Super Speeder Crackdown: More Than 100 Drivers Detained In Central Florida Under Dangerous Speeding...
More than 100 drivers in Central Florida have been detained for excessive speeding in the first three months after Florida’s “Super Speeder” law went into effect. The law went into effect on June 1, 2025. FOX 35 Orlando contacted different law enforcement agencies in Central Florida to...
Thermos attack lands woman in jail
MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - A woman is being held without bond in the Marion County Jail, accused of beating a woman with a thermos, sheriff’s deputies say. 33-year-old Yanesysi Herrera-Reyes got into an argument with a victim on Thursday. Deputies say that when another woman tried intervening, Herrera-Reyes...
Central Florida Inmate Death Investigated at Pinellas County Jail
A Central Florida inmate death was investigated at Pinellas County jail recently. Pinellas County Sheriff’s detectives assigned to the Robbery/Homicide Unit are investigating the death of 65-year-old Paul Dechene. Detectives say Dechene was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on July 11, 2025 by the Pinellas County...
Double Homicide Investigation in Central Florida after Argument Led to Shooting
A double homicide investigation is underway in Central Florida after an argument led to a deadly shooting. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate a double homicide in Wimauma, south of Tampa, on September 16th. Detectives identified the two deceased men as 28-year-old Rigoberto Vences...
Marion County Unanimously Approves Establishment of Uplands Stewardship District
OCALA, FL (352today.com) – A new stewardship district in unincorporated Marion County would allow for a planned development with more than 16,000 homes. The Marion County Legislative Delegation met at the College of Central Florida’s Klein Center on Oct. 1, 2025. Elected officials, government entities, and nonprofits...
Husband violates injunction by showing up at local elementary school
A Fruitland Park man was arrested for violating an injunction after going into his child’s school while his ex-wife was there. An officer responded to Fruitland Park Elementary School, located 901 Olive Ave., for a possible violation of an injunction involving 41-year-old Christopher Thomas Wade at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday,...
I see growth without balance in Marion County
Marion County residents are feeling the strain of rapid growth. Traffic backups worsen while road projects stall. Schools overflow, with students packed into decades-old portables and parents stuck in long car lines. For more than 10 years, the county failed to collect school impact fees, leaving the district...
Shoplifting suspect claims ‘I’ve never done anything like this before’
A shoplifting suspect claimed, “I’ve never done anything like this before,” when she was arrested at Walmart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza in The Villages. Donna Robin Goldstein, 64, who lives in the PepperTree Apartments in Wildwood, was taken into custody Thursday after attempting to leave the store with merchandise for...
Pond contractor banned for five years from business in The Villages
A contractor has been banned from seeking work in The Villages for five years over poor performance with regard to ponds. Crosscreek Environmental Inc. has been served with the five-year suspension that will extend through Sept. 30, 2030. “Pursuant to this sanction, the District will not solicit offers from, award...
Mother allegedly throws iced tea at daughter during spat over laundry
A Leesburg woman was arrested for battery after admitting to throwing iced tea on her daughter during an argument over laundry. A deputy responded to a verbal altercation involving 54-year-old Tammy Colleen Kelley and her daughter at an undisclosed Leesburg residence at 10 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report...
