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Singer Jack Avery said he was in fear for his life amid an ongoing custody battle with his ex-girlfriend, Gabriela Gonzalez, saying, "I stayed in my house for a month straight. I didn’t leave. I was so scared looking out my window every night." Gonzalez and her father were arrested for allegedly paying $10,000 for a hit man to kill Avery, court records show. 

A former president of an Orlando-based Christian church is accused of soliciting a teen boy for sex through social media.  After a four-month investigation – in which an Orange County detective was working undercover as a 14-year-old boy living in Orlando – Alan Chambers, 54, was arrested at a traffic stop.  Chambers is the former president of Exodus International, a ministry that took part in counseling gays to change their sexual orientation, FOX News reported. 

A Volusia County deputy, Royce James, rushed into a home engulfed in flames to save a woman inside. In a FOX 35 exclusive interview, James told Baileigh Bockover "I had a lot emotions running through me. It was fear of where he was. Was anybody else in the house? What's his condition?" Ultimately, both husband and wife were rescued and transported to the hospital in critical condition.

Kissimmee's Mayor Jackie Espinosa and Commissioner Janette Martinez are being investigated regarding an ethics violation. During a May 19 city meeting, residents voiced allegations against the mayor, saying the problems are stemming from "corruption." 

Two 13-year-olds were arrested after taking place in a door kicking challenge in Deltona. Volusia County sheriff warns these "pranks" can have deadly dangers. 

Orange County Public Schools is going to launch a brand-new educational model designed to keep students enrolled in public schools. Beginning this August, the district is launching its very first "micro-school"—a specialized academy operating right inside an existing campus—and this program is built entirely for young baseball and softball players. The micro-school will operate out of Chaney Elementary School, using four to five classrooms. The program will have 48 students. "Essentially, they would have a 10U and 12U softball team and a 10U and 12U baseball team," Dr. Border explained. The academy will be staffed by two traditional academic teachers and two coaches. While students will receive the standard state-required elementary education curriculum, their athletic development will be integrated into the daily schedule across three phases.  "One on the field work, both also in the classroom strategy work, but then also skill work which could also be done in a classroom, hitting off tees into nets," Dr. Border said.

Residents who live on Harrison Street in Titusville are concerned about the upcoming hurricane season after their street flooded during a recent rain storm. FOX 35 reached out to the City of Titusville, who said that the gauges on Harrison Street recorded record rainfall and that the city's drainage systems are "not designed to accommodate rainfall of that intensity."

The Squeeze is a co-ed pickleball team that competes in Major League Pickleball. The regular season begins on May 22.

Alan Chambers, the former president of Exodus International, an organization that promoted conversion therapies to LGBTQ individuals, has been arrested in an undercover child sex sting, officials said. Chambers was arrested Tuesday and booked into the jail on charges of solicitation of a minor, transmission of harmful material to a minor, and unlawful use of a two way communication device. According to the arrest report, Chambers is accused of communicating with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy on social media, exchanging lewd messages, and plotting to meet.

A popular TikTok influencer has been arrested in California, and her dad, a lawyer, has been arrested in Florida – both accused of conspiring with each other to pay a hitman $10,000 to kill her ex-boyfriend and the father of her child, all stemming from a years-long custody fight. TMZ reports that Gabrielle "Gabbie" Gonzalez was arrested last week in Northern California. Her dad, Francisco Javier Gonzalez, a civil trial lawyer in Central Florida, was arrested on Monday afternoon in Lake Mary on a California warrant for conspiracy to commit murder, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. Both are accused of conspiring to kill Jack Avery, a former member of the boy band, Why Don't We, and the father of Gabbie's daughter.

The City of Cape Canaveral—the last remaining town on the Space Coast to offer free city beach parking—is considering a proposal to implement parking fees before beachgoers hit the sand. Under the new proposal, the city is looking to charge visitors roughly $2.50 an hour to park near the beach. While Cape Canaveral leaders have shot down similar proposals in the past due to a reluctance to install bulky parking meters or pay stations, city officials say advanced mobile technology put the option back on the table. If approved, drivers would likely pay for parking directly through a smartphone app. The financial impact could be significant for the city. Officials estimate the hourly fees would generate roughly $281,000 annually. Additionally, the city is weighing a $50 fine for parking violations, which could bring in an extra $83,000. In total, the project could generate upward of $350,000 a year in new revenue taking into account operating costs.

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. The 10-way hunt for invasive Burmese pythons will run from July 10-19. The grand prize: $10,000.