Orange County deputies arrested a Palm Bay Universal theme park employee they say tried to meet a 14-year-old for sex after contacting the “teen” online — but investigators say the child was actually an undercover deputy. Deputies arrested 30-year-old Tyler Exline Tuesday at his place of employment, Universal’s Epic Universe. He now faces two counts of solicitation of a minor, according to an arrest affidavit. He faces another count of unlawful use of a two-way communication device, also a third-degree felony.

One person was hospitalized after a shooting in Daytona Beach Wednesday. The shooting happened in the 1400 block of South Palmetto Avenue, off South Ridgewood Avenue and Beville Road.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 26-year-old Kenneth Jerome Logan Jr. He is accused of shooting at a woman in the parking garage of the Orange County Courthouse in Downtown Orlando Wednesday.

Ocala Police say 27-year-old Caleb Ray is accused of grooming a child for years after first meeting the victim at church. Detectives say the victim, now a teenager, reported first meeting Ray when the child was nine years old. According to the arrest report, investigators believe Ray maintained contact for years using Snapchat.

Three days after a mass shooting at a memorial gathering in Sanford left eight people hurt, police have not announced any arrests or named any suspects. Sanford Police say they are still working to identify who opened fire, but investigators are facing a familiar challenge: witnesses who will not talk.

Vickie Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the New Year’s Eve 2022 killings at the couple’s senior living facility apartment in Mount Dora.

New body-camera video is offering a closer look at the moments officers responded to an attack on an elderly Ormond Beach couple — and the chaotic arrest that followed.

Zi'Erric Wynn died in a crash six years ago. His family was gathering for a memorial in Sanford Saturday night when several people were shot. Wynn's grandmother is speaking out about the shooting and asking why people had to ruin the memorial.

Deputies are investigating a shooting that killed a man in the Pine Hills area of Orange County Monday night. Deputies found a man in his 30s who had been shot along Westbury Drive, just off Silver Star Road, west of Pine Hills Road.

A Sanford man is facing three felony charges after police say he drove 118 miles per hour on Interstate 4 with a loaded handgun within arm’s reach, refused to stop for officers and rammed a detective’s patrol car overnight Saturday.

The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for help in tracking down the vehicle and driver who hit a cyclist in Winter Springs and fled.

At least eight people were wounded after a gathering ended in a shooting Saturday night in Sanford, police said.

The suspect, who was already facing two counts of attempted murder connected to the college incident, shot the officer while at the hospital, officials said.

A 4-year-old girl and her mother were injured Saturday morning in Deltona after the child’s father reported that he accidentally discharged a handgun.

A maintenance worker with UCF was arrested after he traveled to meet someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy — only to find out it was actually an undercover detective, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Three Lake County Jail correctional officers were arrested after investigators alleged they used forged payroll records to obtain childcare assistance.

The proposed $12 million drone network would give deputies live aerial views of emergency scenes within minutes and support priority calls across Lake County by 2029.

A Punta Gorda woman was arrested after a video was discovered that revealed her engaging in a “sexual act” with the family’s pet dog, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies in Osceola County arrested a woman who they said tried to kill herself and her two sons, telling deputies that she was struggling to care for the men, who had a severe form of autism.

A man and woman were arrested Thursday at a Kissimmee-area motel after deputies said they found a couple kidnapped and beaten inside. Deputies arrested Salvi Sola-Torres, 37, and Glorimar Ramos-Pagon, 38, at the Siesta Motor Inn on Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway.

Deputies in Volusia County were called to a Deltona neighborhood overnight for reports of gunshots being fired. The incident happened in the area of Saxon Boulevard and Providence Boulevard.

A Lakeland mother was arrested after deputies discovered an “incestuous relationship” between her and her son last month, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

A person who broke into The Soda Fountain early Monday morning ended up leaving with $1,000, according to the owners of the College Park shop.

On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier revealed proposed legislation that he says would “shut down spam calls and texts” in the state.

After a deadly deputy-involved shooting earlier this year sparked controversy in Leesburg, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has provided more information to justify the incident.

Years before he was arrested for an alleged fight with a 14-year-old student, a Poinciana High School campus monitor resigned from the Orange County Corrections Department amid an investigation into an allegation that he engaged in “improper behavior” with an inmate, according to newly obtained documents.

A man was taken into custody Wednesday after an apparent drug bust in Eustis. Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies were seen putting a man in handcuffs and then a patrol car in the area of East Clifford Avenue.

Ocala's police chief has provided more information after a shooting over the weekend left one person dead and two others hurt.

A Palm Coast woman was arrested over the weekend after she kicked a deputy during a “temper tantrum,” according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Jurors in Lake County on Monday saw key evidence in the murder trial of Vickie Lynn Williams, including a bloody kitchen knife prosecutors say was used to kill retired Mount Dora couple Darryl and Sharon Getman.

