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Donna Adelson, 75, was found guilty last month of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation after a weekslong trial.Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law, was sentenced Monday to life in prison for her role in the 2014 murder-for-hire of Daniel Markel. A prominent Florida State University law professor, Markel was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Adelson's daughter, when he was gunned down in 2014 at his home in Tallahassee. Adelson, 75, was found guilty last month of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation...

A Jacksonville woman is facing multiple felony charges in connection with an incident outside a charter school on Tuesday that also led to the arrest of multiple bystanders who Sheriff T.K. Waters said violated Florida’s new “Halo Law.” Waters said the arrests are the first for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office involving the Halo Law. The entire encounter was captured on an officer’s body camera video and by at least one bystander’s cellphone. The cellphone video was circulating widely on social media platforms this week.

A firefighter was accused of stalking after she allegedly dumped 75 "possibly used" tampons onto her ex-boyfriend's lawn when she learned that he was dating a new woman. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office was contacted by a woman on September 30 after she and her boyfriend woke up to find a pile of tampons on their front lawn that were "stained red as if they were possibly used," according to a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime. Police reviewed security camera recordings that showed a pickup truck driving past the house at around 10 p.m. on September 29, per...

Jurors on Tuesday delivered a guilty verdict for Ryan Routh on all charges after he attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club last September. After the verdict was read, Routh reportedly appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen before four U.S. Marshals restrained him. His daughter, Sara Routh, reportedly stood up and said: "Don’t do anything. I will get you out. What the f---, f---, he didn’t hurt anybody. This is not fair. This is all rigged – you guys are a--holes." The jury was still in the...

A Chanel-toting woman tried to tell police to carry her luggage for her as she was marched out of the first-class cabin of a plane for bad behavior. The passenger, named as Lauren in the viral footage, was seen flying into a frenzy soon after barging her way on board an American Airlines flight. The woman, who was wearing a wearing a bright green Alo tracksuit which exposed her tummy-button piercing, was later arrested at Tampa Airport. A flight attendant was seen at the start of the footage, shared by YouTube account NYDetective this week from April 1, 2025, telling...

A fugitive woman accused in the murder of a missing Hialeah man whose body was discovered in a recycling bin was arrested Monday in Mexico and extradited to Florida, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO). A 5-month-old baby traveling with her was recovered safely and is now in Florida, authorities said. The woman, Ariely Alvarez Cabrera, 27, waived her appearance at a bond court hearing Tuesday morning. The judge set her bond at $200,000. Alvarez Cabrera's partner, 32-year-old Alfredo Carballo Gonzalez, also wanted in connection with the killing, remains at large, authorities said.(snip) On Monday with the assistance of...

Bodycam footage has emerged showing the moment a Florida woman made a near-fatal mistake by taking a knife to a gunfight with a police officer. As WJHG reported on Tuesday, the Port St. Joe Police Department released bodycam footage showing the moment a woman was shot multiple times after charging a police officer with a 16-inch fillet knife. WMBB notes that the bodycam shows not only footage of the shooting but also events that led up to the August 15 incident. For example, the woman was involved in several hit-and-run incidents. The footage also shows officers trying to disarm her...

AVENTURA, Fla. — A Miami woman is facing two charges ― including a felony ― after police said she slapped a senior in a spat over a chair at the Aventura Mall, sending him to the hospital. According to Aventura police, the incident happened just after 5 p.m. Sunday at the mall’s newly-opened Eataly food hall. An arrest report states that Lelia Trinchero, 44, of Coconut Grove, told officers that she “sat at a table to eat food and wait for her husband and son,” which she said was empty, when a woman “approached her and told her that her...

The St. Pete Police Department said Marcia Morgan was arrested Monday for disorderly conduct and resisting an officer without violence. Officers said Morgan was upset that her neighbor was parking near her yard when the incident started. They said she, while dressed in a hot dog costume, started leaning against her neighbor's vehicle. She also ripped toilet paper and started placing it all over the vehicle, the responding officer said in her arrest affidavit. She's accused of being intoxicated and refusing to cooperate with the investigation, according to SPPD.

A 71-year-old Florida woman is behind bars after authorities say she lured a father and his two daughters to her property and held them at gunpoint in a bizarre case that’s left authorities reeling over what caused this strange incident. According to the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Department, Helen Litchfield has been charged with three counts of kidnapping, three counts of aggravated assault, and one count of armed burglary. She was arrested Friday and booked into the Wakulla County Jail. The incident began on August 4, when a father and his two daughters, both under the age of 13, were fishing...

