Florida

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida inspectors have issued four stop-sale orders over water-contaminated fuel during inspections launched in response to flooding, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services told CBS12 News. The department said it has received 10 complaints related to contaminated fuel in the Treasure...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A now-former Pinellas County deputy was arrested after Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said he misused Flock automatic license plate reader data and other protected law enforcement systems during a divorce. Gualtieri said Ronald Scott began searching for information about his wife, his wife’s new boyfriend and...

A trio of young men found out the hard way that movie prop money doesn’t buy real fried chicken. Deiyuon Dewayde-Lavaugh Brown, 19, of Ocala; Ja’Shon Keyon Frazier, 19, of Belleview; and Kog Sucess Currie, 20, of Ocala, were arrested Wednesday, Nov. 4, after taking a convertible Mustang on a counterfeit cash spree through several fast-food drive-thrus in Bushnell.

Four suspects—including a 16-year-old—were apprehended in The Villages early Wednesday morning after allegedly using a drone to drop fentanyl, saw blades and cell phones into the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex. According to arrest reports from the Wildwood Police Department, officers were dispatched at about 2:09 a.m. to the...

Some tourists in Florida got a bucket-list photo opportunity when they witnessed a deputy wrangling a small alligator. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy responded when a caller reported an alligator near a plaza in a “touristy area.” Osceola County is home to Kissimmee, a hub for major theme parks and resorts. Body-worn […]

A Jacksonville senior living resident lost more than $13,000 in jewelry and $7,000 from her credit union account after a man posing as an electrician entered her apartment in August. Police arrested 27-year-old Javaris Johnson in October in connection with thefts targeting at least four senior living facilities and more than seven victims.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A free cellphone offer allegedly helped draw Jacksonville residents into a health care fraud scheme that generated $51 million in fraudulent insurance claims, according to federal investigators. Prosecutors said Albert Chester II, Charlie Griffin and others used community outreach events, including missions serving people in need,...

A bridge partially collapsed in Broward County, Florida, potentially due to heavy rain and flooding, according to initial assessments from the Broward County Highway and Bridge Maintenance Division.

Florida voters resoundingly decided to slash their own property taxes on election day, sending shockwaves through the local governments who now have to figure out which services to cut. On the potential chopping block: the millions (and billions) of flooding projects that are sorely needed in soggy South Florida. At the Southeast Florida Climate Compact’s annual summit this week, elected officials from Palm Beach County to the Keys openly worried about what this new mandate means for the project

DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — An 18-year-old Pompano Beach man now faces a felony charge after deputies say he tore up the Kings Point golf course doing donuts in a blue BMW, then ended up in a pond. He says he was in the car but wasn’t driving. Isaac Janieg Rojas Aguilera was arrested on a charge of criminal mischief with at least $1,000 in property damage, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office probable cause affidavit obtained by BocaN