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 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
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
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
A former employee of a Miami luxury car dealership and her family are facing charges in a fraud scheme that allegedly defrauded the business of more than $1 million, authorities said. Yuddy Mejias, 51, her husband Miguel Gonzalez, 54, and their son Angel Gonzalez, 28, were arrested Monday on charges including grand theft, organized fraud, … Read more
A Miami-Dade woman faces multiple charges following a chaotic domestic incident on the Palmetto Expressway Tuesday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), Gisell Mansur, 39, of Cutler Bay, and a friend had been out with her husband when a dispute escalated in his SUV. Troopers said both women were “heavily intoxicated.” During the … Read more
A South Florida Uber driver was arrested after allegedly making sexual comments and touching a 15-year-old girl during a ride she requested through the Uber Teens app. “You were arrested for lewd and lascivious conduct on a child,” said Judge Mindy S. Glazer. Jose Miguel Perez-Molina, 39, appeared Wednesday in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. He faces … Read more
Chicago police shot and killed a man Tuesday night during an investigation into a stolen vehicle in the Arcadia Terrace neighborhood. The Chicago Police Department said tactical officers were checking a stolen, unoccupied parked car around 10:30 p.m. in the 5700 block of North Washtenaw Avenue when a dark sedan pulled up with two men … Read more
An investigation is underway after a man was found critically injured in a shooting Wednesday evening on Chicago’s South Side. Chicago police said officers responded around 5:49 p.m. to the 1500 block of East 74th Street in the Grand Crossing neighborhood. When they arrived, they found a 25-year-old man near the street with gunshot wounds … Read more
A man has been charged with setting a fire in his Cicero apartment building to cover up the shooting death of his roommate last month. Police say that around 9:15 p.m. on Nov. 3, officers and firefighters responded to reports of an explosion and fire in a three-story building on the 1800 block of South … Read more