CRIME & SAFETY
Eustis police seek help on homicide investigation
Executive Director of Crimeline, Barb Bergin, and Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri are asking the public for help on this ongoing homicide investigation. They are currently offering a thousand dollar reward for anyone who can provide them with information.
Argument between neighbors over animals on his lawn led to arrest on gun charge
LEESBURG, Fla. (TND) — A man involved in "ongoing verbal altercations" with his next-door neighbors "over animals coming onto his lawn" ended up arrested after police got a weapon complaint. According to his arrest report, John Desmond Turquand told officers in Florida “he had overheard a conversation his neighbors/victim...
Villager allegedly chokes wife who brought up resort vacation plans
A Villager allegedly choked his wife after she brought up resort vacation plans. John Michael Noesen, 68, of the Village of Lake Denham, is facing a felony charge of domestic battery by strangulation following his arrest this past week by officers from the Leesburg Police Department. The Chicago native and...
Theft suspect loads shovels into truck parked in fire lane at Home Depot
A theft suspect was arrested after loading shovels into a truck parked in the fire lane at Home Depot. Lee Curry Cobb, 59, of Orlando entered the store in Lady Lake on Tuesday afternoon and put three DeWalt shovels into a shopping cart, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
Parents of overdose victims stop in Marion, Lake counties to discuss dangers of drugs
Two mothers who have each lost a child to drug overdose and have long been on the front lines of educating parents, children and the community on the dangers of drugs, continue to spread that message. Michelle Pepin and Lisa Bolton, joined by Kelly Powers Timbrell, Susan Schmidt and Leslie...
Deputies track down suspect with long history of stealing from Lowe’s
Deputies have tracked down a suspect with a long history of stealing from Lowe’s home improvement stores. Richard Lee McCreary, 56, of Fruitland Park, was taken into custody earlier this month on Sumter County warrants charging him with grand theft and criminal mischief. This past August, McCreary attempted to...
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