Crime numbers plummet in Marion County - Ocala

Crime numbers plummet in Marion County Ocala Those crimes — murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft — fell from 10,049 to 8,927 year over year, FDLE reported. ... As in Marion County, Florida's sex offenses climbed, rising 2.7 percent from year to ...

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Domestic battery arrest Citrus County Chronicle Terry Mitchell, 64, of North Florida Avenue, Hernando, at 9:27 a.m. Monday on a misdemeanor charge of trespassing in an unoccupied structure or conveyance. Bond $500. * Jeremy Borrego, 30, of Northeast 3rd Street, Crystal River, at 1:35 p.m. Monday on ...

Citations issued in January fatal crash; report clarifies who was driving Ocala According to a Florida Highway Patrol report written by Cpl. Daphne P. Yuncker, who is a traffic homicide investigator, Christine M. Hill, 49, has been ticketed for permitting an unauthorized minor to drive, giving false information at a crash and no ...

Dunnellon grad McCray with something to prove Ocala When Florida visited Tennessee last September, lost among the many highlights of the Gators' statement win was a torn rotator cuff suffered by senior linebacker Lerentee McCray. McCray, a Dunnellon High School graduate, played through the shoulder pain ...

Citrus County Sheriff's Office Citrus County Chronicle Seth Kirk, 22, of Wet Baumont Lane, Homosassa, at 2:18 p.m. April 17 on Citrus County warrants for failure to appear in court for original felony charges of grand theft and burglary. No bond. ... Jeffery Wagner, 26, of West Eldridge Drive, Dunnellon ... and more »

The Provider: Former Gator chases NFL dream to support family The Independent Florida Alligator The Florida Department of Corrections now lists Leonardo Simpkins at just 143 pounds, a dramatic weight loss brought on by a fear that the guards are trying to poison him. Lerentee said he brought Simpkins more ... “I'm pretty sure that's been on his ...

Police, community and calendar briefs for April 27, 2013 Ocala 14 to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida. The Marion County Sheriff's Office ... and more »

Pedestrian killed on State Road 200 near Pine Run Ocala OCALA – A pedestrian died Wednesday night when he was struck by one vehicle and run over by another on State Road 200, according to Florida Highway Patrol troopers. FHP identified the victim as Al Scott Benson, 53, of Ocala. At the crash location near ... and more »