Crime

Orange County sheriff's deputies fatally shoot knife-wielding barricaded man who held girlfriend against her will

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orange County deputies fatally shot a barricaded knife-wielding man after his girlfriend told law enforcement he held her against her will overnight, Undersheriff Mark Canty said.

Seminole County Sheriff's Office: Two Arrested in Forest Lake Drive gunshot murder in unincorporated Altamonte Springs

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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- Seminole County Sheriff's Office homicide investigators have made arrests in the shooting death of a young man in his residence on Forest Lake Drive. 

Ormond Beach dad arrested on manslaughter charges in death of 18-month-old son left in hot vehicle for 3 hours while he allegedly got a haircut & drank in a bar Henry Frederick Fri, 06/20/2025 - 19:43
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Photos for Headline Surfer / Scott Allen Gardner, 33, is arrested on June 19, 2025, in Ormond Beach, Florida, on charges of aggravated manslaughter in the death of his toddler son, left in a hot vehicle for three hours while he got a haircut and drank in a bar back on June 6.

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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- VSO deputies and the Ormond Beach Police arrested Scott Allen Gardner, 33, on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm.

Central Florida Sheriffs Mike Chitwood & Wayne Ivey make today's No Kings protests all about themselves

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Yet again, Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood used TV news cameras and social media to promote himself with antagonistic rhetoric ahead of today's "No Kings" protest rallies.

SPECIAL COVERAGE: The ninth anniversary of the Pulse Massacre in Orlando

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- "Come out with your hands up, or you will die!"

Those were the orders called out by law enforcement - namely Orlando cops and Orange County deputies - to the gunman who massacred dozens of patrons inside the Pulse Nightclub on June 12, 2016.

Orange County Sheriff John Mina: 'Schizophrenic man who reportedly was not taking his medication and was acting erratically' was fatally shot by deputy after wielding a knife

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A "schizophrenic man who reportedly was not taking his medication and was acting erratically" was fatally shot by a deputy after menacingly wielding a knife, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.