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Multiple drug arrests were made this week
On March 13, six people were arrested on drug-related charges by members of the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force after they utilized one or more confidential sources. According to the reports, the...
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Crime Stoppers is searching for Bernard Young
BernardYoung PALM BEACH COUNTY — Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County needs your help in locating Bernard Young, 20, 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, black hair and brown eyes. His last known address was on...
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Crime Stoppers is searching for Undrea Jones
UndreaJones PALM BEACH COUNTY — Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County needs your help in locating Undrea Jones, 44, 6 feet tall, 240 pounds, bald and brown eyes. His last known address was on Southeast...
View ArticleBelle Glade man dies in 4-vehicular traffic crash
BELLE GLADE — A traffic crash in the 23000 block of westbound State Road 80 in Belle Glade claimed the life of a 26-year-old Belle Glade man. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office press...
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Officials seek public’s help to find teen
EdieRobbins CLEWISTON — Edie Beaux Robbins, age 15, was last seen on Monday, March 18, at 7:30 a.m. when she was dropped off at Clewiston High School by her grandmother. She never showed up to her...
View ArticleFormer Hendry County deputy pleads guilty to perjury charge
Former Hendry County deputy, Germain Garcia pled guilty on March 20 to the charge of perjury in an official proceeding. According to the State Attorney’s office, he will be placed on 36 months of...
View ArticleBrighton traffic crash leaves one man in critical condition
OKEECHOBEE — An unidentified Saint Cloud man was reported to be in critical injury in a traffic crash. A Florida Highway Patrol press release stated that on Tuesday, March 26, at 1:04 p.m. a 2005 Dodge...
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PBSO seeking public’s assistance with locating pit bull owner
PBSO is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the owner/driver of this vehicle. PAHOKEE — A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office press release states that detectives are seeking the public’s...
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Crime Stoppers is searching for Jeremy Adams
PALM BEACH COUNTY — Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County needs your help in locating Jeremy Adams aka Derek Tanksley and Little J, 31, black, male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 170 pounds, black hair, brown...
View ArticleOne killed and two injured in traffic accident
OKEECHOBEE — One man was killed and two were seriously injured after a traffic accident Monday afternoon, April 2 on State Road 710 at Southeast 58th Boulevard. According to Florida Highway Patrol,...
View ArticleLaBelle man dies in traffic accident
LABELLE — Liborio Sosa Martinez, 68-year-old LaBelle resident, was killed in a traffic accident on Thursday, April 4, at around 6:38 a.m. According to a press release from Florida Highway Patrol, Mr....
View ArticleDeschamps found guilty
After deliberating for a mere six minutes, a jury found Mark Deschamps guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, said State Attorney Ashley Albright. The charge stemmed from his October...
View ArticleFifty-two year-old woman accused of indecent exposure
OKEECHOBEE — On Saturday, April 6, off-duty Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Stephen Pollock was attending a birthday party for a small child in a Southeast 44th Street home when he...
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Man accused of snorting cocaine at Agri-Civic Center
OKEEECHOBEE — While working a special detail at the Kaza Productions Mexican Rodeo on April 7 at the Okeechobee Agricultural Center, a member of the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force walked into the...
View ArticleDeputy finds man lying in middle of highway
OKEECHOBEE — Early Sunday morning, April 7, OCSO Deputy Ryan Ammons was approached by a concerned citizen who told him of a man lying in the middle of State Road 70 East. At approximately 5 a.m.,...
View ArticleThree Hendry County teachers under investigation
CLEWISTON — Hendry County Sheriff’s Office deputies are examining video surveillance recordings after some Hendry County School District employees were accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior...
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Crime Stoppers is searching for Gerald Jones
PALM BEACH COUNTY — Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County needs your help in locating Gerald Jones, 24, black, male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 180 pounds, black hair, brown eyes and he has multiple tattoos....
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Sheriff says Jack’s Camp is closed for business
OKEECHOBEE — On Tuesday, March 12, members of the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force conducted an undercover operation that led to the arrest on April 16 of six individuals on charges ranging from...
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Monkey’s owner given probation
OKEECHOBEE — Tina Ballard, the woman who was arrested last year after her pet spider monkey attacked an employee in the Home Depot parking lot, pleaded no contest to two counts of non-native captive...
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Okeechobee man accused of second degree murder in connection with wife’s death
OKEECHOBEE – An Okeechobee man has been charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of his wife. On Friday, April 19, 2019 at approximately 6:41 a.m., Okeechobee County Sheriff’s...
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