Florida deputies arrested a Fort Myers couple late Tuesday night after a traffic stop in the Keys found a 2-year-old boy in the vehicle covered in cockroaches and smelling of feces. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said it stopped the Chevrolet sedan, driven by 22-year-old Zachary Sousa Engren, after receiving reports of a reckless driver. …
A missing Tennessee woman has been found dead in a remote area of Monroe County, investigators said. The Madisonville Police Department said that Chelsie Walker, 24, was reported missing on October 31, although she was last seen two days earlier at a home in Tellico Plains. Detectives from the department along with the Monroe County …
Florida deputies have arrested a second person after a hotel employee kidnapped a co-worker’s toddler earlier this week. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Jan Hans Gasperik, 49, has been charged with child neglect and kidnapping, the same charges faced by Zita Gasperik, also 49, when she was arrested on Wednesday. The sheriff’s …
A Florida man shot by his stepson last month for allegedly beating the young man’s mother was arrested this week when he was released from the hospital. William Zimmerman, 53, reportedly told police at the time he intended to kill his 25-year-old stepson when he got out of the hospital. Zimmerman has been charged with …
Detectives in the Florida Keys say they’ve solved an eight-year-old cold case, charging 54-year-old Hugh Timothy Blanton with the murder of Ronald Silvia, 65, in 2012. Monroe County investigators say that Blanton and Silvia were lovers and that Blanton was upset because Silvia was showing a photo of his genitals around the campground where they …
A Georgia mother and three men have been arrested after a Snapchat video showed two of the men “horse-playing” with a 6-year-old boy in a manner that seemed “too rough.” Monroe County deputies said that they received a complaint from someone who viewed the video on May 31 sparked an investigation, according to Fox24. On …
Authorities in Florida say a drug arrest led to a bizarre case of property destruction when the suspect began ripping up the backseat of a police cruiser with his teeth. According to Fox News, police officers arrested 37-year-old on suspicion of possessing more than 40 grams of cocaine and resisting arrest following a traffic stop …
A Pennsylvania father will spend up to two years behind bars after his son picked up a loaded gun and fatally shot himself while in the 23-year-old man’s custody in June 2017. According to the New York Post, Ryan Koch was sentenced this week after pleading guilty earlier this year to involuntary manslaughter. His son, …
Authorities in Georgia say a Monroe County law enforcement officer attempted to solicit sex from the same woman he had previously arrested following a traffic stop. According to the New York Post, Bill Miller has since been arrested and is facing charges including a felony count of violating his oath of office. Police reports allege …
Authorities in New York say a man killed his 101-year-old neighbor in a brutal stabbing that rocked her Monroe County community. According to Fox News, Rochester police responded to Marcia Morrison’s apartment home on Tuesday morning. Officials reported that she was found dead inside the home after a driver knocked on her door to give …
