Videos Tagged with Florida

Man arrested after pointing gun at driver during road rage incident in Florida

Wed 05 Aug 2026 14:26:03 +0200

Deputies in Hillsborough County say they arrested a 29-year-old man after he allegedly threatened another driver with a gun during a road rage incident on I-75. Tuesday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Jordan Patascher was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and driving while having his license revoked. HCSO deputies said the road rage incident happened on July 29 just before 6:30 p.m. In video released by deputies, coordinates indicate that the incident happened along I-75 in the Brandon area. Dashcam footage of the incident shows the moment when Patascher is seen driving a truck and, as he apparently tries to switch lanes, pulls out and points the gun at the driver. Deputies say they learned about Patascher threatening another driver and after the investigation developed, HCSO determined that Patascher had allegedly switched his license plate after the road rage incident. Deputies said he did that to avoid being identified. Patascher was arrested on July 31 by the Pasco Sheriff's Office in connection with the road rage investigation, HCSO said. According to Pasco County Jail records, Patascher is currently still being held at the Pasco County Detention Center in Land O' Lakes.

Florida 'dope-smoking' pastor accused of sexually abusing teen, exposing him to HIV

Wed 05 Aug 2026 11:46:03 +0200

A Polk County pastor is accused of using his position of trust to groom a 14-year-old boy online, sexually abuse him and expose him to HIV. Timothy Chaneyfield, 42, was arrested after Polk County Sheriff's Office investigators received a cyber tip from Instagram about inappropriate activity between an adult and child. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday that Chaneyfield was a pastor at St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church, a hospice chaplain and a former Polk County Schools employee, and used a dating app to find the teen before moving conversations to Instagram. Investigators say Chaneyfield picked up the boy from his neighborhood three times, took him to his Eagle Lake home and sexually abused him. He groomed a child online, drove to the child’s neighborhood, picked him up, took him to his home, had sex with him,” Judd said. "He's a dope-smoking pedophile preacher." Judd says Chaneyfield is HIV positive and did not tell the teen before having unprotected sex with him. “He’s dangerous,” Sheriff Judd said. “We believe he’s a super spreader.” The sheriff says investigators also spoke with a 26-year-old who says he had sexual contact with Chaneyfield and later learned he was HIV positive. Chaneyfield previously worked for Polk County Public Schools, including at Crystal Lake Middle School, from 2012 to 2024. Investigators believe there could be more victims. “I would be shocked if there weren’t other children victims out there,” Judd said. Chaneyfield faces charges including lewd battery on a child, traveling to meet a minor, computer-related charges, and failing to disclose his HIV status. Judd is urging anyone who had a sexual relationship with Chaneyfield to seek medical care and contact investigators.

Female officer dragged by car during traffic stop in Florida

Tue 04 Aug 2026 09:01:02 +0200

Eustis, FL - Two Florida police officers are expected to be okay after they were dragged by a suspect's vehicle during a traffic stop, the police department said. This comes after the Eustis Police Department said a suspect sped off from a traffic stop with two of the department's officers in his car. The suspect surrendered to law enforcement later that evening. Eustis Police Officers Maznaritz and Murray approached a driver who was speeding around 2:50 a.m., Aug. 1, on S. Bay Street and initiated a stop at the intersection of S. Eustis Street and Quayle Avenue. In marked patrol vehicles, with lights activated, the officers approached the suspect – identified as Shakoi Troy Donovan, 28 – on the driver's and passenger sides of his car. According to the case report, the officers immediately noticed Donovan was having mechanical issues with his car, which had smoke billowing from underneath the hood. He was told twice to turn off his vehicle, but didn't, the report said. He explained he had an oil leak and a starter issue, so he doesn’t want to kill the engine. After the "obvious resistance," the report said, Officer Coe arrived on the scene to assist. Murray grabbed Donovan's right arm while Coe grabbed his left to get him out of the vehicle, police said. Donovan shook Murray off, shifted his car into drive, grabbed her by the department-issued body armor vest and accelerated, the report details. He sped down the road with Murray inside the vehicle – pinned between Donovan's body and the steering wheel, police said. The driver's door remained open. "So for about 330 ft, she was dragged in the car pinned like that," explained Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri. "Got up to about 35 miles per hour with both officers inside the vehicle." Coe traveled about 10 to 15 feet from the traffic stop before he released his body from the vehicle – sending him tumbling on the asphalt. He sustained superficial injuries, the report said. Police said Donovan drove off after dragging the officers, and they were unable to find him. Shakoi Donovan has had run-ins with the law before, mostly over drugs and traffic violations. He was less than 8 weeks into a 2-year probation for his role in a 2021 incident where he fired a gun into the air. After two hours of unsuccessfully searching for Donovan, police issued an active arrest warrant. Eustis Police sought public help to locate Donovan for the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. By Saturday evening, police reported he was taken into custody after he turned himself in. According to investigators, Donovan is being charged with the following: * Attempted Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer * Aggravated Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer * Fleeing to Elude * Resisting an Officer with Violence * Resisting an Officer without Violence

