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High-ranking officials at Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, including the principal, are under arrest after investigators said they failed to report an alleged sexual assault.

WELLINGTON, FL-- Several Palm Beach Central High School employees have been taken into custody after they allegedly failed to report the sexual assault of a 15-

According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, there have been 170,048 involuntary Baker Act exams from 2021 to 2022.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood’s answer to fixing a major problem in his county—taking care of teens in trouble and keeping them off a path to prison—is a long-needed Juvenile Assessment Center.

A man is behind bars after he allegedly murdered his mother by striking her several times with an empty wine bottle and stabbing her inside their North Miami...

Mikese Morse was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2018 after intentionally killing a Tampa bicyclist.

A woman who said she arrived from Spain to Florida a few months ago told police she was forced to have sex with men so she could have a place to live.

The sheriff’s office said Deputy Kevonn Mabon also should have alerted authorities of another deputy’s mental health crisis.

The man, 61, told deputies the cat was going to harm his wife. He was recently released from a Baker Act and has been evaluated for another.

A 61-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested on a felony charge of cruelty toward animals after killing the family cat.