Tag: Cops
Off-Duty Cop Accidentally Shoots Woman at Publix
Miami (WTFF) – A woman standing in line at Publix was wounded after an off-duty police officer accidentally discharged his firearm. »
Naked Florida Man Busted Playing Basketball at Candy Land Park
Longwood (WTFF) – A Florida man was arrested for allegedly shooting hoops at a public park in the nude. »
Drunk Florida Man Crashes Riding Lawn Mower into Parked Police Car
Haines City (WTFF) – A Polk County man with a blood alcohol level of 0.241 was arrested after crashing into a police cruiser with his riding lawn mower. »
Cop Found Not Guilty of Negligence for Shooting at Autistic Man Holding Toy Truck
Miami (WTFF) – SWAT Officer Jonathan Aledda was acquitted by a Florida jury on one count of culpable negligence after shooting an unarmed behavioral therapist who was lying on the ground with his hands in the air begging cops not to shoot. »
Spring Hill Man Reportedly Fights Deputies While Holding Baby
Spring Hill (WTFF) – A Florida man is in jail after being accused of trying to fight with deputies while holding his 2-month-old child. »
Deputy Jails Floridian for 41 Days over Laundry Detergent
Stuart (WTFF) – A Floridian spent nearly 6 weeks in jail because a deputy found laundry detergent in his car. »
Prison + Profit
It’s almost like arresting drug addicts and spending tax dollars to put them in overpriced storage containers only to release them later with no rehabilitation and with a record that denies them from having a good job doesn’t really work for society. Are humans actually so ignorant that they believe these efforts are effective? Or […] »
Deputy Quits after Stealing Commissary Candy
Cleveland, FL (WTFF) – A corrections officer has resigned after getting caught stealing candy from the Charlotte County Jail commissary. »
‘You’re treating me like a f*cking black person!’: Florida man to cops
Orlando (WTFF) – A white Republican doctor from Florida came to an airport with a baggie of weed and complained that he was being “treated like a black person” while being arrested. »
Floridian arrested after mooning people in Target
Stuart (WTFF) – A Floridian is facing a felony and three misdemeanors after reportedly mooning people in Target and having a little weed at his house. »
Smile for the Camera!
Here’s a great photo posted by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. »
Tampa Police Dancing
Cute. »
‘Maybe I will’: Facebook post about a ‘killing spree’ gets a Florida man arrested
Tavares (WTFF) – A Florida man is in jail after allegedly making written threats to kill via Facebook. »
Pasco Detective Loses Gun in Burger King Bathroom
New Port Richey (WTFF) – Deputies are searching for a missing gun that was accidentally left behind in a Burger King bathroom by a plainclothes detective. »
Deland Man Tries Hiding from Cops in Lily Pads
Paisley (WTFF) – A Lake County man who had a warrant out for Domestic Battery charges tried to escape arrest by jumping into a lake. »
Wild Florida Mans
Cops in Florida are like the FWC, only for wild Florida Mans. »
Florida Man Points Rifle at Deputy, Gets Tackled
Brevard County (WTFF) – A Florida man who allegedly pointed a rifle at a deputy was tackled and arrested. »
Florida Man Hides from Pasco Deputies in Swamp, Gets Licked by K9
Pasco County (WTFF) – A Florida man who led deputies on a high speed chase was found hiding in a swamp. »
Machete-wielding Florida Man Shot Dead by Police
Tampa (WTFF) – A Florida man was fatally shot by Tampa police after allegedly threatening a relative with a machete. »
Flagler County Jail Reveals its New Sign: Green Roof Inn
Dunnell (WTFF) – Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly has called the Flagler County jail by another name for over a year, and now it’s unofficially even more official. »
Palm Bay Woman Gets a DUI in Police Station Parking Lot
Brevard (WTFF) – A woman was arrested in Palm Bay after she parked in a restricted parking spot at the Palm Bay Police Department and was found to be drunk. »
Florida police sergeant acquitted in choking of 5-year-old
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A jury has cleared a Florida sergeant who was on trial for choking his girlfriend’s five-year-old boy for wetting the bed. »
Escambia Cop Who Tried Killing Wife with Patrol Car Gets Probation
Milton, FL (WTFF) — A Florida cop who ate some pills and purposely rammed his patrol vehicle into his ex-wife’s home has been sentenced to two years of probation. The incident happened back in November of 2016 in Milton, FL. »
Cadet Steals his Dad’s Police Car, Pulls Over Ex and her New Boyfriend
Christopher Combs is a real “son of a cop.” He’s 22 years old, lives in Boynton Beach, and works as a cadet in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office… the same office his daddy works at as a lieutenant. On Saturday, around midnight, Christopher and two of his buddies were driving in a pickup truck […] »
Florida Man shouts “I am God” and punches a cop in the head
A Melbourne man was taken into custody early Sunday after police say he punched a Melbourne police officer in the side of the head. Police arrived at Radnor Drive and Central Boulevard in Melbourne around 10:30 p.m. Saturday and saw 19-year-old Jacob Bortz running around, flailing and shouting a female’s name in the street, according […] »