Deputies rescue homeowner from burning Palm Coast house

Fri 31 Jul 2026 13:00:03 +0200

PALM COAST, Fla. - Flagler County sheriff's deputies rescued a homeowner from a burning Palm Coast residence after responding to reports of smoke coming from the house, authorities said. Deputies were dispatched July 29 to a home on Westmoreland Drive after a passing driver reported smoke coming from the residence. Arriving before firefighters, deputies encountered thick black smoke pouring from the front door and heard someone inside calling for help. Body camera video shows deputies locating the homeowner on a back patio, trapped beneath a pile of belongings and unable to move as flames closed in. Two deputies helped lift the man to safety while another used a fire extinguisher from a patrol vehicle to keep the flames from spreading until firefighters arrived. The homeowner was safely evacuated, and crews from the Palm Coast Fire Department and Flagler County Fire Rescue extinguished the fire.

HOW IS THIS REAL

Fri 31 Jul 2026 09:05:03 +0200

Florida Gov candidate David Jolly (D) suggests boys have a constitutional right to play on girl’s sports teams: “Their constitutional rights… It’s pretty disgusting what we’ve seen from Republicans on this..” “Be supportive of them and allow them to play in youth sports.” WHAT Floridians do not want this woke nonsense!!

Deputies arrest Superman-clad boat burglary suspect

Wed 29 Jul 2026 15:55:02 +0200

It was not a bird or a plane, but Hillsborough County deputies say the man wearing a Superman costume was a burglary suspect. Deputies responded to Ruskin on July 25 after a boat owner discovered someone had broken into the cabin of a vessel anchored behind the owner’s home, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Several power tools were reported stolen. The sheriff’s office said investigators identified 57-year-old James Tidwell as the suspect. Body-camera video released by the agency shows deputies questioning Tidwell as he stands outside wearing a Superman shirt, red cape and matching costume. When deputies tell him they are investigating a burglary, Tidwell points toward a nearby boat and appears to acknowledge taking property, telling them he “only took three items.” The sheriff’s office said Tidwell, whom it described as a convicted felon, confessed to the theft and was taken into custody. Tidwell was arrested on charges of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and first-degree petit theft, according to HCSO.

