SUV burglarized at boat ramp
OKEECHOBEE — Items totaling over $2,000 were stolen from a locked sports utility vehicle Thursday while it was parked at the Lock 7 boat ramp. The owner of the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe reportedly told...
View ArticleCollege student loses $400 to scammer
OKEECHOBEE — A 19-year-old Okeechobee woman, trying to find ways to pay for a college education, learned a hard lesson last week when she fell prey to a con man and lost $400. Deputy Nathaniel...
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Thieves taking automobile license tag decals
OKEECHOBEE — Although it may seem small and inconsequential, the theft of tag decals has become a popular crime. Lately, said Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) public information officer...
View ArticleMore homes burglarized
OKEECHOBEE — Daring daylight thieves stuck again Friday, Nov. 18, when they broke into a couple of U.S. 441 S.E. homes and made off with cash, computers and jewelry totaling over $6,000. Okeechobee...
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Bennett arrested on adult charge
OKEECHOBEE — Prosecutors have filed adult charges against a local teen allegedly involved in the shooting of an Okeechobee man in what police describe as a “dope deal gone bad.” Roman Chase Bennett,...
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Woman not hurt in fight with boyfriend
OKEECHOBEE — A local man is being held in the Okeechobee County Jail without bond following his arrest for allegedly pulling his gun on his girlfriend Sunday during an argument. Although an arrest...
View ArticleVehicles vandalized; cocaine found at one scene
OKEECHOBEE — An Okeechobee man had a rough morning earlier this week when he found all four tires on one of his vehicles were flat, and one tire on a second vehicle was also flat. All five tires had...
View ArticleSomeone takes horse on ‘joy ride’
OKEECHOBEE — Everyone has heard about the headless horseman, but what about the riderless horse? Tuesday, Nov. 22, Deputy Joann Henderson, of the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO), was sent to...
View ArticlePoachers kill, butcher calf in field
OKEECHOBEE — Evidence is being sought into the butchering of a 250-pound calf late last week while it was in a field just off of U.S. 98 North. A report by Deputy Bryan Holden, of the Okeechobee County...
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Train hits abandoned stolen vehicle
OKEECHOBEE — No one was injured Friday, Nov. 18, when a CSX train smashed into a stolen utility vehicle that was left abandoned on the tracks at N.W. 128th Avenue. Deputy Gerard Vasquez, of the...
View ArticleDaylight burglars strike again; over $8,000 in cash and electronics were stolen
OKEECHOBEE — Yet another home along U.S. 441 S.E. has been burglarized, with the latest incident occurring sometime during the daylight hours of Tuesday, Nov. 29. This is at least the third such...
View ArticleWanted man flees from police
OKEECHOBEE — Law enforcement continues to search for a man who is apparently wanted in the state of Maine but ran from police Thursday morning and, at newspaper presstime, was still on the lam. A woman...
View ArticleYoung woman found dead
OKEECHOBEE — Detectives with the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) are seeking clues to the suspected murder of a 25-year-old Okeechobee woman. Information is sketchy, but the sheriff’s office...
View ArticleReport: Woman jailed for taking burritos
OKEECHOBEE — A local woman was arrested Wednesday night after she reportedly tried to steal three frozen burritos from Walmart. Officer Charles Green, of the Okeechobee City Police Department (OCPD),...
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Info sought on stolen truck
OKEECHOBEE — The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office asks the public’s help in locating a 2002 Gray Dodge, 4-door extended cab pickup truck with light tinted windows and a Miami Dolphins sticker on...
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Grand jury indicts Deschamps
OKEECHOBEE — A local grand jury came back with a true bill Tuesday and indicted 47-year-old Mark Deschamps on a charge of premeditated first-degree murder. Deschamps was arrested Oct. 24 for allegedly...
View ArticleDaytime burglars steal 10 guns
OKEECHOBEE — Although sheriff’s office detectives are dealing with over 100 daytime burglaries, city police Detective Bill Saum is now tasked with solving the city’s first such case. “This is the first...
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Arrests end check theft ring
OKEECHOBEE — An apparent ongoing criminal enterprise staged by a local brother and sister to fuel their drug habits has kept Detective James Pickering busy since early summer. But with the arrest of...
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Okeechobee man charged in murder of Amanda Suarez
OKEECHOBEE — A 21-year-old Okeechobee man has been arrested in connection with the Dec. 7 death of Amanda Gayle Suarez, 25. Christopher William Shows According to a Monday, Dec. 19, press release from...
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Shows charged in woman’s murder
OKEECHOBEE — “He wanted to know what it was like to kill somebody.” And that, said Sheriff-elect Noel Stephen, was the reason why Amanda Gayle Suarez, a mother of four, was murdered by Christopher...
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