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A curio shop owner in Central Florida was accused of pushing the limits on what would be considered odd merchandise by allegedly selling human bones on Facebook Marketplace.

Wicked Wonderland is a curio shop in Orange City co-owned by a 52-year-old woman and her business partner. According to reports, in December 2023, the Orange City Police Department received a call from someone who wanted to report the business for allegedly listing and selling what they believed were authentic human bones on Facebook Marketplace. An investigation was opened, and the police checked out the business’s profile page. They reported that they saw multiple posts advertising pieces of human bones for sale, including two small skull fragments, a clavicle, a scapula, a rib, a piece of vertebrae, and a larger chunk of skull.

The police talked to the 53-year-old about the situation, and the woman reportedly said she bought the bones from private sellers and believed the transactions were legal since they were meant for educational purposes. She also reportedly said she was unaware that it was illegal to sell the bone pieces, as she had been doing so for several years. The items in her store were collected by the police and turned over to the medical examiner for further investigation. Some of the bones were believed to be archaeological finds, and some were reported as being from one hundred to over five hundred years old.

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An Orange City police officer was arrested for allegedly using his work computer and law enforcement database to track his former girlfriend.

The investigation started when a stalking complaint was filed by his former girlfriend, who reported his controlling behavior was ongoing during their ten-month relationship, which ended in October 2024. She claimed he attempted to isolate her from her family, dictated aspects of her appearance, and insisted on knowing where she was at all times. Additionally, she alleged that he put an Apple AirTag in her wallet without her knowledge. During a video chat with the man, he reportedly showed her a live image of her vehicle passing through an intersection.

After their breakup, the man allegedly spread false rumors about the alleged victim being suicidal and continued tracking her through license plate readers. The woman contacted the police and asked them to check the activity on the officer’s computer, which allegedly revealed that he ran her vehicle’s license plate, along with those of her mother and brother, 108 times between April and November 2024.

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