Couple get 10 years each for toddler drinking drain cleanerMILTON, Fla. -- (AP) A Florida Panhandle couple have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for letting their toddler drink a drain cleaner commonly used in making methamphetamine.Local media outlets report that 24-year-old Amber Nicole Cooley and 27-year-old Kyle Joseph Cooley were sentenced last week after pleading no contest to multiple drug and child abuse charges.Authorities say their... [...]
Driver Killed After Car Crashes Into Sunrise HomeA driver was killed after a car crashed into a home in Sunrise early Sunday, officials said.Sunrise police said officers responded to the home in the 12000 block of Northwest 29th Street just before 2:15 a.m. and found the car had crashed into the front of the home.The car matched the description of a car that police had tried to pull over earlier in the night for a traffic infraction, police... [...]
Judge weighs adult charges in fatal high school bathroom fightWILMINGTON, Del. -- A cellphone video of a high school restroom fight that left a 16-year-old Delaware girl dead shows the victim on the ground, struggling to fight back and escape as she is repeatedly hit and kicked in the head while her assailant holds on to her hair.he video was shown Monday during a Family Court hearing to decide whether a 16-year-old girl charged in the death... [...]
Woman, 73, fatally shot by Florida officer role-playing as ‘bad guy’ during citizen police academyMary Knowlton arrived at the Punta Gorda, Fla., police station Tuesday night to learn how to be a community steward.The 73-year-old was there as a student in the citizens police academy, a two-hour course intended to give an intimate look at what makes the department in the quaint Florida town work. On this night, the group of 35 would tour the... [...]
Central Florida Mother Arrested After Allowing Children to Shoot BB's at Homeless Man A mother in DeLand was arrested after allowing her two children to shoot BB's at a homeless man early Sunday morning. A DeLand woman is facing charges after police say she allowed her three sons to shoot BBs at a homeless man.Media outlets report 36-year-old Amina El-Zayat was arrested Sunday on aggravated battery, contributing to the delinquency of minors... [...]
