KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A man with a lengthy criminal history is accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman as she delivered pizza to a central Florida apartment complex, officials said.
U.S. marshals arrested Osvaldo Figueroa, 55, Tuesday in nearby Lake County on a sexual battery charge, Osceola County Sheriff Marco López said during a news conference.
He said the woman was assaulted Sunday in an elevator at the apartment complex... [...]
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A county commissioner from the Florida Keys was behind bars in Miami-Dade on Wednesday after being arrested on domestic battery allegations.
Monroe County Commissioner Eddie Martinez was arrested Tuesday night after an alleged incident at a family home in Hialeah earlier in the day that led to his daughter calling 911.
Martinez, 46, was elected to the county commission in November 2020. According to an arrest... [...]
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness has filed a lawsuit to overturn the results of a contentious race for District 20′s congressional seat.
Holness claims Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is “ineligible to hold office.”
She won the Democratic primary by only five votes.
Among the complaints listed in the lawsuit, Holness said Cherfilus-McCormick didn’t file proper financial paperwork and essentially... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police are investigating after a vehicle crashed into a business at a shopping plaza in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday morning.
The incident was reported around 3:45 a.m. at 3001 E. Las Olas Boulevard.
Sky 10 was above the scene around 6:20 a.m. as authorities were still at the scene inspecting the damage and trying to determine what led to the crash.
The incident left severe damage to the store as one side of the... [...]
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Nearly two days after she first went missing, 14-year-old Jeimy Henrriquez was found by North Miami Beach police on Sunday after leaving her home with someone she met online.
Detectives say she met the man on Saturday through a video game called “Fire Max.”
During a news conference Monday morning, North Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Rand said two detectives who are mothers to young girls themselves... [...]
