Detectives said that she claimed to have opened the account for a friend, whom she believed to be Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line.

Overnight vehicle burglaries at the Villas at Errol Estates in Apopka resulted in about 10 cars having their windows smashed and interiors rummaged, though no items were reported stolen.

Winter Park police responded to the area of Overlook Road on Tuesday for a double shooting.

We have a new look at the gunfire that came from a house as police took cover in the middle of a deadly standoff. Three hours later Monday, after officers returned fire, police said the barricaded woman inside the house alone was dead.

An Afghan man who was given asylum in the U.S. was again taken into custody this month after being convicted back in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

A man has been taken into custody after an alleged tire theft left a Mascotte woman dead last week, according to city officials.

A Central Florida woman was put behind bars after Holly Hill police said she was discovered stealing mail from dozens of people.

There was a heavy police presence in Palm Bay on Monday evening after reports of gunfire in the area, according to the department.

Several Volusia County high schools received bomb threats Monday morning, prompting an investigation and an increase in law enforcement on campuses around the county.

There is a large police presence in Pine Hills as deputies serve a warrant.

Daytona Beach authorities implemented a special event zone and a temporary youth curfew after a chaotic spring break weekend marked by unpermitted events, violence, and 133 arrests.

The woman bit an Orlando officer after attacking an elderly person during a “driving dispute,” according to the police department.

Investigators are searching for the person who pulled the trigger.

An Ocala man was arrested after he was caught sexually propositioning a young boy in a gas station bathroom, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

A Sanford man now faces over 1,000 years in prison after detectives raided his home last week, according to the Florida attorney general.

After two girls allegedly plotted to kill a classmate in order to resurrect the Sandy Hook shooter, News 6 has acquired some notes that have been tied to the investigation.

Deputies responded to a scene in the Carver Shores area of Orange County on Thursday evening, according to the sheriff’s office.

A new bill aiming to further crack down on pedophiles in Florida was overwhelmingly approved by the state Legislature this week, despite a few lawmakers voting against it.

An alleged superspeeder claims he had to speed to avoid an animal in the road, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office says.

This week, Florida lawmakers approved a new bill that dubs certain properties as a “public nuisance.”

A man was arrested after a fatal stabbing at a home near Daytona Beach on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

An Orange County teacher was put behind bars after he was accused of sexually molesting young girls he fostered years ago, according to court records obtained by News 6.

A Central Florida man was caught driving in reverse last week along State Road 100, prompting an unusual encounter for law enforcement.

Footage shows the two law enforcement officers take to the Halifax River in pursuit of the fleeing suspect.

A “career criminal” was put behind bars yet again after serving only two years in prison, according to Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly.

A mother in Osceola County was arrested this week after deputies said she told her children to beat up a 10-year-old, according to the sheriff’s office.

Police told your West Melbourne 6 Community Correspondent James Sparvero that inside a hotel room at 9:30 Tuesday morning, something happened between a woman and a teenage girl that led to a shot being fired.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is looking at monetarily punishing one of the promoters of recent unsanctioned spring break events in Daytona Beach, including one this past weekend, especially if she does not stop promoting future events.

An employee of Orange County Public Schools has been accused of molesting a child, according to jail records obtained by News 6.

After Daytona Beach's mayor took to social media to address a "troubling" arrest, a local police union has come out in defense of the officer involved.

Two adults have been arrested after a girl came forward to report her “bizarre” abuse last week, according to the Cocoa Police Department.

The first weekend of spring break in Daytona Beach devolved into chaos, local officials said, after a pop-up event on the beach drew large, unsanctioned crowds and multiple shootings in the city.

Police in Daytona Beach are searching for suspects after four different shootings on Saturday. The Daytona Beach Police Department says they do not believe the community is under threat, but they are looking for help with the investigations.

While inside the residence, police said Christopher Ryan Merritt armed himself with a shotgun that belonged to the residents and fired through the window, striking the victim in the right arm and causing a severe injury.

A pursuit that began after a shooting call off Country Lane ended on Interstate 95 this morning when the suspect opened fire, leaving a South Daytona police officer and the suspect wounded.

Two people were injured after a shooting in front of a barbershop on Orlando Drive.

Marion County deputies found an unidentified woman dead on Silver Road after a possible overdose Friday evening, and Major Crimes detectives are investigating the case as a suspicious death.

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry took to social media on Friday after a “troubling” video surfaced of an officer.

The bill says that several IDs may no longer be accepted for voting, along with a whole list of other new rules.

What started as an investigation into a Clermont hospital employee has now escalated further, according to a federal complaint obtained by News 6.

Neighbors in Orlando’s Conway neighborhood say teens are taking part in the “door kick challenge,” a prank where someone kicks a home’s front door and runs away. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office warns the prank could have serious consequences and says those involved could face criminal charges depending on the severity of their actions.

After a small child was killed by a hit-and-run driver this week, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced that the suspect has finally been caught.

A traffic stop in Mascotte went awry on Thursday afternoon after the driver fled into a lake, according to the city government.

Over 20 people were taken into custody after a massive raid on a drug home in Volusia County early Thursday morning, according to the sheriff.

The Central Florida man accused of operating a “Ponzi Scheme” is now facing a class-action lawsuit.

A “fugitive scammer” was arrested last week after he conned an elderly Palm Coast woman out of $120,000, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Police said the drunk driver nearly killed the pedestrian and then got upset over the damage to his car.

A couple says they lost nearly $30,000 after buying a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado on Facebook Marketplace that turned out to be stolen and had a fake title and vehicle identification number.

A Jacksonville man was arrested this week, well over a year after his 5-week-old daughter was brought to the hospital with fatal injuries, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A Winter Park High School teacher has been arrested months after a hit-and-run was reported in Casselberry, according to the police department.

