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The mother of a man who fatally shot his young son and daughter before turning the gun on himself in Miami Lakes said he'd battled mental illness since he was a...
Melania Smith is calling for major changes in how mental health patients can be charged criminally while treated under the Baker Act.
The sheriff says two juveniles accused of shooting at deputies last summer after running away from a children's home might have been helped by an assessment center.
The county has allocated money for a project Volusia County sheriff Mike Chitwood says he has wanted for years – a juvenile assessment center.
The 23-year-old student is charged with one count of “written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism”, according to court records and the St. Petersburg Police Department.