Crime and Public Safety

An Orlando police sergeant who responded with Officer Kevin Valencia on the domestic violence call - where Valencia was shot in the head by a suspect - was found to have acted in violation of department policy, according to a newly released internal affairs report.

Rivera was released from jail Monday after prosecutors took too long to bring forth more evidence for charges connecting him to Montalvo's murder.

Neidy Mendez-Gudine and Kyle Reese are facing charges in two unrelated cases.

Six of the bodies found were children, authorities said.

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Roxanne Bartlett, 22, is facing charges.

The Florida Institute of Technology is undergoing scrutiny after the school's student newspaper, The Crimson, exposed a discrepancy over crime statistics reported by the university.

Deputies said that she was last seen at about 1 p.m. on January 11 in the Crystal River area.

The victim was struck in the leg and unknown suspects fled in an SUV, police said.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said Anthony Todt, 44, confessed to killing his wife and three children.

The victim told sheriff’s deputies the younger boy held a semiautomatic handgun and ordered him to take off his shirt on Saturday, the arrest report said. Both boys then forced him to walk to an apartment “while threatening to shoot him,” the report said.

Video showed that the teacher dropped the boy face down on the floor and as she knelt beside him, her knee landed on his, breaking his tibia, the report said.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says this arrest comes within 2 weeks of another child abuse case in the county that resulted in death. 

Jenna Gainey reportedly stole over $2,000 in Gucci items from the store in Orlando.

Police said that at least eight guitars were stolen, including ones signed by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and U2.

While at the home, deputies noticed two wooden cages with locks, according to the sheriff’s office. Investigators said they learned that the children had been locked in the cages multiple times.

Logan Starling, 4, was found unconscious in the vehicle with an internal temperature of 108 degrees. He was later pronounced dead at a local area hospital.

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