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A Port Charlotte priest was arrested Wednesday on multiple counts of capital sexual battery, with allegations connected to his previous tenure in the 1980s as a priest in Iowa. Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office detectives and Dubuque, Iowa, police worked together to arrest Leo P. Riley, 68, at his Port Charlotte home. According to the Dubuque Police Department, four people reported being sexually abused by Father Riley from 1984 to 1986, when he was the associate pastor of Resurrection Parish in

Prosecutors filed a case with 13 charges against a 24-year-old man on Saturday in Miami-Dade County court over alleged crimes committed at a business in Miami’s Wynwood area. Miami police officers arrested Frank Ivan Suarez-Gonzalez, and correctional officers booked him shortly after 11:35 p.m., on Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Correctional officers were holding Suarez-Gonzalez without bond on Saturday, and a bond court judge ordered him to stay away from two victims and Homes Kitchen, at 272

Lady Lake police are working to identify a man who allegedly used a sledgehammer to get inside a Best Buy over the weekend.  The reported break-in happened early Sunday at the Best Buy at 552 N. US Hwy 27/441, according to the Lady Lake Police Department. The suspect is accused of using a sledgehammer to create a hole through the wall of a neighboring business. He was described as a white or Hispanic man of medium build, wearing a white

A man accused of manslaughter for killing his girlfriend and kidnapping for holding a Clay County couple hostage in 2022, pled guilty to all of the charges against him. On April 1, Aubrey Lumpkin pled guilty to manslaughter, tampering with evidence, armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to Lumpkin’s arrest report, he called 911 on April 11, 2022, and told the dispatcher he “was a piece of s***” and had done “horrible things” and wanted to

Police are searching for the man responsible for a smash-and-dash in South Beach. Surveillance video captured the vandal as he grabbed a table outside of PAUL Bakery, located along the 400 block of Lincoln Road, and launched it at the business, Saturday night. The business reopened Sunday despite a shattered window. If you have any information on this act of vandalism or the subject’s whereabouts, call Miami Beach Police at 305- 673-7900 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you

Photo by: wsvn Rescue crews rushed one person to a hospital after they were struck while riding a scooter in South Beach by a driver who kept on going, police said. Miami Beach Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the hit-and-run in front of the police department’s headquarters on Washington Avenue and 11th Street, just after 3:30 p.m., Sunday. Investigators said the driver of the vehicle involved hit the scooter and took off. Paramedics transported the

A fight that broke out in SoHo overnight led to four arrests after several shots were fired, according to the Tampa Police Department. Around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, police on specialty patrol in the SoHo area responded to the fight after hearing nearby gunfire. Officials said a fight began among several adults in a parking lot at the corner of South Howard Avenue and DeLeon Street. One of the four people arrested, identified as Kelvin Terry, 29, told officers he

A Florida woman went on a wild rampage at a Wawa location and allegedly stabbed a man with a large knife before committing other crimes, police said. Christina Marie Crane, 37, was charged with attempted felony murder, criminal mischief and aggravated assault, according to FOX 13 Tampa. She was also charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The Pinellas Park Police Department told FOX 13 that the incident took place at a Wawa on Gandy Boulevard at around 10 p.m. Friday night. Authorities

Two Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies were hospitalized after being shot by a suspect early Saturday morning. Lt. Chad Anderson was shot once in the arm, which went into his chest. He went in for emergency surgery and is currently in critical, but stable condition. Deputy Craig Smith was shot four times. He is in stable condition and in intensive care. During a media briefing, Sheriff Grady Judd explained that there had been some burglaries of concession stands at Hunt

 A 15-year-old boy died over the weekend, a week after being stabbed at a park in Coconut Creek, authorities confirmed Monday. Police said the stabbing occurred April 20 at the Winston Nature Park, in the area of Northwest 49th Avenue and 52nd Street. The victim, identified as Iury Desena in a GoFundMe post, initially survived and fire rescue personnel flew him to Broward Health Medical Center, where he died a week later. On Friday, Coconut Creek police said they “have developed

A family is mourning the aunt and niece killed in a high-speed crash in Hialeah as the 15-year-old arrested in the incident could soon be facing adult charges. Some of the family members were at the crash scene Friday as they mourn the deaths of 39-year-old Yarina Garcia Hernandez and her aunt, Gloria Hernandez Molina, who was around 70. Hernandez, Molina, and Liliana Hernandez Molina, Hernandez’s mother and Molina’s sister, were in an SUV that was struck by another car just before

Photo by: WPLG The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a driver over the weekend who they said led troopers on a chase that started on Florida’s Turnpike and ended in Miami Gardens. According to FHP, troopers attempted to stop a stolen Blue Infiniti SUV around 5:30 p.m. Sunday on the Turnpike near Northwest 27th Avenue. But authorities said the driver wouldn’t stop and led troopers on a chase that ended when the Infiniti crashed into a marked FHP unit in the