A 54‑year‑old Lakeland man was arrested after an armed disturbance on County Road 542; deputies say they found a 9mm and a large stash of drugs at his home.

A 20-year-old motorcyclist suffered a severed forearm muscle and multiple fractures after a hit-and-run in Eustis last Monday; a 65-year-old driver was later arrested.

A U.S.-Israeli citizen extradited from Norway was arraigned Monday in Orlando on alleged threats to Jewish community centers, the FBI said.

Police say a 66-year-old St. Cloud man faces multiple felony child-sex-abuse charges after children living in his home reported years of abuse, including victims as young as 5.

A DeLand Walmart cashier was arrested after deputies say she kept an elderly customer's $2,700 winning lottery ticket; deputies recovered the stub and filed grand theft charges.

An active police investigation on North Atlantic Avenue drew a heavy law‑enforcement presence near downtown Cocoa Beach; officials said the scene was contained around 10 a.m.

Timothy Byrnes, 58, a retired NYPD lieutenant and 9/11 first responder, was killed after being ejected from a golf cart in the Village of Citrus Grove. Police say the trailer attached to a pickup struck him after the cart hit a curb.

A neighbor was arrested Sunday after deputies say shots fired into a fence panel in the 1700 block of Oak Grove Chase Drive injured a man; the motive remains under investigation.

A plea this week spares a West Melbourne man the death penalty and resolves the 2021 abuse death of 3‑year‑old Jameson Nance with a 60‑year prison term.

A life sentence closed a decades‑old cold case in Sanford while the victim’s son told reporters he forgave the man convicted of his mother’s killing.

A driver died after his SUV veered off eastbound I‑4 near mile marker 128, struck a fence and rolled several times, troopers said.

Police say public tips led to the arrest of a 34‑year‑old in the June 16 vandalism of a St. Cloud roadside memorial. He’s charged and held on $1,000 bond.

Heavy police responded to reports of shots in Oviedo's Live Oak Reserve. Investigators suspect a drug deal gone wrong and say there is no ongoing public threat.