A City of Wildwood employee was arrested after an investigation found financial discrepancies worth around $23,000. Wildwood police arrested Gabriella Ascione on Monday.

A fourth arrest warrant has been issued after an attempted home invasion and shooting broke out in Deltona late last year, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Shoppers and employees at a Sedano’s grocery store along Curry Ford Road ran for cover Thursday afternoon after Orlando police said a man walked in carrying what appeared to be a rifle and pointed it at employees, and even a customer’s dog.

No charges were filed against rapper Kodak Black after he was booked into the Orange County Jail earlier this year, according to court records obtained by News 6.

Two Central Florida men were arrested after Altamonte Springs police said they confronted and attacked someone over an alleged $9 debt at a Wawa early Wednesday morning.

An Osceola County judge Friday sentenced a pastor to 30 years in prison for raping a congregant.

After a shooting broke out near an Orlando shopping center last week, police announced that they’ve finally apprehended a suspect.

Four students were taken into custody were made after a fight broke out at Lyman High School on Thursday, according to the Longwood Police Department.

A man was arrested and accused of a home invasion after Orange County Sheriff's deputies said a dispute over a FedEx package escalated into something much more serious. Jeffrey Emilio Perez Geronimo, 28, was booked into the Orange County Jail Wednesday after he was arrested on suspicion of home invasion robbery.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that a crime ring had been busted in the state — all over a baby formula scheme.

Crime scene investigators with the Orlando Police Department returned Wednesday to a home in the 2200 block of Jefferson Street, marking the second day in a row investigators have been seen at the property.

While investigating, the responding deputy noted that he found some strange goods in Lydic's vehicle, including women's underwear and other sexual devices.

Two people are in critical condition at an Orange County hospital after a stabbing at a gas station Tuesday night.

Three teens were arrested after a shooting at an Ormond Beach home earlier this week, according to the police department.

A 59-year-old Ormond Beach gate attendant has been jailed after investigators said he fired “warning shots” at another man in the neighborhood, according to the police department.

A stretch of West Highway 40 in Dunnellon has been closed after a deputy-involved shooting, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

According to deputies, the victim had an audio recording of what happened, revealing the neighbor laughing, calling the victim names, and yelling threats that he would "be crawling through the walls and figure out ways to make your life hell."

According to Volusia deputies, Donald Hemphill admitted to installing a device inside a bathroom outlet, with recorded footage found on his phone depicting women and at least one child in stages of undress.

In December 2022, investigators said Williams visited the Getmans’ apartment the night before their bodies were discovered, asking to use their shower and charge her cellphone. The next morning, the couple was found dead in their entryway, and their car was missing.

A Eustis man has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after shooting a law enforcement drone conducting surveillance on him last year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Two people facing charges in the shooting death of a man at a Palm Bay park will stay in jail without bond.

Police in Palm Bay have arrested two people in connection with a homicide and robbery at Patrick Woodard Memorial Park last month.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood took to social media this week to blast the county chair amid discussions over the local budget.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations Tampa has seized over 22,000 artifacts as part of an ongoing investigation into global antiquities smuggling, the agency reported late last month.

A man and woman have been taken into custody after investigators discovered a 12-year-old had been subject to “unreasonable physical punishment,” according to the Fruitland Park Police Department.

The two women accused of owning dogs that killed an 8-year-old boy in DeLand appeared in court Wednesday for a major update in their case — and his family says the continued delays are making an already painful situation even harder to bear.

An Osceola County school monitor was arrested after getting into a “physical altercation” with a 14-year-old boy on Tuesday, according to the sheriff’s office.

The man Orlando police say killed a swan at Lake Eola one year ago is back behind bars again, accused of a metal pipe rampage in broad daylight on Monday.

Cocoa Beach police are searching for the identity of a man spotted causing “thousands of dollars in damage” to a local business late at night.

Harold Gene Lucas was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, 50 years after killing 16-year-old Jill Piper at her home in Bonita Springs.

An Orlando woman has been arrested after detectives accused her of trying to murder a 69-year-old man she met through a dating site, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

During an arrest at the Orange County courthouse on Tuesday, an “unknown substance” caused deputies to fall ill — sparking an evacuation, according to the OCSO.

Keith Moses, the man charged with killing three people in Pine Hills — including a 9-year-old girl — appeared in court Tuesday as his legal team works to push back his trial date to 2027.

A 77-year-old woman was “sexually attacked” in her Mulberry home over the weekend, and the suspect was identified as a man who was in the country illegally, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

A former NFL wide receiver has been taken into custody over his ties to “multiple felony offenses,” according to the Daytona Beach Police Department.

