Silver Springs Shores — Five girls and a boy — ages 2 to 13 — were removed from a Silver Springs Shores home by the Department of Children and Families Tuesday after the children were found living in filth. Law enforcement officials were dispatched to the area of Banyan Course after someone reported seeing two […]
Marion County Officials said they removed 56 dogs from a home, located at 931 Northeast 12th Avenue. Ocala Police said that a three-year-old child had been living in the urine and feces-filled residence. On October 5, OPD received a call in which the caller reported that there was a foul smell coming from the residence. […]
Ocala, Florida — A man who was just released from jail on March 3, 2017, after being charged with Battery, was arrested for the 13th time in Marion County. Ocala police said that on August 12, the girlfriend of David Denyke, 42, filed a police report after Denyke hit her. Later that same day, Denyke […]
Marion County — A 25-year-old was released on a $6,000 bond after being charged with three counts of Child Neglect. Marion County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence after a caller reported that three small children had been left alone. According to the arrest affidavit, the children — 16 months, three, and five years of […]
A Umatilla women was arrested and charged with two counts of Child Neglect after she locked two small children in a car parked outside a bar while she was inside drinking. Marion County sheriff’s deputies responded to Kat’s Krazy 8 Bar, located at 20290 Southeast 142 Place, after a caller reported two small children locked […]
"She should have never left me in charge of [the victim.] Man, I would never have trusted me to watch any kids."
Ocala, Florida — A Good Samaritan saved a 4-year-old child Friday from being hit by a car. The Good Samaritan was driving in 3100 block of Southeast 95th Street, when she saw the child running in the roadway. The witness said the child was nearly hit by several vehicles before she stopped her car and rescued […]
[Last updated on October 28, 2016, at 10:24 p.m.] Marion Oaks — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested a former MCSO patrol volunteer on accusation of child abuse for the second time in 45 days. Ocala Post first reported that Joshua R. Hoff, 34, had been arrested and charged with Cruelty Toward a Child. MCSO […]
Ocala, Florida — A small child was roaming the Day’s Inn, located at 3811 Northwest Blitchton Road, while the father was passed out on the playground. At approximately 8:45 p.m., Tuesday, a Good Samaritan called Ocala police and stated that a child was “roaming the area” and that, the father was asleep on the playground. […]
Ocala, Florida—The Ocala Police Department arrested a woman who left her child behind when confronted over stolen merchandise at the Wal-Mart, located at 4980 East Silver Springs Boulevard. According to reports, a Wal-Mart loss prevention officer witnessed a woman, later identified as Kelly L. Wevodau, 35, putting merchandise into a large flat purse. Surveillance showed […]
Ocala, Florida — A man arrested for DUI is now facing a Department of Children and Families investigation. Denver D. Patterson, 29, was stopped by a Marion County sheriff’s deputy after he crossed over the double yellow line while heading eastbound on Northeast 35th Street. Patterson veered into oncoming traffic and nearly struck another vehicle […]
Ocala, Florida — Two people were arrested for their involvement in the shooting of another Ocala man on Monday. It all started when Ocala police responded to 1005 Southwest 2nd Street, after receiving reports that a man had been shot in the leg. According to reports, the victim had been in an ongoing feud with […]
Ocala, Florida — An Ocala woman, who has multiple active warrants for her arrest, is still on the run. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Melissa L. Snyder, 25, of Ocala. Snyder currently has active warrants for Failure to Appear (FTA) on various criminal charges. Snyder also has […]
Evansville, Indiana — An Indiana couple was arrested on multiple charges after police found cellphone videos of a baby playing with a .40 caliber handgun. According to police, the video was discovered during an investigation in which Michael Barnes, 19, attempted to sell a firearm to an undercover Evansville police officer. After Barnes was arrested, […]
Venice, Florida — The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a couple who allegedly lived with their 2-year-old twin girls in a home of feces, stench, and filth. Deputies responded to the residence on Briarwood Road after the alleged victim, Elizabeth Davis, 32, called 911 and stated that her boyfriend, Wesley Benoit, 35, threatened to […]
Lakeland, Florida — On Friday, September 19, 2014, Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit detectives arrested 34-year-old Shawn Cross of 5417 Rebecca Lane in Lakeland, and charged him with one count of Possession of Controlled Substance and one count Child Neglect. According to the affidavit , Cross purchased four (4) methadone prescription pills […]
Minnesota Vikings Pro-Bowl running back Adrian Peterson was indicted on charges of reckless and negligent injury to a child and a warrant for his arrest has been issued by a Montgomery, Texas, grand jury. Adrian Peterson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, said that Peterson used the same type of discipline on his child that he experienced growing […]
Ocala, Florida — The Ocala Police Department said convicted felon, Joshua Keith DeLong, 28, left his three children — ages five, seven, and eight — in his Cadillac for four hours while he was inside Dr. B’s drinking. According to the arrest affidavit, when Officer A. Colon arrived on the scene, DeLong was lying […]
Ocala, Florida — Crossroads Church and Childcare Center is now under investigation after a 2-year-old was found wandering alone by a retention pond. On July 9, 2014, Jessie Estock called the Marion County Sheriff’s Office after arriving at Crossroads Church and Childcare Center to pick up his son Braydon, and found him wandering on the […]
Winter Haven, Florida — “This suspect admitted to smoking a blunt and a half of marijuana, staying up all night then becoming enraged enough to throw a baby across a room just because it was crying,” said Sheriff Grady Judd. “This is just another example of marijuana abuse linked to child abuse.” In the pre-dawn […]
Virginia Beach, Virginia – Katherine Johnson, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, captured video of an unidentified woman “smacking” her child after the young boy expressed fear of incoming beach waves. In the video, you can hear the woman tell the child, “Shut-up, you getting on my damn nerves.” Johnson said she recorded the video so she […]