Ocala FL

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a physical domestic disturbance on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. Adrian Marques Patterson, 21, Ocala, was charged with three felonies: domestic battery by strangulation; aggravated battery knowing or should have known the victim was pregnant; and...

A Leesburg woman was arrested when her involvement in a collision revealed she did not have a driver’s license. A trooper heard and saw a traffic collision between a white Hyundai sedan and a blue Kia SUV on County Road 44 in Leesburg around 4:55 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, according to an arrest report from the Florida...

I agree with anonymous complaints. It is what has kept The Villages in pristine condition. The Villages is clean, safe and beautiful. If it changed, no one would complain for fear of harm, physical or emotional. When they moved in here they signed a form to go by the laws. They moved here for the safety, beauty and...

Does the “Parking Patrol” get paid to take their pictures and send them in? I feel bad when the picture shows an innocent vehicle blocked in because the owner/operator of that vehicle might have an emergency that they can’t get to all because the Developer won’t give the police departments permission to issue real...

A Bad Parking job led to the arrest of a drunk driving suspect who was found in his vehicle parked on a median at a shopping plaza in The Villages. Kermit Duane Ivens, 66, of Lady Lake, was found in the wee hours Sunday in a vehicle which “had driven up on a median” in the parking lot of Petco at Rolling Acres Plaza,...

A Leesburg teen will appear in court for allegedly running out of Dollar General with a basket full of clothes and candy. An officer responded to Dollar General, located at 3335 U.S. Hwy. 27/441, regarding a shoplifter around 11:50 a.m. Thursday, according to a case report from the Fruitland Park Police Department....

We pass assisted living and memory care communities every day without giving much thought to the people who live there. Residents rely on each other and the staff around them, forming routines, friendships and small circles of familiarity. During the holidays, many residents can feel lonely, especially if thier...

The estate of a deceased man has filed a lawsuit against an Ocala assisted living facility and its management company, alleging that a systemic lack of supervision and care led to the man suffering severe fractures and, ultimately, contributing to his death. Joanna-Liesa Giuliano, acting as the Personal...

Two women who agreed to testify against their co-defendants in separate murder cases have been sentenced. Here's what we know about those cases and another case heard in front of judges the week of Dec. 15: State v. Jessica Long Judge: Circuit Judge Peter Brigham. Lawyers: Assistant State Attorney Rich Buxman and...

An Ocala woman has filed a lawsuit against a local Firehouse Subs, claiming she suffered significant injuries after allegedly slipping in a puddle of water near the restaurant’s exit. Melissa Rose-Flowers filed the complaint on December 10, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court for Marion County against Firehouse of...