Three Suspects Arrested After Armed Home Invasions Target Women in Homer Glen and Lemont

Three Suspects Arrested After Armed Home Invasions Target Women in Homer Glen and Lemont

Police have taken three suspects into custody after a pair of armed home invasions in Homer Glen and Lemont that investigators believe were carried out by the same crew. According to authorities, the robbers targeted women as they pulled into their driveways, then forced their way inside the victims’ homes. Homer Glen Attack The first … Read more

Father and 4-Year-Old Son Reported Missing in Little Village, Chicago

Father and 4-Year-Old Son Reported Missing in Little Village, Chicago

Chicago police are searching for a father and his young son who have been missing from the Little Village neighborhood since Wednesday. Sergio Daniel Jul Cuc, 24, and his 4-year-old son, Hassan Nicholas Coc-Jul, were last seen in the 2200 block of South Ridgeway Avenue. Sergio is described as a 6-foot-tall, 175-pound Hispanic man with … Read more

Miami-Dade Man Charged After Shooting Nephew, Then Himself

Miami-Dade Man Charged After Shooting Nephew, Then Himself

Authorities have arrested a man following a double shooting in northwest Miami-Dade. on Jan. 5. Wilmer Ulloa, 41, was charged with attempted murder and battery after allegedly shooting his nephew during an argument over women. Deputies say the dispute began while the two were driving home from work. Ulloa reportedly struck his nephew multiple times … Read more

West Palm Beach Man Sentenced to Life for 2020 Fentanyl-Cocaine Overdose Death

West Palm Beach Man Sentenced to Life for 2020 Fentanyl-Cocaine Overdose Death

A West Palm Beach man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him responsible for a woman’s drug overdose death. Jahvon McFarlane, 40, was sentenced Thursday in Indian River County following his conviction for unlawful distribution of fentanyl or cocaine causing death. Court records show McFarlane provided the drugs … Read more

Boca Raton Manager Arrested in $200,000 Client Fraud Scheme

Boca Raton police have arrested Marius St. Gerard, a manager at a tax preparation company, following a two-year investigation that uncovered an alleged $200,000 fraud targeting clients. Detective Randa White of the Boca Raton Police Department said the investigation began in 2023 after CLR Credit Services reported a suspicious alert from their bank. “We received … Read more

Proposed Florida Bill Could Give Homeowners a Path to Dissolve Their HOA

Proposed Florida Bill Could Give Homeowners a Path to Dissolve Their HOA

Florida homeowners may soon have a legal way to break free from their homeowners’ associations under a new bill proposed by state Rep. Juan Carlos Porras (R-Miami). House Bill 657 aims to increase transparency, accountability, and fairness in communities governed by HOAs. WPBF 25 News spoke with Rep. Porras about the legislation, which he said … Read more

Pennsylvania Parents Sentenced After Premature Twins Nearly Died From Severe Malnutrition

Pennsylvania Parents Sentenced After Premature Twins Nearly Died From Severe Malnutrition

A Pennsylvania couple has been sentenced to jail after their premature twin infants were found dangerously malnourished—so underfed that they gained barely two pounds combined in more than a month. The children’s mother, 33-year-old C. Soyka, and father, 45-year-old M. Maddela, pleaded guilty to child endangerment for failing to properly feed or medically monitor their … Read more

Florida Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Pregnant Teen Ex-Girlfriend in Premeditated Ambush

Florida Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Pregnant Teen Ex-Girlfriend in Premeditated Ambush

A 23-year-old Florida man who lured his pregnant, 18-year-old ex-girlfriend to a remote park and shot her to death because she refused to “get rid of the baby” has been sentenced to death. A judge issued the sentence on Friday, following an 11–1 jury vote in October recommending capital punishment. The jury had already convicted … Read more

Florida used expired execution drugs, lower doses, lawsuit claims

Florida used expired execution drugs, lower doses, lawsuit claims

Attorneys for Frank Walls cited prison drug logs and autopsy records to argue that his Dec. 18 execution could be “disastrous.” The execution chamber at Florida State Prison in Starke is shown as a federal lawsuit seeks to delay an upcoming execution. The suit alleges prison officials used expired drugs and deviated from execution protocols.Florida … Read more