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  • Best Buy Deliveryman Faces Mandatory Life In Prison After Attacking 75-Year-Old Customer and Setting Her On Fire

    Best Buy Deliveryman Faces Mandatory Life In Prison After Attacking 75-Year-Old Customer and Setting Her On Fire

    A Best Buy delivery driver in Florida was found guilty after fatally attacking an elderly customer, Evelyn Smith Udell, with a rubber hammer and then setting her ablaze, according to the New York Post. 24-year-old Jorge Dupre Lachazo was convicted on Wednesday of

    “first-degree murder, burglary, and arson following a three-day bench trial,”

    says court records, according to The Post. 

    The 24-year-old delivered a dryer and washer to the 75-year-old woman’s home with another man on Aug. 19, 2019. After the two men installed the appliances, Lachazo stayed inside the home to explain to the woman how to use the equipment, while the other man stepped outside. Shortly after, a witness said they heard screams. Udell was discovered on the floor covered in blood and contacted emergency officials. The Best Buy employee then left in the company’s truck; however, he was later found by officials. 

    Lachazo confessed to attacking the woman as well as consuming cocaine and marijuana earlier in the day. Officials found a rubber maker utilized to attack the woman as well as a can of paint thinner, which was reportedly used to start the blaze next to the elderly woman’s body, which burned her skin. Officials learned that the woman’s wallet was disturbed, which implied that robbery was a motive for the attack. 

    Defense attorneys argued that the attack wasn’t premeditated nor done purposely, and debunked the prosector’s story about the attack being

    “motivated by greed.” 

    Lachazo is currently facing mandatory life in prison and will be sentenced on April 5. 

    #Clique, let’s keep Evelyn Smith Udell’s family in our prayers.

  • Released Video Footage Shows Armed Robbery Of Florida Amazon Delivery Truck Driver

    Released Video Footage Shows Armed Robbery Of Florida Amazon Delivery Truck Driver

    Two Florida men are now in police custody after a deliver truck driver was robbed at gunpoint earlier this month. A video of the incident was taken on dashboard camera and released by Orange County Sheriff’s Office, showing 22-year-old Arkimase Divinard and 23-Year-old Joel Junior Aime before their arrests, Law And Crime reports.

    After completing a delivery at an apartment complex, an Amazon driver noticed Aime near the driver’s side door of his company-issued van. Thinking nothing of it, he enters the vehicle from the rear sliding door on the passenger’s side, and is followed inside by Divinard.

    “[Divinard] told the delivery driver he had a gun and wasn’t afraid to shoot him,” the affidavit says. “[Divinard] then pointed a silver handgun at the delivery driver and demanded his belongings.”

    With a handgun pressed against his neck, Divinard demands the victim to tell him the phone’s passcode and his debit card’s pin. He then takes around 10 packages and flees the scene. As the robbery occurred, a witness ran to flag down police. During the arrest, Divinard became enraged, and caused self-inflicted harm while in custody, but his partner was arrested without incident.

    “The two suspects are back behind bars where they belong, facing charges of robbery with a firearm,” the now deleted Orange County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post said. “With a criminal history that includes 85 felony charges and 11 felony convictions between them, we hope they will stay locked up for a long, long time.”

  • Florida Woman Accused Of Defrauding 87-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Of Almost $3 Million

    Florida Woman Accused Of Defrauding 87-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Of Almost $3 Million

    On Wednesday, January 25th, a Florida woman was arrested for allegedly defrauding an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, The Guardian reported. “Today, we allege the defendant callously preyed on a senior citizen simply seeking companionship, defrauding him of his life savings,” said FBI assistant director Michael J Driscoll on the day of the arrest.

    The accused, Peaches Stergo, met the victim on a dating website in 2014, posing as a woman named “Alice Watson.” In 2017, the 38-year-old told the unnamed elderly man that she had won a lawsuit from a car accident she was in, and needed money to pay her lawyer in order to receive the settlement funds. Despite her never being a part of a suit, he wrote her a check of $25,000. Later, she told the victim that if she wasn’t given more money, the bank would freeze her account and prevent her from paying him back. She even disguised her voice to pose as a bank employee to facilitate the ruse.

    Within five years, Stergo received 62 checks totaling $2.8 million. The accused reportedly used the money to pay for several homes, cars, designer clothing, international trips, name brand clothing, jewelry, and gold and silver bars. While she and her husband were embracing a luxurious lifestyle, her victim lost his life savings and was forced to move out of his Manhattan home.

    Peaches Stergo has since been charged with one count of wire fraud. If convicted, she could face up to 20 years in prison.

  • Wife Fatally Shot Terminally Ill Husband At Hospital, Police Say

    Wife Fatally Shot Terminally Ill Husband At Hospital, Police Say

    A Florida woman fatally shot her terminally ill husband while he was in his hospital bed, Fox News reported. 

