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LADY LAKE, FL (352today.com) – Lady Lake police arrested two people after finding trafficking-level amounts of drugs inside a home in the Lady Lake portion of The Villages. Officers went to a home in the 1700 block of West Schwartz Boulevard on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, while. searching for...

A Fruitland Park man with a warrant was arrested with a trafficking amount of methamphetamine at Taco Bell. Deputies spotted a small black Nissan hatchback traveling north on U.S. Hwy. 27 in Leesburg at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. They knew the driver,...

A Villager was arrested when he went to visit his mother at a local rehabilitation center. Rudy Van Der Putten, 74, who lives on the Historic Side of The Villages, was driving a white Ford F-150 pickup at about 10 a.m. Wednesday on County Road 466 at Chula Vista Avenue when an officer noticed the truck’s license...

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – A Citrus County jury has found 37-year-old Dwann Demetrius Ross Jr. guilty of Second-Degree Murder with a Firearm, rejecting claims that the 2024 shooting of a fellow business owner was an act of self-defense. The verdict was delivered today following a trial centered on the...

Anyone who drives a car understands the sting of having to fill up their tank and pulling into the gas station, only to discover that gas prices have skyrocketed. Paying extra for gas means you have less to spend on other things, which, over time, can really put a crimp in your budget.

A panhandler with a knife was arrested after fleeing a Publix grocery store in The Villages. Michael Anthony Newgent, 67, who is homeless, was caught Wednesday afternoon trying to enter Publix at La Plaza Grande, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. He had been banned from the store and...

LADY LAKE, Fla. - Authorities have located a missing 12-year-old girl in the Lady Lake area. PREVIOUS REPORTING: Authorities are searching for a 12-year-old girl believed to be armed in Sumter County, the sheriff’s office said. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office reported a heavy law enforcement presence Thursday in...

With temperatures expected to plummet into the 20s tonight, emergency officials in Marion County are opening shelters for those in need of a warm place to stay and urging residents to take precautions. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the Salvation Army will open its doors to provide...

A 28-year-old Marion County man is behind bars after allegedly stealing a pickup truck because he “does not like walking.”. On Thursday, January 1, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a residence in Ocklawaha after receiving reports of a stolen vehicle. A male victim told the deputy that his...

A man on pretrial release for misdemeanor domestic battery in Alachua County has been arrested in Texas on a Marion County warrant for charges of larceny and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Darian Gonzalez-Maldonado, 21, was arrested by the Carrollton Police Department and booked into jail on...