Crime and Public Safety

Two women were arrested in Port Charlotte for their alleged involvement in multiple organized shoplifting thefts throughout Florida, deputies said.

A crash along I-75 in Alachua County has prompted multiple lanes to shut down Thursday afternoon, deputies said.

The Ocoee Police Department is looking for multiple suspects they say are connected to a home invasion.

The speed limit on a stretch of State Road 434 in Winter Springs has been reduced from 45 mph t0 35 mph, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

A Home Depot employee is facing video voyeurism charges after deputies say he secretly recorded a nude teenager inside a bathroom at his home and filmed women at the store where he works.

Deputies need the community's help in identifying a couple accused of stealing Pub Sub sandwiches from a Florida Publix store over the weekend.

Deputies are investigating after a man was shot and killed in an Orange County neighborhood.

We are hearing from the people who helped identify a Jane Doe found dead in a rural area more than 20 years ago.

The Orange County Comptroller's Office has detailed security shortcomings at the county’s corrections facilities and detention centers in a 44-page audit.

The suspect involved in the “active shooter" situation that unfolded in Melbourne on Wednesday morning was killed after he was shot by police, officials said.

Bruce Whitehead was found guilty on Wednesday of nearly the same crimes he was convicted of almost 40 years ago.

The suspect involved in the “active shooter" situation that unfolded at a Melbourne apartment complex on Wednesday morning has been identified.

Two people were injured after a small plane crashed in DeLand Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

While water safety is a primary concern at the shore, beachgoers and workers alike must also be vigilant about other risks. A recent incident at Cocoa Beach highlighted the danger posed by beach umbrellas. An 80-year-old woman experienced this firsthand while enjoying a day on the sand. The wind picked up a beach umbrella, and its stake impaled her leg.

A man has been indicted for the murder of two women found dead in the same location in Orange County, officials said.

A woman in Titusville urgently needs a new car after hers was stolen and crashed, with insufficient insurance to cover the damage. 

A 60-year-old women is the fifth person to drown in Panama City Beach over the last week.

A 34-year-old Melbourne man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly robbed a gas station at gunpoint over the weekend.

Residents living at Melbourne's Pentagon Garden Apartments said they're traumatized after a man allegedly opened fire within the complex on Wednesday morning.