PALM COAST, Fla. – Florida deputies released shocking bodycam footage this week of a man using a 1-year-old toddler as a human shield following a wild chase.
The incident happened Sept. 27 in Flagler County.
According to deputies, Brandon Matthew Douglas Leohner, 27, of Palm Coast, was accused of kidnapping his girlfriend’s child from her home while armed with a gun.
Deputies said they eventually spotted him driving recklessly... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fort Lauderdale police are searching for an 11-year-old girl who has been reported missing.
According to authorities, Sophia Morota was last seen wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt with black pants and was carrying a cheetah-print suitcase.
She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds.
Sophia has brown eyes and straight brown hair.
Police did not immediately confirm what area she was last seen in... [...]
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Officers in Broward County surrounded a vehicle after stopping it following a possible armed robbery.
Unmarked police vehicles were parked around a blue sedan just after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Authorities said they received a call just after 12:30 p.m. regarding a possible armed robbery that occurred along the 4800 block of Northwest 24th Court in Lauderdale Lakes.
Deputies followed the vehicle and eventually... [...]
Pablo Lyle, the Mexican actor who fatally punched a man during a road-rage confrontation on a Miami street, was convicted of manslaughter on Tuesday. A six-person jury decided Lyle’s fate after sitting through the trial, which centered on the March 31, 2019 encounter between that left Juan Ricardo Hernandez, a Cuban man living in Miami, dead. Millions following the case across Florida and Latin America finally learned the conclusion they have... [...]
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after human remains were found in the mangroves Wednesday morning in the Florida Keys.
According to Adam Linhardt, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, two people were working to secure a boat when they stumbled upon the human remains in the mangroves near Mile Marker 5.5.
Deputies responded to the area around 11:45 a.m. and saw the remains in a... [...]
