Tag: drugs
Frank Heffernan, 25, who had paid two individuals to drive him around in a vehicle that he had stolen from his mother, was arrested following a traffic stop.
An OPD officer conducted a traffic stop on Heffernan after noticing that...
Authorities have arrested 19-year-old Dandre M. Fields, in the 2200 block of Northeast 78th Street.
Fields is accused of shooting a 17-year-old boy in the face in Silver Springs Shores last week.
He has been charged with Attempted First-degree Felony Murder...
A Crime Stoppers tip led two Ocala Police Department officers to a woman who was wanted on a VOP warrant for shoplifting.
The tipster told Crime Stoppers that the woman, later identified as Annie L. Arnold, 29, could be found...
A man was pulled over and arrested Wednesday after someone reported the suspect was driving on a suspended license.
Shortly after Christner Angerville left his Berkeley Pointe Apartment, someone called the police and reported that he had left the area...
The Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans. Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution...
Two people were arrested and booked into the Marion County Jail on Halloween following an October 30, pursuit.
The two suspects, Andrew William Wiggins, 20, and Ashlynn M. Fox, 26, fled from deputies in the 12000 block of West Highway...
Marion County is continuing to see an increase in cases of hepatitis A locally and is encouraging residents to get vaccinated for the virus. To help, the Department of Health in Marion County is holding its second drive-through hepatitis...
On October 14, Ocala police responded to Walmart, located at 4980 E. Silver Springs Blvd. after a woman was reported for stealing merchandise.
Dana Corrigan, 34, stole three purses and each of them had been stuffed with merchandise. She was...
Three felons were arrested Wednesday during a traffic stop in Marion County.
According to reports, the driver was stopped because of an expired tag.
The driver, Ricky Deeley, 34, a violent criminal who has multiple felony convictions, including possession of cocaine...
Citrus County Deputies Richardson and Garrison Thursday night conducted a traffic stop on a black trailblazer that had a headlight out.
According to reports, when the vehicle came to a stop on Rosedale and Pershing Drive, the passenger Joseph Monti...
YUMA, Ariz. – On Thursday, July 18, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Yuma special agents arrested Alejandro Escobar-Rivera, 51, and seized 221.22 lbs. of...READ MORE
Summerfield -- Two people were found to be unconscious in a running vehicle parked at the gas pumps at the Circle K, located at 14870 South U.S. 441, Summerfield.
On Wednesday, authorities were alerted after a clerk reported that the...
A known felon was arrested Monday after he was caught trespassing at the Sun Plaza Motel, located at 5461 East Silver Springs Boulevard, for the second time in less than two months.
Upon searching the suspect, Justin Mendez, 27, he...
After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of...
Two drug dealers remain behind bars after their house was raided by the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team (UDEST).
Agents executed a search warrant on the house on August 23.
According to Ocala Police Department SWAT, they located three adults and...
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles Field Division today announced Operation Faux Pharmacy, a multi-pronged initiative aimed at attacking the opioid epidemic by targeting rogue pharmacies throughout Southern California, Hawaii, and Nevada. DEA investigations over the last year identified...
During an early Saturday morning traffic stop, a deputy allegedly smelled marijuana emitting from inside the vehicle.
The driver, Pattreon Stokes, 26, was then asked to step out of the vehicle.
Stokes also had a 7-month old child in the front...
Recently, the Ocala Police Department conducted a recorded undercover prostitution operation in a three-block radius of South Pine Avenue, Ocala.
In one incident, an undercover officer posing as a "John" met with a known prostitute in the area, Lindsay Wilson,...
The Ocala Police Department, in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
The event will be held at the Ocala Police Department, located at 402 South Pine Avenue, Saturday, April 29,...
Ocala, Florida -- The Marion County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a wanted man.
MCSO Major Crimes Detectives have completed an investigation into Robert Morris Jones, 40, which began in 2016.
According to detectives, Jones gave...
