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Jury duty dodgers will be facing repercussions
OKEECHOBEE – The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement Monday afternoon concerning the recent lack of turnout after jury duty summons were sent out. According to Public Information...
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Teacher accused of having sexual relationship with student
OKEECHOBEE — An Okeechobee Freshman Campus teacher was arrested on Nov. 7 after being accused of having sex with a former student. According to the arrest report, Richard Shane Miller, age 27,...
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Man accused of threatening neighbor with gun
OKEECHOBEE — Brandon Button got quite a surprise Tuesday night while taking out his trash, when his neighbor, Larry Gene Clase, called him over to show him something. According to Mr. Button’s...
View ArticleOkeechobee resident killed in auto accident in Hardee County
An Okeechobee resident was killed in an auto accident involving one car and two semi trucks on Nov. 13 on State Road 66 in Hardee County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol submitted by FHP crash...
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Bartenders accused of selling alcohol to minors
OKEECHOBEE — The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted “Operation Beer Buy.” Alcohol compliance checks were conducted at random establishments, where an underage person was sent into...
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Purse snatching turns violent
OKEECHOBEE – An elderly woman was injured Thursday night, Dec. 6, at approximately 10:30 p.m. after her purse was stolen while she was sitting in a booth at McDonald’s on State Road 70. According to...
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Mistrial declared in trial of man accused of murdering roommate
OKEECHOBEE — A mistrial was declared Monday, Dec. 10, a few hours after the trial for accused murderer Mark Deschamps began. The judge declared a mistrial during jury selection when according to State...
View ArticleCoquina chairman runs stop sign – ends up in jail
OKEECHOBEE — David Ryan Law, chairman of the Coquina Water Control District’s board of supervisors, was arrested Nov. 30 after several members of the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force witnessed him run a...
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Playing leapfrog in the truck doesn’t fool OPD officer
OKEECHOBEE — After performing a traffic stop on a silver Ford truck, Officer Michael Jordan of the OPD noticed the truck moving and reportedly saw a shadow jump from the driver’s side of the vehicle to...
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Teenage boy accused of threatening mass shooting
OKEECHOBEE – Zachery Hickox-Lopresti was arrested on Dec. 17 by Okeechobee County Sheriff Office (OCSO) Deputy Jose Garcia after allegedly threatening to commit a mass shooting or similar act of...
View ArticleOkeechobee father tackles man who threatened daughters
OKEECHOBEE — When an Okeechobee man received a phone call from his teenage daughters that a man was trying to get in their home and was threatening them with a gun, he didn’t waste any time. According...
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Man faces felony charge for newspaper rack theft
OKEECHOBEE — The Lake Okeechobee News office was notified in November that one of the newspaper dispensers was found in the back of someone’s Dodge pickup truck. Okeechobee City Police (OPD) Officer...
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Three robbed at gunpoint in home invasion
OKEECHOBEE — Three young men were robbed at gunpoint late Friday night, Dec. 21, when four people allegedly broke into their home on Northwest Ninth Avenue and woke them up demanding money. All the...
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Two arrested after shooting at Azteca
OKEECHOBEE — Two men were arrested after a shooting at the Azteca III on Northeast Park Street Saturday, Dec. 29, at approximately 2:30 a.m. Juan Carlos Ibarra Alcala, 25, U.S. 441 Southeast and Sandro...
View ArticleCharges against autistic boy dismissed
OKEECHOBEE — After deliberating for 19 days, Okeechobee County Judge Jerald Bryant dismissed all charges against John Benjamin Haygood, the young boy who was arrested at school and charged with battery...
View ArticleBody of Hispanic man pulled from Taylor Creek
OKEECHOBEE — The body of an older Hispanic man was pulled from Taylor Creek near Burger King on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at approximately 4 p.m. after the Okeechobee Police Department received a report....
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Second suspect in McDonald’s purse snatching is behind bars
OKEECHOBEE — The second suspect in the Dec. 6 purse snatching which left an elderly woman hospitalized after being hit by a car is now behind bars. Christina Alexis Stankiewicz AKA Stratton, 45, of...
View ArticleFeral cat shot with an arrow
OKEECHOBEE — OCSO Deputy James Hartsfield responded to a call on Jan. 14 regarding a feral cat with an arrow protruding from its body. Mrs. Virginia Smith, Northeast 326th Trail, explained she...
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Man flies from Hawaii to Hendry County to forgive mother’s killer
LaBELLE — This is the story of a desire for closure and personal peace so strong that finally finding it — through the unconditional forgiveness and love Jesus preaches through the Bible — drove a man...
View ArticleRumors of shootings in schools and at fair
OKEECHOBEE — There have been multiple postings on numerous social media sites regarding a school shooting occurring in Okeechobee County. Sheriff Noel E. Stephen stated, “Our office has spent the last...
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