    According to The New York Times, Ellen Gilland, 76, had a request from her husband Jerry Gilland, a 77-year-old terminally ill man, to kill him if his condition worsened. On Saturday, at around 11:30 a.m. Gilland entered AdventHealth in Daytona Beach, Florida with a gun after her husband’s health drastically declined. The woman reportedly went up to her husband’s room on the 11th floor and shot him in the head. 

    Staff and patients were evacuated from the hospital and no others were injured, the Daytona Beach Police Department said. The woman barricaded herself in the room in an hours-long standoff with police. Officers used a flash-bang device, which let out a bright flash and a loud noise, to distract Ms. Gilland, Chief Jakari E. Young of the Daytona Beach Police Department told the outlet. Officers also used a bean bag gun to help take her into custody, Young said.

    Chief Young told reporters that Gilland had attempted to fatally shoot herself, too, but in the end,

    “she couldn’t go through with it.”

    “It’s a tragic circumstance because it just shows that none of us are immune from the trials and tribulations of life,”

    Chief Young said at a news conference on Saturday.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Armed Movie Theater Security Guard Arrested After Forcing Himself Onto 15-Year-Old Girl In Empty Theater

    Armed Movie Theater Security Guard Arrested After Forcing Himself Onto 15-Year-Old Girl In Empty Theater

    On January 14th, an unnamed 15-year-old was dropped off at a Regal movie theater in Ocala, Florida by her mother so that she could watch a movie with a group of friends. After the movie had finished, the teen couldn’t get ahold of her mother. When the grandfather of one of her friends came to pick their grandchild up, he “refused to offer the victim a ride home.” A security guard employed at the theater, Augusta J. Williams, “informed the grandfather that he would watch over the victim until she could get a ride home,” Ocala Police Department said in a statement.

    Williams then took the teenage girl to an empty theater playing the movie “Whale,” and brought her near the movie screen, behind the curtains. The victim thought that Williams was leading her to an exit so that he could take her home, but then he forced himself onto her. While being interviewed by investigators, the victim stated that she did not wish to engage in any sexual contact with Williams, but she was “fearful because he was armed with a gun.” She pleaded with him to stop, but Williams continued to assault her. He then made threats in order to keep her from reporting him.

    After the assault, the victim’s mother was found inside the cinema’s lobby. Her phone hadn’t been working properly, and she wasn’t able to get in contact with her daughter, but went to look for her when she didn’t come home on time. The following day, the victim told her mother about what had happened, and they notified authorities, Law and Crime reported.

    Regal’s security footage corroborated with the victims claims and showed Williams taking the teenaged girl into the empty theater, and leaving around twenty minutes later. A UV light behind the curtain also revealed possible physical evidence of the crime. Williams told investigators that he had only “assisted the victim in looking for her lost cell phone,” but the theater that the victim and her friends had watched a movie in was a different theater than the one Williams had taken the victim to.

    Augusta J. Williams was attested and charged with sexual battery of a victim under the age of 18. The 31-year-old was taken to Marion County Jail and remains there on a $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to reappear in court February 21st.

    “Heinous crimes like this can cause victims to feel paralyzed and overwhelmed, leaving them struggling to take action,” the department said in a statement. “We commend the victim for her strength and courage to come forward to law enforcement and seek justice. We applaud all our officers and staff for their hard work and efforts to make our community safe.”

  • Florida Man Used 87-Year-Old Woman “As A Mop” To Clean Up Dog Urine

    Florida Man Used 87-Year-Old Woman “As A Mop” To Clean Up Dog Urine

    In 2004, Leonard Ervin Wayne Tucker was charged with homicide-manslaughter and served 11 years in prison. In 2018, he began living with a now 87-year-old woman, and was paid to be her caretaker. According to CBS 12, he had been a friend of the elderly woman’s family since the 1990s.

    On November 22nd, video footage showed Tucker coming home and yelling at the woman. First, the 56-year-old is seen slapping her in the face. Then later, when the woman is seen cleaning up after a dog’s accident with paper towels, Tucker is shown grabbing her and pulling her to the floor.

    “[Tucker] held her by her ankles while he pushed her body back and forth over the spot on the floor,” the police report reads. “Tucker then drug her by her ankles around the living room before releasing her and walking back into the kitchen.”

    When the victim’s family finally viewed the footage, she was immediately removed from the home. She was found with bruises on her arms and buttocks. On January 5th, over a month later, Tucker was arrested and charged with elderly abuse. Records show that he was released from Escambia County Jail the next day on an undisclosed bond, and is scheduled to appear in court January 27th.

  • Mother Allegedly Purposely Drove Into Lake With Two Young Children Killing All Of Them

    Mother Allegedly Purposely Drove Into Lake With Two Young Children Killing All Of Them

    Lakeland, Florida officials has been lead to believe that a mother purposely drive her car into a lake with her two kids, killing all of them last week, according to FOX.

