CRIME & SAFETY

A toddler has died after she was left in the family car in Orange City, Florida, after a lunch trip, officials say.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A tree-cutting crew in Deltona was threatened with a weapon Thursday. The owner of Tree Timber, Edward Lebron, said cutting trees is already a dangerous business, but unpredictable homeowners are cause for extra concern. “They throw a tantrum just for anything,” Lebron said. After...

SANFORD, Fla. – The Sanford Police Department located a missing teenager last seen on Tuesday. Before she went missing Malese Wynn, 16, was last seen leaving the North Branch Library at 150 N Palmetto Avenue in Sanford at 12:49 p.m., after her parents dropped her off there just three minutes prior, the police department said.

A devastating house fire has left a single mom fighting for nine months to get back into her home. She blames the contractor and the contract she signed at her most vulnerable moment.

DELAND, Fla. – A motorcyclist is in critical condition following a three-car crash in DeLand. The crash happened on Thursday around 3:10 p.m. on Flightline Boulevard near Biscayne Boulevard. According to the DeLand Police Department, a Kia sedan was traveling south on Flightline Boulevard when the driver ran a...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Monday, June 12, marks seven years since the Pulse Nightclub shooting claimed the lives of 49 people. On Wednesday, 49 ribbons commemorating each victim, plus dozens of messages from loved ones, were stretched between two trees in front of Orlando City Hall. Local leaders, including Deputy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal prosecutors want an Orlando college student to spend more than three years in prison for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Grady Owens was a student at Full Sail University when he was arrested by FBI agents in April of 2021. Prosecutors...

ORLANDO, Fla. — In his first town hall on gun violence prevention, Congressman Maxwell Frost expressed how he needs the community's help to save lives. Community members, families of shooting victims, and local leaders joined him in the Carver Shores neighborhood Thursday night to discuss how they plan to fight the deadly problem.

A jury deliberated for just over an hour before finding a DeBary man guilty of killing his father more than a decade ago. Robert Remus Jr. strangled his father, tied his body to a barbecue grill, and tossed him from a pontoon boat into the St. Johns River. ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A shooting in Orlando is under investigation. According to police, one person was shot on West Colonial Drive. The victim was taken to the hospital, where they are in stable condition. There's been no suspect information given, and Orlando police are continuing to investigate.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office were called to investigate the discovery of a body off of Mercy Drive near Princeton Street. Authorities blocked off a section of Mercy Dr. while a forensics team arrived to assist. Authorities determined that the death was not suspicious. The circumstances of the death and the identity of the deceased were not immediately released.

The Orlando Police Department said around 11:30 p.m. their officers responded to a shooting call in the 5600 block of Merrit Court.

By IVY BROWN Court TV A Florida couple is facing dozens of charges for brutally torturing a 5-year-old boy, police say. Taylor Schaefer, 28, and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Shawn Stone, are each facing more than two dozen charges for repeatedly abusing the boy and two other children in their DeLand-area home, according to the Volusia... Read more » Fore more crime and trial news coverage, visit Court TV

ORLANDO, Fla. — It's been almost seven years since a massacre that forever changed Orlando. Forty-nine lives were taken in the Pulse Nightclub shooting and dozens were injured on Jun. 12, 2016. Several events are planned to honor Pulse victims, survivors and their families. A week of remembrance kicked...

Ashley Peppard was reported missing in Sanford, just northeast of Orlando.

A pickup truck crashed into a tree and burst into flames in Orlando early Thursday, troopers said. The crash happened shortly after 2 a.m. at Winter Garden Vineland Road and Equestrian Drive.

A man from Virginia has been handed a two-year prison sentence today for his involvement in a scheme to deceive Medicare by acquiring prescription drug benefits worth more than $1 million.

It has been almost ten months since the devastating death of Apopka firefighter Austin Duran, and his father is still seeking justice and accountability from the City. The 25-year-old Apopka firefighter passed away in July 2022 after being injured while trying to move a sand trailer at work. Following an independent report into the department's management process, it was found that the accident may have resulted, in part, from the department's lack of training.

A fugitive from Connecticut was arrested in Volusia County Wednesday after a desperate attempt to avoid being captured.

APOPKA, Fla. — Human remains were discovered in Apopka Monday night. According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, deputies were working on an unrelated call for service in the 2000 block of South Hawthorne Avenue when they discovered human remains. "Details about the deceased person are unknown at this...