Category: Florida

Mother Fatally Shot by Neighbor After Dispute Over Playing Children, Sheriff Says

OCALA, Fla.—A Florida mother was fatally shot through the front door of her neighbor’s home while her 9-year-old son stood next to her, a violent culmination of what police said was a 2½-year feud. Ajike Owens, 35, was fatally shot after going to the Ocala apartment of her neighbor, who earlier had yelled at Owens’…


Police in South Florida Arrest 3 Suspects in Memorial Day Beach Shooting

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—Police in South Florida arrested two suspects over the weekend and a third on Monday following a Memorial Day shooting along a busy beachside promenade that injured nine people. Detectives from the Hollywood Police Department took Ariel Cardahn Paul, 16, into custody on Sunday night and Lionel JeanCharles Jr., 18, on Monday afternoon, the…


Newsom Brands DeSantis a ‘Small Pathetic Man’ After 2nd Plane of Illegal Immigrants Lands in California

A second plane of illegal immigrants allegedly sent from Florida landed in Sacramento, California on June 5, officials said, marking the second such flight in recent days. The latest flight was carrying around 20 immigrants, a spokesperson for California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office told CBS News, adding that the immigrants were carrying documentation that suggested they were being…


DeSantis Orders Suspension of North Miami Mayor After His Arrest for Voter Fraud

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended the mayor of North Miami Beach on June 5 after the civic leader was arrested for voter fraud. The Republican governor ordered the suspension via Executive Order 23-118. It is in the “best interests of the City of North Miami Beach residents and citizens of the State of Florida that…


Birth Rates Last Year Still Below Replacement Level, CDC Says

American women are still having too few babies to replace themselves and their partners, the latest national birth data suggests. In what the U.S Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described as a “nonsignificant decline,” the nation recorded 3,661,220 new babies in 2022, just a few thousand less than the year before. Overall, the…


$63 Million Verdict Against Miami Commissioner Accused of Political Retaliation

A federal jury in Florida on June 1 found Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo liable in a federal civil lawsuit brought by two businessmen who accused him of using his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner’s political opponent. In Fort Lauderdale federal court, the jury found Carollo guilty of violating the First Amendment…


Florida Police Arrest Man, Search for 2 Others in Memorial Day Beach Shooting

Police in Florida arrested one man Saturday and announced arrest warrants for two others believed to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded beachside promenade on Memorial Day, wounding nine people. The Hollywood Police Department said authorities arrested Jordan Burton and are searching for Ariel Cardahn Paul and Lionel JeanCharles Jr. The suspects…


Haitian Businessman Gets Life Sentence in 2021 Assassination of Haiti’s President

MIAMI—A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping Colombian mercenaries get weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Rodolphe Jaar, 51, is the first person to be convicted and sentenced in what U.S. prosecutors have described as a broad plot by conspirators…


Florida Woman Charged After Leaving Children in Car That Caught Fire While She Was Allegedly Shoplifting

A Florida woman is facing charges for allegedly leaving her two children in a car that caught fire while she was shoplifting, according to the Oviedo Police Department. Alicia Moore, 24, parked her car outside the Oviedo Mall near Orlando on May 26, before going inside and leaving her children in the car, according to…


Toddler Returned to Parents After SUV Stolen With Child Inside in Florida

A toddler was reunited with his parents in Florida shortly after someone stole his mother’s SUV with him inside, police said. The vehicle theft occurred Thursday morning outside a Holly Hill home, just north of Daytona Beach, after the 2-year-old boy was left sleeping in a car seat, Holly Hill police said in a news…