Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Austell to spend life in prison for teen murder

Bacarri Justice Austell was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a Sumter County teen two days before his 17th birthday.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Ocala police chief says they received more than 100 tips, that helped lead them to the suspected Paddock Mall shooter | VIDEO

Police Chief Mike Balken wouldn’t comment on the suspected motive for the deadly shooting. But says Albert Shell Jr. and victim David Barron knew each other.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
WATCH: Ocala police hold news conference regarding arrest of Paddock Mall shooting suspect

Ocala police chief Mike Balken updated the community on the arrest of 39-year-old Albert Shell Jr. and vows to do everything possible to make sure Shell spends the rest of his life behind bars.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
UPDATE: OPD reports no bomb at East Silver Springs Boulevard Walmart, all clear given

Ocala police say the bomb squad from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office searched the Walmart on East Silver Springs Boulevard and there is no danger.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
UPDATE: Ocala police increase reward to $20k for info that helps police locate and apprehend suspected mall shooter

The Ocala Police Department has upped the reward to $20k for information that leads to the arrest of 39-year-old Albert Shell.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
UPDATE: Anonymous tip leads to arrest of second person wanted in connection with deadly shooting outside Burger King

Deputies located 21-year-old Jaylin Johnson at a home on Northeast 40th Place this morning.

Community
2 years ago
Heavily damaged office building doesn’t stop two Ocala businesses from serving their clients

It will likely be months before businesses at an office building on East Fort King Street in Ocala will be able to reopen. But that’s not stopping them from doing business.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
MCSO deputies arrest man who they say traveled to Ohio to pick up a 16-year-old girl, had plans to marry her

MCSO says 31-year-old Thomas Ebersole told them he was going to hide the 16-year-girl in his home and had plans to make her his wife.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
HCSO: Man charged with first-degree murder after selling fentanyl to another man who overdosed, died

HCSO detectives say 38-year-old Aaron Clark originally told them that he sold meth not fentanyl to Robert Fowler.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
MCSO deputy’s dashcam footage shows the moments leading up to a New Year’s Eve crash that left a driver dead and an office building destroyed | VIDEO

The driver crashed into an office building on East Fort King Street that housed a Berkshire Hathaway Realty office and an Edward Jones financial advisor.

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