A 25-year-old Florida home health aide has been charged with manslaughter after she failed to call 911 when the 86-year-old man in her care fell out of bed and she didn’t help him or call 911 for hours. An affidavit says that Beatrice Taylor arrived at the home for her shift at 9 p.m. and …
Georgia authorities arrested a Haralson County deputy this week on child molestation and incest charges. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it was asked by the Polk County Police Department in Cedartown to investigate allegations involving Thomas Roberts, 30, on November 10, 2023. Roberts was arrested on Tuesday and brought to the Polk County jail, …
A Florida woman was arrested this week after she allegedly ran over her boyfriend and their 16-month-old son, who remains hospitalized with severe injuries. Aaliyah Ross, 27, was charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated domestic battery, negligent child abuse, domestic battery, and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, WWSB reported. The infant …
Texas deputies are searching for a man they shot shot a woman and dumped her body in a wooded area off US Highway 59 near Livingston. Jasmine Muldoon was reported missing on Sunday, and her body was found Monday afternoon, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Her body was taken to the Harris County …
An Iowa pediatric surgeon was sentenced last week to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Lynn Lindaman, 73, was convicted in February for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl. according to the Polk County Attorney’s Office. The jury deliberated for about an hour before delivering the guilty verdict. Earlier in February, Lindaman admitted that …
A Florida man was arrested this week after he was involved in not one but two hit-and-run crashes, including one in which he killed a Bartow High School student while fleeing the first accident. Edgardo Joel Rosado Perez, 41, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, according to the Lakeland Ledger. The …
A Florida man has been arrested after he threw a beer can at a vehicle he said was speeding in his neighborhood and then confronted the driver. With his AR-15 rifle. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said that Eric Proctor denied the felony aggravated assault charges although video from his own house showed him rushing …
A Florida man is accused of killing his 16-year-old son with an angle grinder. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said that Stephen Rodda was living temporarily with his grandfather, Thomas Rodda, to help him out while his grandmother was in rehab. The elder Rodda spent several hours visiting his wife Monday morning, and when he …
A 13-year-old boy was arrested after he exchanged gunfire with police during a chase through a residential neighborhood in Lakeland. One officer was shot in the foot, and the teen was also taken to the hospital with a gunshot wounds to the leg and abdomen, where he is recovering while in police custody, WKMG reported. …
A long time California school board member was arrested last weekend in an undercover human trafficking operation in Florida. “Operation Traffic Stop” picked up 213 people, among them 60-year-old Scott Kenneth Wooden, who had served on the Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees since 2010, Law and Crime reported. The operation was run …
Two Florida man are dead after they shot each other in an ongoing dispute at the business they both own on Thursday afternoon. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said that Akeido Bennett, 31, and Xavier Figueroa, shot each other at the business at 3135 US 92 East in Lakeland, WOFL reported. The sheriff’s office did …
A 21-year-old Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed early Tuesday mornin while serving a warrant. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said four deputies had gone to serve the suspect with a failure to appear warrant. The deputies entered the mobile home, he said, and shots were fired, striking one of the deputies. The deputy …
