Ocala News

Ocala Funding LLC, a financing vehicle used and controlled by failed Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., filed for bankruptcy protection in Florida. The Orlando-based company listed both assets and debt of more than $1 billion each in Chapter 11 documents filed today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Jacksonville, Florida. Taylor Bean owns a 100 percent membership interest in Ocala Funding, [...]

Early Tuesday morning around 7 A.M. approximately 40 minutes before sunrise a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle whilst crossing South Pine Avenue. The man, 44, was struck by a Nissan Altima crossing the 1200 block east to west, where there was no crosswalk.  The man was wearing dark clothing when the incident occurred, no [...]

Seems like there is a lot of counterfeit money floating around Ocala Florida. The Marion County Sheriff has issued a statement and has put forth the information in this video to assist the public in dealing with this crime.

Marion County Sheriff’s detectives are looking for clues to help find the person, or people, involved in the shooting death of woman. Linda Jean Cage, 50, was found dead in front of her home on a ten acre farm in the Westwood Acres North community. Just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, a deputy responded to [...]

I don’t really know where to even begin with this story. It’s a sad and disgusting tale that bogggles the mind. It really is scary that people like this walk amongst us. Who are these people and what kind of horrible life have they lived to make them want to do something like this. Is [...]

Ocala woman calls 911, confesses to shooting husband: MyFoxORLANDO.com A Marion County Corrections Officer has turned herself in after shooting her husband to death and sits in jail on second degree murder charges. Sylvia Puig shot her husband and former corrections officer, Victor Puig, in the face with a 9mm handgun as he lay on [...]

A 92-YEAR-OLD Florida woman was arrested after she fired a handgun into her neighbour’s house This is sad story of an obviously mentally ill senior citizen who walked across the street from her home and demanded a kiss from her neighbor and returned with a handgun after being denied her kiss. I can’t imagine this [...]

Zachariah Xavier Roberts and Yarnel Rashaurd Bagley escaped from custody in Marion County and the Sheriffs Offices is still ssearching for them. A BOLO, or “be on the lookout” and the youth offenders were last known to be heading east along U.S. 27 in Ocala. Residents in the area should be aware around the home [...]