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It is illegal to pawn items you rent
OKEECHOBEE — A woman was arrested Aug. 17 and charged with defrauding a pawn broker after she allegedly rented items from a local business and drove straight to a pawn shop and pawned them, claiming...
View ArticleInmate death ruled suicide
OKEECHOBEE – On Aug. 25 at approximately 8:01 p.m., deputies responded to the Okeechobee County Jail in reference to an inmate suicide. It was learned that an inmate had reportedly hung himself. The...
View ArticleWoman charged with battery
OKEECHOBEE — A woman was arrested last week after reportedly attacking one man with a plunger and biting another on the thumb. She was charged with battery causing bodily harm and resisting arrest...
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Charges dropped in molestation case
OKEECHOBEE — All charges were dropped against an Okeechobee man who was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation of a minor under 12 years of age. Troy Walton was arrested July 30 by OCSO Detective...
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Crime Stoppers is searching for Patricia Coleman
PALM BEACH COUNTY — Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County needs your help in locating Patricia Coleman, 51, black, female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 180 pounds, black hair, brown eyes and she has multiple...
View ArticleDeputies find body in burned vehicle
CLEWISTON — A Hendry County Sheriff’s Office press release stated that in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 4, Hendry County deputies received a call about a vehicle fire in the area of 13th...
View ArticleCity experiences rash of gun thefts
OKEECHOBEE — In the last month, Okeechobee has experienced a rash of gun thefts, and according to Okeechobee Police Detective Bill Saum, the majority of those thefts have been from unlocked vehicles....
View ArticleHouse arrest program saves county $400,000
The Okeechobee County Board of Commissioners approved an amended interlocal agreement with St. Lucie County to provide pretrial supervision of nonviolent inmates awaiting trial. The ankle monitor...
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Local trans woman memorialized
PAHOKEE — A Pahokee resident murdered on Sept. 4 became the 18th transgender woman to be murdered in the United States this year (and the 17th black trans woman slain in 2019), the Palm Beach County...
View ArticleOHS student arrested
OKEECHOBEE – A 17-year-old student at Okeechobee High School allegedly chose arrest over a trip to the office last week. According to the arrest report written by Okeechobee County Deputy Donnie...
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Man charged with animal cruelty
Bradley James Chism, age 26, was arrested on Sept. 11 for animal cruelty-cause cruel death, pain and suffering. After receiving information about a possible animal abuse case, Okeechobee County Animal...
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Teacher reportedly battered at TrueCore
OKEECHOBEE — A local teacher was injured Monday, Sept. 9, at TrueCore Youth Correctional Center after two youths allegedly punched him in the face. Jarahmeel King, 15, and Jerek Nico Orrand, 16, were...
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Crime Stoppers is searching for Gregorio Zamora
PALM BEACH COUNTY — Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County needs your help in locating Gregorio Zamora, 36, black, male, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 160 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes. He is also known as...
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Two arrested in drug sting
During the month of July, members of the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force met with a confidential source (CS) for the purpose of purchasing hydromorphone from Tacara Lawton-Holmes, 36, Southeast 14th...
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Young boy allegedly steals car
OKEECHOBEE — A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with grand theft auto after allegedly taking his grandmother’s Ford Focus without permission and driving it into a ditch in Oak Park very early...
View ArticleShoplifting suspect identified through Facebook
OKEECHOBEE — An unidentified white male reportedly walked out of Walmart on Sept. 1 with a Vortex Hunter compound hunting bow and a box of carbon express arrows and failed to pay for either item....
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House searched in probe of trans woman’s slaying
CLEWISTON — The Hendry County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) reports that in conjunction with state authorities, deputies executed a search warrant Friday, Sept. 20, on a home at 501 S. W.C. Owen Ave. in...
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Deputies investigate complaints about starving horses
OKEECHOBEE — After multiple calls concerning starving horses, Sheriff Noel E. Stephens issued the following statement on Monday, Sept. 23: “In response to the allegations concerning abused horses in...
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Man arrested for alleged animal cruelty
OKEECHOBEE — On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Bobby C Travis of Okeechobee was arrested on one Felony count of animal cruelty: cruel death, pain and suffering, and two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals in...
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Person of interest identified in Slater death
HENDRY COUNTY — On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Hendry County Sheriff, Steve Whidden, announced that 29-year-old Jamson Richemond of Belle Glade, has been identified as a “Person of Interest” in the death of...
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