Blog Posts in 2013 Posted By Stepniak & Park 17-Jun-2013 Kissimmee Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested A bank in Kissimmee was robbed by two suspects on Monday afternoon. Kissimmee police detectives report the First Southern Bank at 910 West Vine Street was robbed when two men entered the bank, with one man handing a teller a note demanding money ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 9-Jun-2013 Preschool Teacher Arrested on Molestation Charges Coconut Creek Police report they have arrested a preschool music teacher for allegedly sexually molesting two young girls at his place of employment. On Wednesday, Discovery Pre-School Center spokeswoman Bridget Perry, did confirm to the Orlando ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 3-Jun-2013 Director Stealing from Cape Canaveral Festival On a tip that a Cape Canaveral top recreation leader may be stealing from city-run street parties, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Department set up a surveillance camera, which captured footage of the employee skimming money from the Friday Fest ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 19-May-2013 Florida Mall Purse-Snatching Suspect Caught A man who is suspected of violently accosting women in mall parking lots and grabbing their purses is behind bars today according to law enforcement authorities. On Friday, authorities say they caught Oscar Villagran the suspect who was snatching ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 12-May-2013 Man beats Girlfriend and Is Charged with Child Abuse Port Orange police report that an 18-year-old man was charged with child abuse along with other charges in the beating of his 17-year-old girlfriend. Dillon Buckinham-Settle and his unnamed girlfriend have been in a relationship for two years, a ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 5-May-2013 BCC Professor Accused of Sex Crime Robert “Chandler” McRee, was arrested on April 27 and charged with lewd and lascivious battery after allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a thirteen-year-old boy. McRee is a Brevard Community College associate professor who taught ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 3-May-2013 Father Kidnaps His Two Young Sons from Their Grandparents in South Florida TAMPA, Fla. – A sailboat is a new clue for authorities investigating the case of a suspected father who kidnapped his two sons, 4-year-old Cole Hakken and 2-year-old Chase Hakken from their grandparents’ home in Florida, after the ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 21-Apr-2013 Low-Level Criminals Participate in Work Farm Program A program that allows low-level criminals to be productive members of the community in Central Florida is the Work Farm Program. The participants in this program are non-violent offenders, who grow and pick vegetables, and then ship these vegetables ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 7-Apr-2013 Operation Clean Sweep In a combined law enforcement operation in Brevard County between the Sheriff’s Department and various city police departments, numerous criminals have been arrested. Florida Today reports a 60-day intensive enforcement operation named ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 31-Mar-2013 Pregnant Woman Stabbed More than 30 Times in Ocala Ocala police responded to a 911 call on March 7, and found a pregnant woman stabbed more than thirty times by her husband’s uncle. Jill Feingold, the stabbing victim, told the 911 dispatcher her husband’s uncle, Samuel Clone II, had ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 17-Mar-2013 Tyrone Mosby Trial Continues Tyrone Mosby was arrested in August 2012 and accused of pulling the trigger in a shootout that hit a high-school girl leaving her with severe brain damage. Testimony in his trial began Tuesday and whether or not Mosby is sentenced to life in prison, ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 10-Mar-2013 Man Sentenced in Hit-and-Run Death of Girl In 2009, an 11-year-old girl, Ashley Valdez, stepped off her school bus, crossing the street after the bus driver dropped her off on the wrong side of the street. Tragically while crossing the street, she was struck and killed by a driver who fled ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 17-Feb-2013 Employees Foil Purse-Snatching Thief A visit to a local CVS store for her daughter’s craving for a late-night snack turned out to be a traumatic event for one Boynton Beach woman. Just after 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night, Gyasi Stevenson drove to her local CVS store on North Federal ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 3-Feb-2013 Florida Residents Turn in Guns in Buyback Programs In the wake of recent gun massacres, such as the one at Sandy Hook, law enforcement agencies across the nation are offering gun buyback programs. In Florida, many law enforcement agencies across the state are participating in these programs. U.S. Rep ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 28-Jan-2013 Palm Bay Man with Meth Lab in Car Charged with DUI When concerned motorists called to report a vehicle being driven erratically on Minton Road early Saturday morning, Palm Bay police responded and stopped the vehicle on Santo Domingo Avenue. The unidentified driver of the vehicle was arrested and ... Continue Reading
