CRIME & SAFETY
Man driving for 13 years without license arrested in restaurant parking lot
A man who admitted he has been driving for 13 years without a license was arrested after a traffic stop in a restaurant parking lot in The Villages. Roy Lester Brophy, 56, of Deland, was pulled over at about 6:30 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of Chili’s on Avenida Central after an officer ran the vehicle’s license plate and discovered the vehicle’s registered owner does not have a valid driver’s license, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
Villages resident facing DUI charge in 2023 handicapped parking incident
A woman who resides in the Village of St. Johns has been arrested on a warrant charging her with drunk driving in connection with a 2023 handicapped parking incident. Julia Marie Seltz, 32, was taken into custody this past week by Wildwood police on a Lake County warrant. Seltz had...
Unlicensed driver of BMW arrested after traffic stop in Wildwood
The unlicensed driver of a BMW was arrested after a traffic stop in Wildwood. Fernando Ulisis Salgado Palomares, 27, of Orlando, was driving the blue BMW 325i with a temporary tag when he will pulled over at about 10 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 301, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department.
Man showing signs of paranoia jailed after high-speed chase on I-75
A man showing signs of paranoia was arrested after a high-speed chase on Interstate 75 ended in a crash in Sumter County. James Robert Perridge, 20, of Lakeland, was driving a white Honda sport utility vehicle and traveling at a high rate of speed at about 1:30 p.m. Friday when he began tailgating a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle. Perridge had also been using his windshield wipers and high-beam lights, despite the fact the weather was clear, according to the arrest report from FHP.
MLF Suspends Two Bass Anglers For A Year After They Crashed Their Boats In No-Wake Zone During Florida Competition
Smooth... A pair of fishermen have been suspended by Major League Fishing for one year after running in a no-wake canal (Apopka Beauclair Canal) on the Harris Chain of Lakes, which resulted in a boat collision. According to MLF, on Day 1 of the Toyota Series competition on the Harris Chain of Lakes, in Leesburg, Florida, bass angler Mark Succi of Cataula, Georgia, and his co-angler Jeff Cox of Saline, Michigan, along with boater Douglas Reed of Bridgeton, New Jersey, and his co-angler Mitch Hayes of Chipley, Florida, were running their boats in a no-wake canal when they collided and wound...
Crash in Ocklawaha kills 67-year-old woman, seriously injuries a man
OCKLAWAHA, Fla. (WCJB) - A woman was killed and a man badly hurt in a crash in Marion County Wednesday morning. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the 25-year-old SUV driver was traveling on Southeast 182nd Avenue Road in Ocklawaha when he veered off the road. It crashed through a barbed...
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