A Central Florida grandmother is demanding justice after deputies say a teenager intentionally ran over and killed her 17-year-old grandson in Orlando last November.

A quick-thinking dad and a beach rental employee helped catch a man police said pulled his pants down at the beach in front of a 7-year-old.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested Viviana Harumi Ortiz-Lopez, 30, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, on a charge of felony child abuse after a baby left in her care returned home with significant bruising to the face.

At Wednesday’s hearing, prosecutors played new footage that showed the girls in the back seat of a patrol car after their arrest in January.

After two girls were arrested in an attempted-murder investigation at Lake Brantley High School, new footage shows their conversation in the back of the patrol car.

An Ocala man armed with an axe was arrested after a “car wash conflict” over the weekend, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Hidden camera videos obtained exclusively by News 6 show undercover agents infiltrating two Central Florida casinos allegedly tied to suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

A suspect accused of exposing himself to a child on Cocoa Beach has now been taken into custody, according to the police department.

On Monday, police found two people in the 7-Eleven parking lot. One sustained a non-life-threatening injury; the other was uninjured, a news release states.

This large, two-story home was built around 100 years ago. No one lives there anymore — but that wasn’t always the case.

The woman who was arrested for shooting at Rihanna’s Beverly Hills home Sunday has had encounters with police in Orlando, News 6 has learned.

After her son’s abuse at the hands of her boyfriend, one Central Florida mother is now set to spend decades in prison, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

An 18-year-old was arrested on Friday evening after being accused of raping a panhandler in Orlando, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

A Lake Mary woman was arrested over the weekend after her young daughter was left alone at a bar in Universal City Walk, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

The friend of a Flagler County woman arrested Friday after an infant was found buried in a backyard says the woman said she had been secretly pregnant, and she seemed "very mentally disassociated."

Deputies said surveillance video showed a man exiting a pickup, lifting a dog from the truck bed, placing the animal in a cardboard box, and tossing the box into a dumpster.

Deputies responded about 10 p.m. Sunday to the 2200 block of South Goldenrod Road after reports of an aggravated battery.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is expected to speak in Orlando this morning at 11:30 a.m.

Abedinecho Katue, 46, was arrested last week after Orlando police said he entered the hospital room of an amputee patient last year and sexually assaulted her.

Authorities are investigating the theft of more than $3,000 from an organization that supports Volusia County military veterans and their families.

A man is facing multiple charges in Osceola County accused of impersonating a police officer and pulling over a driver.

A 17-year-old boy has been accused of first-degree murder after another teen was killed back in November, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

After a drug trafficking investigation kicked off in Titusville, the police department has claimed a Jeep Wrangler as its own.

Brevard Public Schools announced that the district is recommending a teacher be fired after two students were discovered engaging in oral sex under his watch.

Two Volusia County children were arrested on back‑to‑back days this week, accused of making violent threats against their schools.

A driver was placed in handcuffs last month after she was caught speeding due to an upset stomach, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Lakeland Police are investigating a deadly shootout that occurred outside a pool hall on East Main Street on Thursday morning.

A Kissimmee police officer has been arrested after an investigation that stems back to December, according to the department.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood has revealed a "repeat visitor" to the county jail: an 11-year-old boy.

An Ocoee nurse was arrested this week after he was accused of violating a patient last year, according to the Orlando Police Department.

After a hectic car chase broke out along SR-408 this week, troopers have now revealed the driver’s identity.

A federal judge in Orlando Thursday ordered the freezing of assets owned by a man accused of operating a $328 million “Ponzi scheme.”

A former town clerk is facing a felony charge for grand theft after she’s accused of buying cemetery plots from the city-owned cemetery at a fraction of the price.

Volusia County deputies stormed a home in DeLand that Sheriff Mike Chitwood said was used for a business built on fraud.

A Florida handyman who was sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump.

A 26-year-old former Apopka High School teacher is accused of sexual battery with a student, according to police.

A Marion County mother was put behind bars this week after her 3-year-old daughter was beaten to death last month, according to the sheriff’s office.

Two people arrested for chalking a crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub say they are still waiting for a charging decision months after their arrests, raising concerns about delays in the prosecution process.

A Georgia woman was booked in Volusia County this week after a local was scammed out of $79,000, according to Sheriff Mike Chitwood.

A man died after being found riddled with gunshot wounds at a Leesburg apartment complex early Wednesday morning, according to the police department.

A car chase along State Road 408 on Wednesday afternoon sparked a small traffic block on the highway in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A new bill that unanimously passed the Florida House this week seeks to establish a new crime: indecent exposure of sexual organs to minors.

A Winter Haven woman is facing plenty of charges after she escaped a patrol car and tried to remove an officer’s firearm on Monday, according to the police department.

In the wake of former Sheriff Marcos Lopez’s arrest and suspension from office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is working to rebuild public confidence.

After University High School was forced to lock down over a shooting scare, deputies announced on Tuesday that they’ve caught the teen responsible.

A judge denied bond for a man who was shot by an Orange County deputy after allegedly stealing from a Walmart and declaring martial law. Investigators say that on Feb. 22, 48-year-old Jason Beal, wearing a mask, declared “martial law,” and left the store on East Colonial Drive with a cart full of merchandise.

Police announced that they’re searching for a “suspicious person” involved in an incident with two children over the weekend at a Sanford park.

Surveillance video played for the first time in an Orange County courtroom Monday showed the moments leading up to the fatal shooting outside an Orlando nightclub late last month, as well as the incident itself.

A deputy is conscious and alert after being shot twice on Monday evening, and his department-issued body camera may have helped save his life, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

A New York man was arrested over the weekend after he told airline staff that he was carrying a bomb on board a Florida flight, according to deputies.