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MELBOURNE, Fla. — According to an affidavit from Brevard County, a Melbourne man has been charged for sexually abusing a female juvenile. Robert Kevin McGinley, 72, has been charged with sexual battery of a victim less than 18 and lewd or lascivious molestation. In June, investigators in Wisconsin discovered numerous...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Brevard County Grand Jury issued murder indictments on Wednesday for three defendants in two separate incidents. Anthony Barron, 38, was indicted for First-Degree Premeditated Murder, in connection with the strangulation death of 42-year-old Nicole Yates at the couple’s home on Delaware Drive in Melbourne on May 8, 2021.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A man is now formally charged with the death of his girlfriend at their home in Melbourne, according to the state attorney’s office. Anthony Barron, 38, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday for the death of Nicole Yates. Barron was arrested on July 2,...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – For some students and teachers, the first day of the 2021-2022 school year will also mark their first day back in a classroom since the coronavirus pandemic began. A new school year always brings changes. Add a pandemic into the mix and parents and students are...

BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – Titusville Police are asking the community’s help to locate individuals in captured on surveillance cameras taking merchandise from Family Dollar located on 1415 Garden St. on Wednesday. Police say the incident happened at 11 a.m. when they female suspects made no effort to pay...

New details have been released in the arrest of a Florida woman accused of locking a child with autism inside a cage. Deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said the child lived in deplorable conditions. Images from inside the home were released on Wednesday.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A mother and her boyfriend are now formally charged in the death of a 3-year-old boy who, according to West Melbourne police, was abused for weeks. A Brevard County grand jury indicted Joshua Manns, 25, and Erica Dotson, 27, on Wednesday for the death of Dotson’s son, Nance Jameson, according to the state attorney’s office.

A Barefoot Bay man was arrested last weekend after pointing a handgun at his neighbor. On Sunday, at approximately 11:00 a.m., deputies responded to the 1100 block of Sabal Palm Lane in Barefoot Bay about a disturbance between two neighbors. According to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, the 77-year-old victim...

Despite last year’s unprecedented shutdown of the cruise industry, Disney is pushing forward with its plans to add three new ships in the coming years. That will more than double the capacity for the cruise line, with the new Triton Class ships bringing along 1,250 staterooms. This expansion doesn't just mean more traffic for Port Canaveral, as the line has announced a new home for the first time in decades.

COCOA, Fla. – A back-to-school event hosted by the city of Cocoa will distribute backpacks filled with supplies for free to local families. The “Back to School Food Truck Rally” will take place on Aug. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Provost Park. The city said admission to the event is free and there will be various food trucks available.

Volunteers who patrolled the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Viera and told visitors about the popular man-made habitat have been informed they are no longer needed at the site after Brevard County Utility Services merged management of the wetlands under its department. Known as the Wetland Rangers, some 12 to...

On Saturday, Brevard County deputies arrested a man in Micco after allegedly beating up his girlfriend and causing her sternum to be fractured. Deputies responded to the 3600 block of Iris Lane in Micco about a disturbance. The victim told law enforcement that her boyfriend, identified as 36-year-old Jeremy Scott Cayo, became increasingly “physically abusive” with her the night before following an argument, the affidavit said.

A Florida woman was arrested over the weekend after police found she was keeping a child in a homemade cage. According to a heavily redacted police report from the The City of Palm Bay Police Department, cops initially responded to the suspect’s home early Saturday after a next door neighbor reported a young girl had climbed over a fence and into the back patio.

Patrick Space Force Base has renewed and replenished its beaches for better access following severe erosion. About four miles of shoreline along the formerly named Patrick Air Force Base has been replenished with 450,000 cubic yards of sand pumped from shoals some five miles east of Cape Canaveral. Some Patrick...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft begins its journey to the launchpad Wednesday ahead of its launch to the International Space Station planned for later this week, but the forecast isn’t in its favor for liftoff. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas...