A Florida teenager was taken into custody on March 7 in Polk County for allegedly breaking into a police vehicle and stealing items including a pump-action shotgun. The 17-year-old Winter Haven resident faces a long list of charges including felony counts of armed...
A Florida woman has been charged with murder in the second degree for allegedly zipping her boyfriend inside a suitcase and then leaving him to die. The 42-year-old Winter Park resident was taken into custody on the afternoon of Feb. 24 and has been denied bond. She...
A 17-year-old Florida boy was charged with attempted murder and weapons possession after he allegedly shot his girlfriend’s former boyfriend in the face with a sawed-off shotgun on the morning of May 12. The boy’s 18-year-old girlfriend has also been charged with...
The protections against being tried more than once and punished more than once for the same occurrence predates the United States Constitution and is one of the earliest recognized principles of modern jurisprudence. Although the Fifth Amendment specifically...