Over one year later, and the Sunshine State’s “Super Speeder” law has already netted thousands of citations across the state, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A carjacking suspect is in custody, and multiple children safe after a multi-county chase, Flagler County Deputies say. The sheriff’s office says the carjacking happened in Volusia County, and they were contacted to help.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a death warrant for Curtis Wilkie Beasley for the 1995 murder of a Polk County woman bludgeoned with a hammer in the laundry room of her home.

A fingerprint left on a television mount helped investigators identify a “career criminal” as the suspect in a burglary at a DeLand church, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A Jones High School student was arrested on Thursday and now faces a variety of charges, including aggravated stalking and child porn possession, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Police in Ocala say they are investigating a bomb threat at the College of Central Florida. The Ocala campus has been evacuated.

Michael Caruso, the suspended Palm Beach clerk of courts accused of child sex abuse, appeared before a judge in Orange County Friday. Meanwhile, he's retained a lawyer who worked on Harvey Weinstein's rape case to help his defense.

An HVAC technician has been arrested after he was caught kicking a homeowner’s dog by a dog-treat dispenser, according to the Sanford Police Department.

A Brevard County man pleaded guilty Thursday to killing his teenage daughter, her mother, stepfather and grandmother in a 2023 shooting, saying in court he is ready to accept the consequences — including the possibility of death.

The incident happened near the park’s location at 490 Koutnik Road, and the call came in around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.

A 74-year-old grandmother has been accused of killing her 17-month-old granddaughter, according to the Winter Haven Police Department.

A teen has been arrested after a 25-year-old veteran was reportedly shot and killed trying to break up a fight earlier this year, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Nearly 40 people were taken into custody in a recent prostitution probe out of Altamonte Springs, according to the police department.

Investigators are looking into a death reported out of Seminole County on Wednesday, according to the sheriff’s office.

A Titusville teenager accused of raping and murdering his stepsister on a cruise ship has been granted a delay for his upcoming trial.

A traffic stop in Orange County near SeaWorld turned into a lengthy chase Monday night that included speeds topping 115 mph and a wrong-way stretch on International Drive, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A new lawsuit against Barry University School of Law claims the school was negligent in hiring and retaining a former law professor who is facing criminal charges of child porn possession and video voyeurism.

A wide-ranging operation in Florida has ended with the recovery of over 160 children, according to state Attorney General James Uthmeier.

After almost two years of waiting for answers in the death of her son, Tyrek Hill’s mother is speaking out after a jury found Jaylen Edgar guilty in the 2024 downtown Orlando Halloween shooting.

A private property in Volusia County is now being cleaned up after being overtaken by homeless camps, drugs, and thousands of pounds of trash, according to the sheriff’s office.

A man fleeing a Sumter County traffic stop sideswiped two vehicles before crashing head-on into a public school bus on Tuesday. The 19 students who were on the bus were not hurt.

An Orange County fire battalion chief was arrested last week as part of a prostitution sting out of Seminole County, according to the Altamonte Springs Police Department.

Timothy Hudson, 16, is asking a judge to delay his upcoming trial for the rape and murder of his 18-year-old stepsister Anna Kepner.

An Orlando man is now facing even more charges after he allegedly attacked a corrections officer at the Orange County jail on Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.

Jaylen Edgar, 18, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder in connection with a deadly mass shooting during Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando in 2024.

Prosecutors rested their case in the murder trial of the man accused of committing a deadly mass shooting during Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando in 2024. Jaylen Edgar, 18, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder.

A judge in Seminole County this week sentenced a man to 8 and a half years in prison for trapping a Seminole County gas station clerk hostage in 2024 and slashing her face and neck.

Officers responded to the scene on the 700 block of School Street just before noon on Friday, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound.

A Palm Coast man has been sentenced after exposing himself to a minor at a Chick-fil-A drive thru, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

A suspect fleeing the Florida Highway Patrol was caught after carjacking a vehicle, then crashing into oncoming traffic at State Road 44 near New Smyrna Beach, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

The man charged in the deadly shooting in downtown Orlando during Halloween celebrations in 2024 acted in a premeditated manner, prosecutors argued Thursday in opening statements.

The owner of a dog that Volusia County deputies said killed an 8-year-old boy in DeLand has been arrested again — this time on drug charges, according to jail records obtained by News 6.

An Orange County corrections officer is behind bars after being arrested on over 50 counts of possessing child pornography, according to the corrections department.

A Daytona Beach mother was arrested last week after she reportedly attacked a teacher at a local elementary school, according to the police department.

A registered sex offender in and out of prison for decades is back in the Orange County Jail after police say he exposed himself to drivers outside a Popeyes in Ocoee Tuesday morning.