Marion County (Florida)

Ocala cops are looking for Yvonne Wilkerson, who they say set fire to her mom's car, which then damaged another car and motorcycle parked nearby and melted window blinds inside a home, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. Wilkerson's mother told other...

Caution: Bullies on Board! Ride at your own risk. The Liberty Middle School Seven, students accused of beating a classmate on a school bus earlier this month in Ocala, were arraigned on various charges in a Marion County courthouse, reports the Ocala...

Some folks are just trouble magnets. After visiting the courthouse in Ocala for his DUI case, Todd Edward Shields, a homeless man, was broke and needed a ride to his motel room, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. He hoofed it for miles then decided he...

Rebecca Miller, 38, of Ocala, allegedly beat up an 85-year-old woman in an argument, knocking both the senior's glasses and hearing aids off, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. The senior was unable to call 911 because she was being attacked but did manage...

Once upon a time neighbors could be counted upon to keep an eye on each other for burglars or suspicious activity. Nowadays it seems that you have to keep an eye on your neighbor. Deputies say Michael Williams, 40, burglarized his neighbor’s...

It's takes a BIG creep to blame a victim for a sex crime. Especially when the victim is only 11-years-old. Michael McClintock, 21, allegedly told a sheriff's detective that an 11-year-old was the aggressor was booked into jail and charged with six...

Run when you see this dude. Ocala police officers arrested Graham Smith, 44, after two female joggers reported he had driven up to them before exposing himself and performing a sex act, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. It was a twofer charge for Smith...

A woman walking in an Ocala park with his 11-month-old niece told a deputy a man had exposed himself to her, reports the Ocala Star Banner. The woman identified the man, Glenn Lorenzo McMahon, 23, to a deputy. He was arrested at Freedom Library,...

It was a Christmas Eve brawl. Christopher Kirnes, 54, was reportedly cursing his mother because she had not brought any beer home. Bryant Odell Dozier, 31, who lives at the same residence in Citra with his in-laws, then got a crowbar and threatened...

NONLEAGUE Costa Mesa 38, Brethren Christian 37 Godinez 38, Sunny Hills 27 Irvine University 67, Aliso Niguel 52 Laguna Hills 44, Capistrano Valley 43 Loara 43, Century 30 San Francisco St. Ignatius Prep 63, Irvine 55 San Juan Hills 70,......

Calling a rare late-session committee meeting, the Florida Senate unveiled a final tax package Wednesday morning that grants $120 million a year in tax breaks to phosphate miners, aircraft-engine makers, onshore oil-drillers and many others. The package,...

TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Jack Latvala, a St. Petersburg Republican who joined forces with Andy Gardiner during session to beat back a GOP palace coup in the Senate, has filed an amendment to the new Senate redistricting map that moves his former opponent'...