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September 7, 2021

Motive for Florida family's massacre may never be known

Investigators say that when they captured Marine veteran Bryan Riley outside the Lakeland, Florida, home where he allegedly killed a couple, their 3-month-old son and the boy's grandmother, he told them, "You know why I did this."

September 7, 2021

Florida double murder trial to begin for suspect accused of setting fire to bodies of twin roommates

The trial is expected to begin in Florida this week for one of the two suspects accused of shooting and killing their roommates, two 21-year-old twin brothers, before they attempted to clean up the crime scene with bleach and set the bodies on fire alongside a highway. 

September 7, 2021

Florida 'family friend' murdered young mother, 23, before leading police to body dumped in canal: sheriff

A Florida man has been arrested early Monday in connection to the murder of a missing 23-year-old mother after allegedly leading authorities to her body recovered from a canal.

September 7, 2021

Florida Gov. DeSantis offering $5,000 incentive for new law enforcement recruits

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday proposed new initiatives to help law enforcement offices hire more personnel across the state, including signing bonuses for new officers.

September 7, 2021

Miami officials lament crime spike in South Beach's entertainment district amid police crackdown in area

Miami Beach city officials are cracking down on crime and law-breaking revelers – namely in the area’s entertainment district – after a tourist was shot and killed in broad daylight at an outdoor restaurant while protecting his 1-year-old son.

September 7, 2021

Florida doctor will refuse to treat unvaccinated patients

A South Florida doctor became the second physician to make the contentious decision to refuse treatment to unvaccinated patients in a COVID-ravaged state.

September 6, 2021

Florida judge denies bond to Marine sharpshooter accused of killing 4, including baby in mother's arms

A judge in Florida on Monday ordered a suspected gunman held without bond a day after the Marine and self-described "survivalist" allegedly broke into a stranger’s home in a methamphetamine-fueled rampage and murdered four people, including a three-month-old baby boy in his mother’s arms. 

September 6, 2021

Florida sheriff calls shooting suspect a 'coward,' deputies would have 'shot him up a lot'

Bryan Riley, the accused Florida gunman accused of killing four random people — including a mother and a 3-month-old baby — is a “coward” for surrendering to police while unarmed in order to be arrested, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Sunday.

September 5, 2021

Florida police: Self-described 'survivalist' on meth shoots and kills 4, including baby clinging to mother

"It was an evil, evil, evil act by a very well-trained military person who knew better and still did it," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told Fox News of a former Marine and self-described "survivalist" who allegedly went on a shooting rampage in central Florida early Sunday morning, killing four members of a family and wounding an 11-year-old girl. 

September 5, 2021

Florida driver plows Tesla into house, killing 2 people

A man driving a Tesla plowed into a Florida home, killing two people.