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Detectives said that based on the investigation, they believe that similar encounters with the suspect may have happened in the area but went unreported.

FHP told News 6 on Friday that investigators believe the car may have been a 2018-2024 GMC Terrain with a missing right-side mirror.

Police said that the body was found in June near the Kennedy Space Center, though investigators were unable to find any belongings.

Federal officials said he used the name, date of birth and social security number of a U.S. citizen to obtain the licenses.

The former dean of a middle school in Osceola County was given eight years of probation for molesting a 13-year-old student in 2021.

He had been driving near the Winter Haven airport when he lost control of the motorcycle, causing both himself and a woman to be ejected, deputies said.

New details from a murder case in Palm Bay reveal the victim's heart monitor led police to the body.

In a release, police said they responded to the school around 2:40 p.m. after receiving a report about “a possible assault in progress” at the school’s football field.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood is urging parents to check their children’s backpacks and “see what the hell they’re doing” after several guns have been found at schools.

Attorneys have officially filed a federal lawsuit against Osceola County’s sheriff and two deputies for the 2022 encounter and shooting outside a Target store in Kissimmee where one person was killed and two others were hurt.

A man was arrested in a fatal shooting in Kissimmee, police say.

Police said they recovered over two dozen animals from the property, though a shed in the backyard contained a large number of remains.

The Flagler County Sheriff just doubled — almost tripled — the number of license plate readers in his county and made them mobile.

Othal Wallace was recently convicted of manslaughter in the 2021 killing of Daytona Beach Officer Jason Raynor.

Jason Godleski, the Brevard County man accused of killing his son two years ago, will now face murder charges for the boy’s death, a month after rejecting a plea deal in the case.

An 86-year-old woman in Lake County faces charges after deputies said she stole over $10,000 from a 99-year-old man who lived at the same facility as her, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Another two suspects have been arrested after antisemitic banners were hung out over Interstate 4 in Orlando earlier this year, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

An Apopka woman is accused of a number of crimes, including forcing her daughter to use cocaine, exposing herself to another juvenile and neglecting her elderly disabled mother.

A man exposed himself to a woman while on a LYNX bus at the Florida Mall in Orange County, according to Crimeline.

A man was found guilty on Wednesday of aggravated assault on Orange County deputies in 2021.

The loved ones of 19-year-old Latrell Anderson are trying to cope with his death — including his best friend, Sanae Knowles.

A woman was taken into custody on Monday on accusations that she sexually abused a 13-year-old girl, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators announced on Tuesday that two suspects were arrested after a man was fatally shot while trying to sell marijuana earlier this year.

Two people were found dead late Monday in an apparent murder-suicide at an Altamonte Springs apartment complex, according to Altamonte Springs police.

A second man has been arrested in Florida, accused of hanging racist banners and swastika flags over I-4 earlier this year.

Hillsborough County deputies are working to figure out why a 14-year-old boy opened fire killing his mother and badly injuring her boyfriend.

The boyfriend of a Palm Coast woman who died last year was found guilty of murder, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Four people were arrested after a 15-year-old boy was found dead in a Polk County driveway last week, according to sheriff’s officials, in a case involving drugs and an illegal gun sale.

Congressman Maxwell Frost held a vigil Sunday asking the community to stand in solidarity with those affected by gun violence.

A 78-year-old DeLeon Springs man was arrested on murder charges in the shooting death of his neighbor, according to authorities.

A man faces charges after deputies say he threatened patrons at a Malabar bar with a gun before pistol whipping an employee on Saturday evening, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

A 14-year-old boy shot and killed his mother in Hillsborough County on Saturday afternoon, deputies said.

Two women face charges after police say they tossed a baby around at Daytona Beach bar on Thursday, according to an arrest affidavit.

Belleview police said one of their officers faces charges after methamphetamine was found at his home.

Three juveniles who were armed and ran from deputies face charges after being captured early Saturday, according to a news release.

After jurors did not reach a verdict Friday in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a Daytona Beach police officer in 2021, deliberations are expected to continue Saturday morning.

Osceola County deputies arrested a man Friday, accused of capital sexual battery on a 6-year-old girl in Kissimmee.

A now-former high school track coach in Polk County with an alleged history of attempts to sexually batter his students was arrested Thursday in what Sheriff Grady Judd called a remarkably disturbing case.

Jurors in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a Daytona Beach officer in 2021 will deliberate to determine whether he is guilty of murder.

Following his capture in Indian River County, an accused carjacker and killer faced a judge Thursday at the Brevard County jail.

An Ocala woman was indicted after attorneys and police said she drove onto Kennedy Space Center property with a gun in her vehicle and at one point nearly struck a police officer while trying to flee.

Two people were arrested on child neglect charges Tuesday after a child showed up to school in dirty clothes and cockroaches in her backpack, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Closing arguments are expected in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a Daytona Beach officer in 2021.

Orlando police announced they have made an arrest in connection with the vandalism of at two LGBTQ+ centers in Orlando.

The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for information about a vehicle that may be involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist was seriously injured in July.

A student at DeLand Middle School faces charges after police said he brought a gun to school on Wednesday.

A Mount Dora man was sentenced to five years probation on Wednesday for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A suspect was arrested at a Brevard County elementary school after a stabbing off-campus in Palm Bay on Wednesday, according to police.

More witnesses will take the stand Wednesday in the murder trial of Othal Wallace, who is accused of fatally shooting a Daytona Beach police officer in June 2021.

