criminal justice

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says it and the Department of Homeland Security detained a dozen people in the Big Bend who may be in the country illegally. Initial reports of potential arrests in the area started circling Monday afternoon on social media.

The 14-year-old Chiles High School student was arrested for making the threat on social media.

Sameer Jain was a businessman in India when his employer lured him to Kansas. He escaped his situation and now lives in Tallahassee where he works to help others.

Tallahassee police are investigating the incident and hope to apprehend the suspect(s) involved.

Police responded late Tuesday to a call about snowballs thrown at moving vehicles. When they arrived, they say an officer was hit with a snowball.

A grant will enable LCSO to equip deputies in the booking and medical areas of the Leon County Detention Facility with cameras.

Miami-Dade County Judge Steve Leifman has stepped down from the bench after 30 years. He’s internationally known for developing major reforms of how the criminal justice system deals with people who have mental illnesses.

Shanks Middle was placed on a brief lockdown.

LCSO announced the outcomes of Operation Lifeguard Thursday.

Thomasville Police officers arrested the teenage suspect just before 11pm on Tuesday in the 300 block of Fern Street in Thomasville.