Florida deputies release bodycam video after officer shot, suspect killed during chase

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday in the 1998 kidnapping and rape of a 22-year-old woman after DNA collected from a discarded cigarette last month linked him to the case, investigators said. James Byrd, now 60, was arrested in Marion County on charges of armed kidnapping and sexual battery in the 22-year-old case, Tampa police said.

Don't mess with Gunner and Richard Wilbanks. The Florida puppy who was rescued from the jaws of an alligator by his fearless owner has been named a Deputy Dog by the local sheriff's office.

Florida deputies begged and pleaded with a suspect at gunpoint to just put his hands up for four minutes before they were forced to use deadly force, video shows — and experts said incidents like this show the incredible challenges cops face on a daily basis.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office this week went the extra mile to help some kids stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Deputies from West Boynton Beach on Tuesday stopped by a few homes to deliver school meals to kids doing virtual schooling.  The sheriff’s office said that they were inspired to delivery the food after hearing from a few kids that the thing they miss most from school is lunch. Many of the families are dependent on school lunches, the sheriff’s office said.

Florida police on Monday raided the home of a former state data scientist who claimed she was fired from the Department of Health for refusing to doctor coronavirus figures. Rebekah Jones posted a video on Twitter showing officers with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement drawing their guns as they entered her house in Tallahassee.

Two young siblings playing miniature golf were killed when a vehicle drove onto the course and hit them, according to the Panama City News Herald. The 4-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister were on vacation and putting with family members at the Coconut Creek Family Fun Park in Panama City Beach when tragedy struck.

Bodycam footage shows Florida deputies pointing guns at a young man as they convince him to drop a Samurai sword. On Tuesday night, in Callaway, three members of the Bay County Sheriff's Office convinced the man to put down the sword and get on the ground before handcuffing him.

Florida Georgia Line fans can begin counting down the days to a new album.

President Trump’s decisive election victory in my home state of Florida offers an important lesson for Republicans nationwide: If we show voters that Republicans are the party of working-class Americans, a party that reaches out to people of all races and creeds, and a party that fights for equal opportunity for all we will win in future elections.

Two Florida officers who fired 42 rounds at a suspect accused of robbing a Dollar General, fatally shooting him in the head, were cleared of wrongdoing by the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday.  Store employees called police on the morning of Oct.

Georgia officials tell Fox News they are investigating a Florida attorney for attempting to vote illegally in the state's Jan. 5 Senate runoff, after a video emerged of him stating his intent to move to Georgia temporarily and encouraging others to use his relative’s address to do the same.

Two duck hunters in Florida had to patiently wait their turn after spotting a massive alligator snatch their quarry in a swamp last week. Kevin Stipe and Cass Couey, who own the PRO HUNT navigation app, posted video to Facebook on Wednesday of what they described as a “monster” gator.The video shows the reptile sneak up on an unsuspecting duck and chomp down on the waterfowl as the men watch from a distance.

A Florida woman savagely hacked a man with a machete in his own bedroom during a psychotic attempt to convince his wife to run away with her, authorities said. Alana J.

A car chase in Florida led to a harrowing rescue Thursday when the fleeing driver crashed into a pond with two children in the back seat.   Deputies attempted to stop the car over a window tint violation on U.S. Highway 19 in Pasco County at 3:15 p.m., but the suspect drove into the nearby Ja-Mar mobile home park, passing several residents and hitting a dead end before losing control.

Police in Florida released body camera footage from an officer-involved shooting that left an 18-year-old Black man dead after the medical examiner discovered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  “This case continues to be investigated,” the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said in a statement.  The Medical Examiner's Office did not specify whether Devon Tilman Gregory died from the self-inflicted injury or from one of the dozens of bullets that police fired at the vehicle he was occupying during the

Tyler Hubbard says his brief social media divorce from Florida George Line partner Brian Kelley was political.