The Brief: -Eight people have been arrested after a violent brawl at Lake Winterset on Aug. 2 was caught on cellphone video and posted to social media, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. -Deputies said the fight left two people temporarily unconscious, occurred on posted private property, and took place in front of children and other witnesses. -The suspects face charges including rioting, affray, trespassing, disorderly conduct, and in one case, contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Eight people have been arrested in connection with a violent brawl earlier this month at Lake Winterset that left two participants temporarily...

Though she has claimed the DIGNITY Act is not amnesty legislation, her own words undercut that defense.Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., admitted in a recent interview that her DIGNITY Act could serve as a launchpad for eventually granting citizenship to hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals currently in the United States.The DIGNITY Act, according to a press release from Salazar’s office, “allows certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal status, without amnesty or a path to citizenship” so that illegal aliens who broke the law can have an “opportunity.” The bill would create a “7-year earned legal status program allowing”...

US Fed chair Jerome Powell is reportedly getting fired, Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna said on X (formerly Twitter). “Hearing Jerome Powell is getting fired! From a very serious source,” she said, adding, “I’m 99% sure firing is imminent.” The Trump-Powell tiff This comes amid Trump's repeated displeasure with Powell, which stems from the POTUS repeatedly urging the Fed to cut its key rate, which he says would save U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars on interest costs on the federal government’s massive debt, and boost the economy. The fight has threatened the Fed's traditional independence from politics, though, since the...

Florida's beloved Brightline has been dubbed America's deadliest train after it was revealed to have revealed killed someone on average every 13 days. In total, a staggering 182 people have died and 99 were injured on the tracks since 2018, leading to furious finger-pointing and calls for further safety measures around the notoriously deadly rail line. Another 101 collisions into vehicles mercifully ended without causalities, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald and WLRN. The high-speed trainlines first victim, 18-year-old Maddie Brunelle, died eight years ago after being struck by a Brightline train. Her mother, Amy Brunelle, continues to...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna demands the appointment of a Special Counsel to expose the DOJ’s role in hiding Epstein files: “A Special Counsel is what the people are calling for. Give all the information.. The only way. I’ve seen the way the DOJ operates...” Jul 10, 2025

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A handcuffed woman on her way to jail in a patrol car allegedly managed to retrieve a hidden gun from her waist and opened fire on the deputy who arrested her. The Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) said that on Monday at 10 a.m. Rheanna Harden was arrested on multiple charges after a traffic stop. According to MCSO, Haren was handcuffed and searched before she was put in the backseat of a deputy's patrol car to take her to jail. Officials said that while on their way to jail, traveling on S highway near the...

TAMPA, Fla. — A Wesley Chapel woman was found guilty of stealing almost $2 million in unemployment benefits, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday. DOJ said 58-year-old Maria Morales created over 100 debit cards using other people's information to receive insurance benefits provided during the pandemic. Morales then took the cards to different ATMs in Florida and withdrew thousands of dollars using the identities of over 100 people across the United States. Officials said this took place in less than one year. Morales’ sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 19, and she faces a maximum of ten years in...

BRANDON, Fla. — A woman involved in a road rage shooting in Brandon was arrested on Thursday afternoon. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrived at South Hilltop Road and West Brandon Boulevard around 2:19 p.m. when they were notified about the shooting. Deputies found 21-year-old Aiden Richards, who had been shot, as well as the other party involved. According to an investigation, detectives said both parties had stopped at a red light and "engaged in an altercation," which led to Richards firing a gun at the other vehicle multiple times. The other driver then fired a gun back...

It takes guts to walk around in a MAGA hat, what with all the liberal tolerance on display. Not even a 72-year-old gent is spared from the open-minded inclusiveness. From Florida: Laura Elizabeth Garrett, 33, was at Northeast Park and Paw Place located at 4630 East Bay Drive in Largo around 5:30 p.m. when she got into an argument with a 72-year-old man wearing a MAGA hat. … [T]he victim told investigators that Garrett hit him on the back of the head and shoulder area with a can she was holding before she jumped a fence and walked away. …...

The “anti-fascists” have officially made Nazi executions mainstream again. Using the same logic they used to justify gassing the Jews, our leftist ilk of self-righteous savages believe they have the moral authority to finish the job. Rebekah Jones, a convicted criminal and former Democrat congressional candidate, is celebrating the killing of a Jewish couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., Wednesday night. “Want to feel safe? Don’t commit a genocide,” she lectured the dead in a Tik Tok video. “Don’t work for people committing a genocide,” she continued, blaming Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim for their own murder...