Florida delivery man hit by police car and then arrested
A Jimmy John’s delivery cyclist was hit in a downtown crosswalk Thursday afternoon by a Miami police officer driving an unmarked car. But it was the sandwich deliveryman who went to jail. For 12 hours. Mason Morales was arrested for criminal mischief after he threw his bike against the car in anger, then handcuffed in […] »
Law Enforcement in Florida
Florida police fatally shoot woman threatening suicide
Authorities say a Florida police SWAT team shot and killed an armed woman who had been threatening suicide. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says a Sunrise Police SWAT team went to an apartment Friday where an armed woman had barricaded herself inside and was threatening to kill herself. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright said in a […] »
Quota? Florida troopers told to write 2 citations an hour per shift
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A top official with the Florida Highway Patrol has told troopers they aren’t writing enough speeding tickets. The Tampa Bay Times reports Maj. Mark Welch of Troop H in Tallahassee told troopers under his command via email that “the patrol wants to see two citations each hour” adding that it’s not […] »
It is perfectly legal for ex-cops to punch you in the face if they’re having a bad day in Florida
Punching random people in the face is a criminal offense… unless you used to be a cop. Here at this Fort Lauderdale Beach hotel, an ex-cop got angry with the fact that valet parking wasn’t free, and punched the valet in the face, knocking him out. No charges were pressed… Fort Lauderdale hotel guest caught […] »
Winter Haven police officer arrested for sex with teenage girl
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A Winter Haven police officer has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 17-year-old girl. The Tampa Bay Times reports that 39-year-old Winter Haven police Officer William Kenna was arrested early Saturday after the department received a tip about the relationship. Winter Haven Police say officers found Kenna […] »
Fort Lauderdale hotel guest caught on camera punching out valet
Employees identified the puncher as ex-cop John Kiernan of New Smyrna Beach. No charges were pressed for the attack. Sign this petition to make your voice heard: FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Surveillance video captured what appears to be a hotel guest punching and knocking out a valet, and the employee said the physical confrontation […] »
Florida Man tries to steal police car with officer in it
FORT PIERCE — A 20-year-old man was arrested after police say he tried to steal a car. Not just any old car… He tried to steal a Fort Pierce police patrol vehicle. At the Fort Pierce Police Department. With a Fort Pierce police officer in it. »
Florida deputy fired after taking naked photos on duty
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A Florida sheriff’s deputy has been fired after authorities say he took partially naked photos of himself while on duty at a county courthouse. Indian River County spokesman Eric Flowers said in a news release that Lt. Macen LeVan was fired July 19. »
Florida Woman grabs deputy’s crotch, won’t let go
CRESTVIEW – A woman who grabbed a deputy’s crotch and refused to let go was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and simple assault. The 35-year-old Crestview woman, whose house was too cluttered to allow officers to enter safely, also armed herself with a hammer before coming out of the house. Okaloosa County […] »
Pinellas County Deputy boasts online, “Nothing Like Almost Shooting Someone to Set Your Head Right”
A Florida sheriff’s deputy is out of a job after a photo surfaced of him boasting about almost shooting someone to “set [his] head right.” The Snapchat photo, which was posted June 25, shows Deputy Austen Callus, 23, sitting in a vehicle in plain clothes. The caption read, “Nothing like almost shooting someone to set […] »
Jacksonville Cop Threatens Jail Time for Jay Walking
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is reviewing video of an officer’s heated interaction with a man cited for crossing the street illegally. Action News Jax brought the video to JSO — and spoke with the man who shot the footage. It happened Tuesday near the intersection of Arlington and Lillian Roads. The man involved crossed the […] »
Immunity For Cop Who Raided Wrong Home, Shot Man’s Dog As It Ran Away
A Florida police officer responsible for killing a man’s dog after he entered the wrong apartment in a botched raid committed no rights violations and is entitled to immunity, a federal court has ruled. According to a federal lawsuit, Officer Michael McBride was one of six Hollywood police officers and two Broward Sheriff’s deputies that […] »
Florida Cop accidentally shoots up wrong house
An award-winning Florida cop who fired into an occupied home after responding to a wrong address, forcing an innocent family out at gunpoint in the middle of the night and ordering them to sit handcuffed on the curb for ten hours, was indicted by a grand jury. Ocoee police officer Carlos Anglero turned himself in […] »
