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It takes a special person to do something like this. We have some special people here who are true heroes. -- Sebastian Police Chief Dan Acosta

The 1,300-square-foot house on a one-third-acre lot slipped into foreclosure in 2007 — and the complicated case remains bogged down in court 14 years later.

Police said the homicide happened May 10 on Rock Pit Road in Titusville during an armed home invasion

View Comments The Brevard County Sheriffs Office is investigating a reported dead body discovered in Merritt Island Tuesday evening. The remains were initially reported to the Coast Guard at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, but they handed the case off to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators. By 6:30 p.m., two Sheriffs Office vehicles had arrived at Surf and Ski Watersports boat rental near the West Cocoa Beach Causeway. Florida Fish and Wildlife confirmed the Sheriffs O...

They are among 447 statewide being honored for 50 years of dedication to the practice of law

The war of words between Rebekah Jones and her detractors, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, over the former Department of Health employees veracity has been once again heating up over the last weeks and shows no signs of ending anytime soon. The latest round comes on the back of Jones being granted whistleblower status by the state, and a Miami Herald investigation that reported confidential documents from her whistleblower case that supported Jones claims that state health officials asked ...

View Comments Manuel Castro, 27, of Fort Myers, died Tuesday from the fall, said Stuart police Sgt. Brian Bossio. He said Castro is from Guatemala.  Castro fell through the roof at the station, 1100 Southeast Monterey Extension, around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, and was immediately treated by fire rescue medics in the building then transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce. Police said he died from his injuries.

Since Mayor Greg Oravec will start his new job as Islamorada village manager July 1, a Port St. Lucie special election will likely happen in September or October

The Palm Bay man also was carrying a knife in his waistband, police say.

A judge denied Coffee’s attempt to have charges dropped related to the death of Alteria Woods, 21, who was shot by deputies in an exchange of gunfire with Coffee March 29, 2017