Articles Tagged with Florida crime

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A Florida teaching assistant faces criminal charges after authorities accused him of physically abusing a special needs student on campus.

According to authorities, the incident occurred on the morning of October 14, 2026, at a local high school gymnasium. The physical altercation was captured on school surveillance cameras and a cellphone video recorded by another student.

A school resource deputy reviewed a student’s cellphone video, and surveillance footage provided by the assistant principal that reportedly showed the suspect and the student walking toward a gymnasium doorway before the student fell backward. The probable cause affidavit stated that the suspect moved toward the student on the ground, pulled off one of his shoes, and struck him approximately four times. The impacts allegedly landed on the student’s bottom, head, and right arm. Footage then showed the suspect grabbing the child by his feet and dragging him across the floor.

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An Uber Eats driver was injured in a shooting at a Miami apartment complex after a man accused him of trying to get his girlfriend’s phone number.

According to a probable cause affidavit, the driver delivered food to the Pearl Dadeland Apartments earlier that morning. He spoke briefly with a woman who met him outside the main lobby and later returned to the complex hoping to see her again and ask for her number.

The driver was walking back to his vehicle when a man arrived in a gray Corvette. The man allegedly pointed a gun at him and ordered him to lie on the ground. After the driver was on the ground, the man reportedly fired a shot that grazed the alleged victim’s right buttock.

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A Florida woman is accused of stealing more than $3,400 worth of merchandise from the same Target store in Naples after making 18 visits over several weeks.

According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, Target employees noticed problems with her self-checkout purchases and contacted detectives. Investigators reviewed store surveillance while looking into what happened.

Authorities say she bought some items during the visits but took other items without paying for them. Investigators say 151 items were taken, with a total value of $3,472.02. The reported thefts happened between November 30, 2024, and February 2, 2025.

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A Florida woman was accused of hitting another driver in the face with a glass bottle of vegan mayonnaise during a road rage confrontation in Estero.

According to deputies, the incident began around 4 p.m. on August 20, when a van allegedly cut off another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle honked her horn. The authorities said the passenger in the van responded by yelling profanities and making an obscene gesture.

After the vehicles went through an intersection, the van moved into another lane. The other driver pulled alongside the van, and the two women reportedly began arguing through their open windows.

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A 6-year-old Florida boy was reportedly left without adult supervision for nearly an hour after his stepfather dropped him off at his apartment.

The boy’s mother reportedly had asked the 32-year-old man to pick him up from school and allegedly already told him she would not be home. Police said he left the child outside the apartment complex without checking whether anyone was inside.

The child left the complex and walked to a nearby Family Dollar. He began approaching people for help and asked someone to call the police. It was reported that a witness returned the boy to the apartment. After discovering the home was empty, the witness stayed with him, fed him, and cared for him while contacting authorities.

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What began as a short-lived relationship allegedly turned into a stalking investigation after a Florida woman reported that a teddy bear containing her deceased son’s ashes had disappeared from her hotel room.

Investigators alleged the missing keepsake was only one part of a pattern of harassment that unfolded over several days. According to the investigation, the woman also received dozens of threatening text messages and repeated phone calls after ending the relationship. One message allegedly threatened to destroy the teddy bear, while others warned that she would continue being harassed if she ignored him. The suspect also allegedly claimed authorities from another state were on their way to arrest her.

As deputies continued investigating, they learned the woman had recently moved to Florida and met the man online. The two had dated for only a few weeks before she decided to end the relationship because she said he had become verbally aggressive and increasingly controlling. She told him she no longer wanted contact with him and asked him to return a spare key to the hotel where she was staying.

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A Florida landlord was arrested after the authorities alleged he brutally assaulted a tenant who returned home following a hospital stay, leaving the victim with multiple facial fractures and other serious injuries.

According to police, officers had responded to the residence the previous day after the landlord reported that the tenant was damaging the property. During that encounter, the tenant was taken to a medical facility for an evaluation to see if he was experiencing a mental health crisis.

Before officers left the property, the landlord allegedly warned that he intended to kill the tenant if he came back. After officers advised that such an act would result in prison, he allegedly responded that he would instead severely beat the tenant. Police warned him that doing so would also lead to arrest.

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An off-duty Florida police officer was arrested after deputies allegedly found him stopped in the roadway while driving under the influence following reports of dangerous driving.

According to the authorities, deputies responded during the early morning hours after receiving reports of a vehicle traveling the wrong way and striking curbs. When they located the car, it was reportedly stopped in the roadway with its engine still running and the driver seated behind the wheel.

Deputies repeatedly instructed the driver to shut off the vehicle and exit. Court records allege the driver instead remained inside with his hands outside the window, telling deputies he was frightened before eventually getting out of the vehicle. After being detained, the officer allegedly identified himself as a member of a local police department and told deputies they were “on the same team.”

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A woman was arrested after the authorities investigated a series of suspicious self-checkout transactions at a Walmart in Palm Beach County that allegedly involved barcode swapping.

The investigation focused on five transactions that investigators said took place between May 5 and June 3. Walmart records showed alleged losses of $322.68 on May 5, $99.87 on May 12, $25.81 on May 17, $190.72 on June 1, and $661.74 on June 3.

According to the authorities, the June 3 transaction first drew attention after a cart of merchandise was scanned for $105.01. Walmart later determined the items should have totaled $661.74.

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A Florida woman was reportedly arrested after the authorities said her 5-year-old autistic son was found wandering alone and unclothed near a residential roadway while she was away at work for several hours.

According to investigators, neighbors contacted the authorities after spotting the child outside without supervision in a North Fort Myers neighborhood. Residents reportedly became concerned when they saw the boy near the road by himself.

When deputies and emergency crews arrived to conduct a welfare check, they allegedly discovered the child had been left alone inside the residence. Investigators also reported that the home had very little furniture, limited food, and no running water at the time of the investigation.

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