    By the time officials reacted to the scene, the car was immersed 15 feet from the coast. The dive and fire department team were in the process of removing the car from the water when they discovered Ortilla Zamora, 35. Once the vehicle was fully removed from the water, officials then discovered the woman’s two sons, who were 4 and 9. 

    Information revealed that the incident wasn’t caused by a crash, and there wasn’t any indication of trauma on anyone inside of the car.  

    Robin Tillett, Lakeland spokeswoman said,

    “At this point in the investigation, all evidence suggests that the adult female, 35-year-old Ortilla Zamora, intentionally drove her vehicle into Lake Wire on the morning of December 30, 2022.” 

    She continued,

    “During the investigation, detectives learned from family members that she had possibly been experiencing mental health issues days prior to the event. The mother and two boys are from the Wauchula area, and it is unknown why they were in Lakeland that morning.” 

    The investigation is ongoing. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Mother Allegedly Called 911 and Confessed To Murdering 3-Year-Old Daughter, According To Reports 

    Mother Allegedly Called 911 and Confessed To Murdering 3-Year-Old Daughter, According To Reports 

    A 24-year-old mother from North Miami, Florida has been taken into custody after calling 911 and confessing to killing her daughter, according to PEOPLE. 

    On Tuesday morning, Jellissa Baxter reportedly told a dispatcher from 911 that she murdered her daughter, who was just 3 years old. According to an arrest affidavit,

    “When asked how she killed her daughter, the [defendant] replied she strangled her at first, but when that didn’t work, she stabbed her in the chest and neck.” 

    When officials got to the home, they found the corpse of a child with

    “deep stab wounds”

    to the face, neck, and chest.

    “The knife was located next to the victim’s body,”

    said the affidavit. 

    Baxter’s stepfather, Harold Hemmings, said he met with the 24-year-old and her daughter once when her mother died of cancer back in September 2021. He told NBC6,

    “She seemed like she was a good mother.”

    However, after hearing the news he said

    “She’s sick. That’s all I can say, she’s sick.” 

    Baxter has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse and was denied bond at her initial appearance in front of the judge. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Parents Arrested After Officials Discovered 2-Year-Old Son Living In Their Vehicle With Drugs, Reptiles, and Cockroaches Crawling On Child

    Parents Arrested After Officials Discovered 2-Year-Old Son Living In Their Vehicle With Drugs, Reptiles, and Cockroaches Crawling On Child

    Parents in the Florida Keys have been arrested and are currently facing multiple charges after their son, 2, was discovered residing in their car in

    “squalid conditions.”

    The pair, 22-year-old Zachary Sousa Engren and 20-year-old Jillian Larae Meyers were apprehended following a traffic stop when officials found a young child in the vehicle that was filled with garbage, reptiles, insects in various boxes in the trunk as well as roaches that were crawling on the child. The vehicle was originally stopped after officials received reports of a reckless driver, according to FOX.

    Officials added that the 2-year-old reeked of human waste and the couple was unable to tell officials the last time the child ate. The parents were unable to explain why there weren’t any diapers in the vehicle. Engren, Meyers, and another passenger, who wasn’t charged, explained to officials that they were residing in their vehicle. An official said,

    “A strong odor of marijuana was emitting from the vehicle… Deputies found a .40-caliber Glock handgun under the passenger seat as well as multiple marijuana cigarettes and loose marijuana in the vehicle.”

    The male passenger explained that they were in the Florida Keys to compile insects and reptiles. The 2-year-old was removed from the car and police contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families. 

    The parents were taken to jail and arrested on several charges, which included, child abuse, possession of marijuana, possession of synthetic marijuana, and more. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Florida Couple Calls 911 To Ask Deputies To Help Move Items From Home They Were Burglarizing

    Florida Couple Calls 911 To Ask Deputies To Help Move Items From Home They Were Burglarizing

    In Poinciana, Florida, 911 dispatchers received a call. According to Fox 12 News, nobody spoke and the caller hung up, so Polk County deputies arrived to a home where the call came from to perform a welfare check. When they saw the back door was unlocked, the officers walked inside and discovered Martin Gonzalez-Garcia and Ashializ Roldan-Oscasio. Coincidentally, Gonzalez-Garcia was already wanted after the 23-year-old was identified as a burglary suspect at a Dollar General store.

    According to authorities, Roldan-Oscasio had called the police to help them transport the items that they had taken from the house to the airport, so they could take a flight to New York. “Deputies DID help them with their belongings, and DID give them a ride, but it wasn’t to the airport. . . It was to the Polk Pokey,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

    Gonzalez-Garcia was charged with burglary and theft related to the Dollar General robbery, as well as the burglary of a residence. Roldan-Oscasio was also charged with burglary of a residence, along with possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.