at the ATM at the Suncoast Credit Union on Aidan Lane while her boyfriend waited in the car.
On Thursday, June 27 around 10:49 a.m. NPPD posted surveillance video on twitter showing an unidentified man allegedly stealing a large amount of cigarettes and putting them inside his pants. Police say the amount of cartons he stole results in a felony.
Miguel Bonilla Rivera was arrested in July 2018 after Bradenton Police received a tip that the 25-year-old had posted an image containing child porn to the Tumblr website.
In an effort to reduce retail thefts, deputies spent three days focusing their attention on retail corridors in Sarasota and Venice, ultimately arresting 14 people.
Around 9pm on Monday, a call came into 911 that 61-year-old Bradley Rundle had fired his gun multiple times inside a home on the 6000 block of McKinley Terrace. The caller stated Rundle was intoxicated and that other family members and children were at home during the call.
On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 around 12:30 in the afternoon Manatee County Sheriff’s Office say they executed a search warrant at a home on the 700 block of Rosemary Circle in Bradenton.
On June 25, 2019 around 6:10 a.m. deputies say a woman wearing a dark hoodie and reading glasses walked into the Motel 6 located at 660 67th Street Circle E. and demanded money from the clerk, receiving an unknown amount then leaving the scene with unknown means of travel.
Sarasota Police began investigating after receiving a tip that Phillip Stutzman was offering counseling or therapy sessions under the alias “Dr. Phillip Nikao” while claiming to have a Masters in Neuroscience and a Doctorate in Psychology.
Kassandra Moore (aka Kassandra Thomas) was charged Monday, June 24 with four counts of lewd and lascivious battery and one count of transmission of harmful material to a minor.
FHP was called around 1am on Sunday for reports of a driver going north in the southbound lanes. Troopers responded and found the vehicle at milemarker 171 facing north with its hazards on.
Deputies in Charlotte County say after the story broke that 41-year-old Timothy Rice was wanted for loitering or prowling near children, a first degree misdemeanor, several parents came forward to report additional incidents involving Rice.
Dominique Brewer appeared in court on Wednesday as the prosecution and defense reviewed the probable cause affidavit for her arrest. Though bond was set, deputies say Brewer is facing charges in two other counties and will likely remain behind bars.
Authorities in Florida say a man was arrested outside the arena where President Donald Trump made his reelection announcement for trying to slap a cellphone out of a journalist’s hand.
Roy Nichols and his then-girlfriend Kayla Colyer stayed with Colyer’s mother, Patricia Freeman, from time-to-time in Manatee County. In May 2017, Nichols and Freeman got into an argument over the use of her car. He hit Freeman over the head, killing her.
On August 14, 2009, EMS and the sheriff’s office were called to 46th Avenue West in Bradenton on reports of an unresponsive child. When EMS arrived, they found the little girl was cold to the touch. Though they tried to save her, Kelis Rucker was declared dead at the hospital.
On Saturday, June 15 around 6:45 p.m. the crash happened on Fruitville Road and Lockwood Ridge Road. The video shows the car running a red light and police shortly stopping at the scene.
Delmar Smith III of Ralford, Fla. was linked by DNA to the murder of 34-year-old Georgeann Smith in April 2009. The victim was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being sexually battered with foreign objects that were left inside her body.
There will be a press conference this Friday at the Palmetto Police Department at 10:00 a.m. to discuss an unsolved murder case that is a little over five years old.