An arrest has been made in a fatal shooting and carjacking at a Palm Bay gas station, according to police.

Liz Bradshaw was convinced the man who raped her as a child in 1990 had died.

A 15-year-old boy was found dead early Tuesday in a Polk County driveway, according to the sheriff.

Testimony will continue in the murder trial for a man accused of shooting and killing a Daytona Beach police officer in 2021.

Police are investigating a shooting with several victims at an apartment complex in Palm Bay.

A high school student in Volusia County faces charges after deputies said he cut another student’s face with a knife during a fight on Monday.

A Melbourne man was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning while he was attempting to help the victims of another wreck in Polk County, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

A man and a woman have been arrested — in Alabama and Georgia, respectively — after a 30-year-old was found shot to death inside an undeveloped subdivision in Palm By known locally as "The Compound," according to police.

A mother faces charges after her 2-year-old son was shot in the foot, according to the Altamonte Springs Police Department.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued an Amber Alert for two children out of Palm Beach County.

The UCF Police Department is warning the public about a voyeurism incident that was reported near the main campus, according to a news release.

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead in Daytona Beach, according to police.

The murder trial for a man accused of shooting and killing a Daytona Beach police officer in 2021 is set to begin.

Police on Sunday said they are investigating after a body was discovered at “The Compound,” a 12-square-mile plot of undeveloped neighborhood in Palm B

A day after a man faced was arrested for stealing a headstone and vandalizing another, a family has come forward saying their loved one’s grave was also vandalized the same night as two others.

A fifth suspect is on the run after a drive-by shooting that killed a 19-year-old man and a 6-year-old girl and badly hurt the girls mother, according to Orlando police.

Jurors have been selected in the trial of a man accused of shooting and killing a Daytona Beach police officer in 2021.

A jury found a 21-year-old man guilty in the fatal shooting and robbery in November 2019 of an 18-year-old in Daytona Beach.

An elementary school teacher in Edgewater is accused of hitting a 4-year-old child with autism, according to police.

Police in Apopka have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of one headstone and the theft of another at Apopka’s Edgewood Cemetery last weekend.

A 17-year-old is locked up after Melbourne police said he stabbed his uncle in the neck after a fight Sunday, killing the man.

A gang targeted the wrong home in an Orlando drive-by shooting that killed a 6-year-old girl, according to the Orlando police chief.

Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith reviewed efforts made by the department to reduce violent crime in the city, over a year after becoming police chief.

That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for the rapes of two women two decades ago.

An Orange County man who previously gained national attention when he was arrested by Florida's election police on accusations of voter fraud now faces accusations of child molestation.

An 18-year-old was arrested Tuesday in Orlando, the second person arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting that killed a man and a six-year-old girl.

A man is accused of using a power tool to kill his 16-year-old son, and Polk County deputies are working to figure out why.

Day one of jury selection wrapped up Tuesday afternoon in the murder trial of a man who prosecutors say shot and killed a Daytona Beach police officer.

A 62-year-old man accused of raping children has been arrested in Marion County, according to the sheriff’s office.

A Polk County deputy was arrested after speeding and fleeing deputies while driving under the influence, according to the sheriff's office.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Bartow Police Chief Andy Ray are holding a news conference at 6:15 p.m.

Police are investigating after some gravestones were damaged or stolen over the weekend.

A father is accused of killing his 16-year-old son at a residence in the Lake Wales area on Monday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A man was arrested Wednesday after he opened fire on a driver after cutting them off on the road, according to Melbourne police.

A man faces charges after being arrested for a “rash of car break-ins in Deltona this weekend,” according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

A man was arrested after he crashed a stolen scooter into a deputy’s patrol vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Joel Bauza faced a judge at the jail the day after he was booked on a first-degree murder charge for the death of his girlfriend, Joysee Cartagena.

A man who was found by officers giving his unconscious girlfriend CPR Friday morning has now been arrested and faces charges in her death, according to Orlando police.

Investigators said that school administrators received a tip on Aug. 25 about an adult trespassing on school property.

Officials say a 6-year-old girl, among three shot in the Carver Shores neighborhood of Orlando, has died.

Deputy Brian Espinal was taken into custody by St. Cloud police on Wednesday evening on charges of reckless driving and racing on the highway, according to the sheriff's office.

Police said listed her cause of death as manual strangulation, with the manner of death being a homicide. Chief Cecil Smith added that the suspect had tried to make her death look like a suicide.

Nineteen years after a woman died during a kidnapping and robbery, the Altamonte Springs Police Department is renewing its push for information to help make an arrest in the case.

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence a former Florida state representative to prison time after he pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting about $150,000 in COVID-19 relief funds intended to help small businesses.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a restaurant manager accused of sexual battery on a teenage worker.

Port Orange police shared video Wednesday of a man being arrested on the roof of a home he had broken into, according to a news release.

In a release, police said that two cars appeared to be racing near North Orange Blossom Trail, prompting traffic stops on both of the vehicles.

Sanford police announced a major arrest in connection to the slaying of an 18-year-old mother who was found dead in a car at Coastline Park.

In April 2019, a FedEx semitrailer and Jeep SUV collided on the Turnpike near the Orange-Osceola county line, killing 29-year-old Joseph Ledesma.

A man was sentenced to three life terms in prison for the 2018 murders of a Daytona Beach boxer and his roommate.

Police officers in Orlando are investigating a shooting in the Carver Shores area of Orlando Tuesday, but not much more is known.