A Brevard County grand jury indicted Lucas Jones, 19, on one count of first-degree murder, along with charges of abuse of a dead human body. Investigators say Jones targeted Colie Lee Daniel, 28, after finding him on the registry of local sex offenders.
A new brush fire burning in Palm Bay’s ‘Compound’ area is prompting evacuations as a precaution. According to Palm Bay Fire Rescue, crews are battling a 100-acre fire in the Compound right now in the area of Madden and Olivia roads. It’s about 50% contained.
The young woman who police said told them her boyfriend dismembered a man, stuffed him in suitcases, and dumped his remains in the Compound, told police she was afraid she could be next.
The young man police say dumped two suitcases stuffed with human remains in the tall grass at the Compound is now facing a murder charge, too.
Some neighbors are sickened to hear human remains were found in suitcases in an abandoned area where dead bodies have been found before.
Police found human remains in an abandoned suitcase in Palm Bay’s notorious “Compound” over the weekend and a 19-year-old whose name was found inside was arrested in connection with the case.
The future of a troubled neighborhood known as “The Compound” is back on the table as the city of Palm Bay is discussing a new proposal for the area.
A couple originally facing murder charges for the shooting of a 30-year-old man and the theft of his car last year in the Compound will be going to prison, but not for murder.
In what was the most recent of three murder investigations in the Compound, Palm Bay Police said Robert Lanning and Rene Lemos blamed each other for killing Nick Mitchell.
In its first meeting since police said two teenagers were found shot and killed on Christmas, the Palm Bay City Council Thursday proposed a workshop to help find solutions to violence and other illegal activities in the undeveloped neighborhood called the Compound.
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PALM BAY, Fla. – A 22-year-old man was arrested in Palm Bay in connection with a beating at the “Compound” that left a man in a coma. Palm Bay police said Michael Hoffa was arrested Thursday on charges of attempted murder, robbery with a deadly weapon and kidnapping. According to authorities, Brennan Navarre, 19, was found unconscious in December at the “Compound,” an abandoned housing development in southwest Palm Bay near the intersection of J.A. Navarre was then struck repeatedly with a metal baseball bat, police said. Navarre recently returned home from the hospital and is doing much better, according to his family.
