Teenagers charged with theft for stealing $168 cosmetics from Walmart
A pair of teens was charged with theft after they admitted to discussing stealing some things while in the Halloween section at Walmart. An officer responded to Walmart, located at 2501 Citrus Blvd., regarding a theft in progress around 2:35 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, according to a case report from the Leesburg Police...
‘Missing’ teen Caden Speight who ‘shot himself to fake abduction’ arrested after ‘elaborate hoax’...
POLICE have arrested teen Caden Speight for what officials say was an elaborate abduction hoax that had the whole town searching for him. Speight, 17, was reported missing on September...
Boyfriend allegedly attacks girlfriend during argument over vape
A Lady Lake man was arrested for battery when a deputy found his girlfriend scratched and bruised after an alleged argument turned physical. A deputy responded to a physical altercation between 21-year-old Riley Wayne Patton and his girlfriend at a home on Circle Drive in Lady Lake, around 12:10 p.m. Saturday,...
Central Florida couple says movers threatened to hold belongings ‘hostage,’ charged thousands extra
LEESBURG, Fla., – A Central Florida couple said movers threatened to hold their belongings “hostage” if they did not pay extra. Gail and Clarence Hairston told News 6 their move from Ocala to Leesburg cost them $3,600 more than they were quoted. “I was in tears,” Gail...
Miller’s Ale House Celebrates Ocala Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting
OCALA, FL (352today.com) – A Miller’s Ale House location opened on SR 200 and the Ocala Metro CEP held a ribbon cutting to commemorate the event on Oct. 14, 2025. Miller’s Ale House General Manager Ted Lynch spoke before the crowd that had assembled outside the new establishment prior to the ribbon cutting.
Wanted man stopped with methamphetamine at Singletary Park
A Leesburg man who was stopped for a warrant was also charged for methamphetamine found in his truck after being arrested in Singletary Park. A deputy spotted 44-year-old Peter Jackson Becton driving a black Ford Fusion in Leesburg around 1:15 a.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County...
Officer recognizes wanted man walking down the street with narcotics
A Lady Lake man was arrested on drug charges after an officer recognized him walking the street. An officer spotted 43-year-old Robert Wayne Shores walking down the street around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. He recognized Shores from prior encounters and...
Court case against man accused of murder at Paddock Mall pushed back
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Albert Shell’s defense attorney filed a request today to postpone Thursday’s pre-trial conference due to a calendar conflict. Judge Robert Hodges set the new date for January 21st. Shell is charged with first-degree murder and three other charges in the shooting death of David...
Florida teen who shot himself in staged abduction arrested, deputies say
The 17-year-old who staged his own abduction and caused a statewide AMBER Alert has been arrested, Florida deputies say.
Villager who had been drinking accused of bomb threat on airliner
A Villager arrested this past weekend in a hit-and-run crash at the square had been arrested earlier this year after allegedly making a bomb threat at a busy airport. Rebecca Jane Phillips, 67, of the Village of St. Charles, was released Monday night from the Sumter County Detention Center following her arrest one...
