A Highlands County Grand Jury indicted Joseph Ables, 69, of Lake Placid, Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Ables was arrested May 6 and was charged with the fatal shooting of Highlands County Deputy William J. Gentry two days later. Following […]
Wesley Grace led law enforcement on a three-day manhunt from Lake Wales to Haines City before he was finally apprehended. Grace fired five rounds at a Sheriff’s Office helicopter, stole three vehicles, assaulted three people, burglarized a home, and led law enforcement on a high speed chase, racking up more than 10 charges. After a […]
When Eric Norris found an ad on Craigslist about a sexual encounter with a minor, he promptly replied: “I am interested.” For three days, Norris had non-stop graphic discussions about what he would do to the 12-year-old girl. He also sent explicit photos of himself. On May 19, 2017, Norris drove from Jacksonville to a […]
When Derek Maude got into the car with Kaheem Bennett, he had no way of knowing he would be robbed, kidnapped, and paralyzed from a gunshot wound that severed his spinal cord. On Jan. 25, 2015, Bennett and two others violently beat Maude before unlocking the doors of the car they had him trapped in. […]