Man Goes Berserk After Spotting Cameraman Filming His Street

Wed 29 Jul 2026 10:09:03 +0200

Fleeing felon caught by K9 after tossing trafficking-level drugs from car window

Tue 28 Jul 2026 16:58:02 +0200

Deltona, FL - A convicted felon led Florida deputies on a pursuit through Deltona after fleeing a traffic stop and tossing a bag filled with guns and trafficking-level drugs out his window, according to court documents. Donnie Williams, 29—whose criminal history includes 17 felony arrests with 6 convictions—is being held without bond following new armed drug trafficking and drug possession charges, deputies said. The pursuit was captured on video from above by the Volusia Sheriff's Office aviation unit, Air1. During proactive traffic enforcement in the area of Reed Ellis Rd/Enterprise Osteen Road in Deltona on July 23, the Deltona Crime Suppression Team and VSO's narcotics unit observed a BMW driver fail to make a complete stop at a clearly marked intersection with a stop sign, which prompted a traffic stop, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported. Williams, who was stopped at a stop sign, appeared to have put his car in park, but as the deputy stepped out of his vehicle to make contact, Williams looked in his driver's side mirror at the deputy, then sped off, an arrest report said. A sergeant deployed stop sticks—hitting Williams' driver's side front tire—but the tire didn't deflate due to having run-flats, the sheriff's office said. Donnie Williams, a 29-year-old convicted felon, led Volusia Sheriff's Williams drove into the backyard of a home on Puritan Street, bailed out of the driver's seat, and fled on foot into a wooded area, the affidavit said. At the time of his arrest, Williams was holding a cell phone and actively speaking with a contact listed as "B." He was taken to the hospital for treatment of the dog bite and medically cleared of all injuries, the report said. Inside the black bag Williams threw out of his car was a gun with eight rounds, a white rock-like substance in an orange pill bottle that field tested as a presumptive positive for crack cocaine, a headphone case with seven clear bags—totaling 203.5 grams—of a crystal-like substance consistent with methamphetamine, and a clear bag of 16.4 grams of a white powdery substance consistent with fentanyl, the affidavit said. Williams faces several felony charges and was denied bond. He is currently at the Volusia County Branch Jail. His charges include: * Fleeing or attempting to elude active lights and siren * Driving with a license canceled, suspended, or revoked * Possession of a firearm by a convicted in-state felon * Sale and delivery of a controlled substance * Trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine * Possession of paraphernalia * Resisting without violence * Tampering with evidence

Fishback Goes off...... "EVERY SINGLE Teenager on Sunday was Black"

Mon 27 Jul 2026 10:26:41 +0200

It's not racist to observe that every single, every single teenager was black. Every single teenager on Sunday was black.

If we want to save black lives in the state of Florida, we have to confront the truth.

Florida man convicted of murder after knocking victim unconscious and throwing him off a dock

Fri 24 Jul 2026 20:20:03 +0200

RUSKIN, Fla. — The man accused of shoving another man off a boat dock in Ruskin and throwing his body into the water was found guilty on Wednesday. A jury found 52-year-old Kamal Padlowski guilty of one count of murder after a brief trial that took place over the span of three days. The family of the victim, Melvin Jimenez, was in court. Throughout the week, prosecutors argued that Padlowski met the victim at a bar near Bahia Beach Boulevard in May of 2024, before inviting him back to his boat to continue drinking. During the trial, surveillance video was shown capturing the night of the murder and the altercation that ensued. It was the first time Angela and Kimberly Sprenger, Jimenez’s wife and daughter, said they saw video. “He was a good person. He would never do anything to deserve this. No one deserves to be killed in broad daylight from other people,” said Kimberly. Bodycam video showing a conversation between a witness and an officer was also revealed and a handful of other witnesses were called to the stand. Padlowski also took the stand during trial. “All the things he was saying was just total lies. And to try to go after my husband’s character that way is just so awful,” said Angela. On Wednesday, following the jury’s decision, a judge revoked bond for Padlowski and adjudicated him guilty. Sentencing has been scheduled for Aug. 17 at 2 p.m., with post trial motions to be heard at that time. He faces up to life in prison. “At least he’ll get to spend the rest of his day thinking about my dad and how maybe if he was a better man and had a better character like my dad, he would have made the decisions that he did to lead to this,” said Kimberly.

Orlando Police Arrest Bikers Amid Traffic Enforcement Operation

Thu 23 Jul 2026 20:24:03 +0200

Orlando Police Arrest Bikers Amid Traffic Enforcement Operation

77 y old Florida postal worker Gail Giustino arrested for allegedly stealing animals

Wed 22 Jul 2026 16:52:05 +0200

77 year old Florida postal worker Gail Giustino arrested for allegedly stealing animals along her route and had 70 cats in her “hoarder” home.