Articles Tagged with Wildwood

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A Florida man with 139 prior felonies who was wanted on a parole violation was arrested after allegedly smashing a car through a condominium, removing his ankle monitor, and diving out the window of an apartment he reportedly burglarized.

At approximately 4:00 am on June 11, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office was notified by 911 informing them that many people had called to report an ongoing incident at the Sandalwood Apartments in Wildwood. According to the callers, a car had smashed into the building, and the driver was breaking into the units in the building.

The authorities rushed to the scene, and they learned the man trapped himself in an apartment on the second floor. Police attempted to coax him outside, but the man refused. Members of SCSO S.W.A.T. and a crisis negotiation team arrived, and they spent several hours trying to de-escalate the situation.

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During a heated marital spat brought on by suspicions that he was cheating, a Florida man reportedly threw a box of chicken wings at his accusatory wife.

On April 9, just before 9:30 p.m., a man and his wife returned to their Wildwood home after attending a party together. The woman was upset with her husband when they arrived.

According to the arrest affidavit, she was convinced that he was having a sexual relationship with another woman. She added that she believed her husband had recently been communicating with the purported lover, and it caused an argument between the couple.

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A man and his daughter were arrested and charged for domestic violence after a family fight over Chinese food became violent. 

A 51-year-old man and his wife share a home with their son and daughter in Wildwood, Florida, 

On the evening of September 16, the family ordered takeout Chinese for dinner. 

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A man was accused of battery after he got into an argument with his niece and allegedly punched her during the altercation. 

50-year-old Sang Van Nguyen, a native of Saigon, Vietnam, resides in a new gated community in Wildwood, Florida, where they provide homes with a low-maintenance lifestyle.  

Nguyen rents out one of the bedrooms in his residence to his niece. 

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After the police reportedly found that a man was in possession of psilocybin mushrooms, he allegedly told them that a show on Netflix encouraged him to want to experience the effects for himself. 

Late in the evening on February 4, 41-year-old Christopher Singleton was reportedly driving in a pickup truck in Wildwood, Florida. 

An officer on patrol saw the license plate on the vehicle and believed that the registration tag looked suspicious. It reportedly appeared as if it was skewed sideways. 

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A New Yorker living in Florida with several recent arrests was taken into custody for alleged assault, resulting in the revocation of the bond she posted for her release in a prior incident. 

Stephanie Romas is a 42-year-old New York native who currently resides in a home her parents own in The Villages. Her mother and father also live in The Villages. 

In September, Romas allegedly stole a box of cereal from a store in Wildwood. She was not taken into custody, but a warrant for her arrest was later obtained by the police. 

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A Florida woman is facing felony charges after allegedly using racist language and pelting a fast-food employee with a hamburger over the amount of tomato on her sandwich.

On the evening of April 30, 77-year-old Judith Black reportedly visited Burger King in Wildwood.

The woman asked for a Whopper with her order, and when she was given her food she reportedly looked at the burger and became disgruntled over the size of the tomato slices.

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An off-key incident involving a musically inclined man who created a song with lyrics that upset his neighbor caused her to report him to the police, resulting in his arrest.

Robert Mirabella is a 62-year-old man who lives in a Wildwood, Florida retirement community.

In the morning hours on April 4, Mirabella was reportedly hanging out on his porch while playing around with his guitar.

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