Ocala News

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.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is now offering up to $2,500 in reward for information leading to the location and recovery of the weapon used in the quadruple homicide committed August 5, 2011 at 5366 NW 5th Street, Ocala. James Edward Bannister, 31, of Ocala, was charged with four counts of Premeditated Murder and for [...]

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 [...]

Michael Nichols was last seen alive on December 3, 2010 and his body was recovered from a wooded lot recently where it was dumped by his former roommate, James “Dan” Carlton, who killed him for his 30 day supply of prescription medications. Here we have the senseless wasting of more lives as more people die [...]

A Belleview man has been sentenced to a minimum mandatory of 3 years in prison for possession of OxyContin according to the State of Florida law which makes it a felony to carry or posses pills based on weight. Michael McComb was found guilty of trafficking in oxycodone after he was found passed out behind [...]

Abdul Razzak-Kanjiani accused of selling “bath salts“ Abdul Razzak-Kanjiani has been arrested as the first person in Ocala FL to sell so called “bath salts” after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an emergency ban on the unregulated substance which has suddenly become the latest fad in recreational drug use. Abdul was approached by undercover [...]

An Ocala family had their home targeted by an acid bomb attack recently that could have been a very dangerous and damaging scenario if not for the fast action of local citizens and the Marion County Hazmat team which acted quickly to neutralize the dangerous home made chemical bombs. This was a ery personal and [...]

Emilia Carr, the 26 year old Citra woman, has been sentenced to death by an Ocala jury for her role in the kidnapping and murder of Heather Stone,  also 26 and from Citra. Carr now claims that she has been convicted “for telling a lie” based on the confessions she made to witnesses and the [...]

Marion County has finally sealed the fate of Mr Joan Acosta who was arrested in 2008 on charges of marijuana cultivation. He was sentenced to 3 years for his crime and the State of Florida will pay about $60,000 for his incarceration according to the 2009 budget costs on the Florida DOC website which claims [...]

Deborah J. Adams, a teachers aide at Maplewood Elementary, was fired and did not dispute the termination recommendation from the Superintendent of Schools for alleged verbal abuse of an autistic child under her supervision. Rhoda Richardson, the teacher who has allegedly commited the same offense,disputed the recommnendation for termination and has requested a board meeting [...]

Reawattie Sugrim has been charged with Medicaid fraud and grand theft for allegedfly taking more than $4,000 from a disabled adults bank account and billing Medicaid for services after the client had already moved out of the V&H Care Assisted Living Facility. Ms Sugrim faces a stiff fine and up to 5 years in prison [...]

Marion County has a “load reduction plan” in place with Progress Energy that saves the School Board about $300,000 in energy costs each year which is enough to hire 6 full time teachers. That is a significant savings and well worth the effort if not for the fact that power is cut to a select [...]

It looks like Wesley Snipes has come to terms with the fact he will do prisin time for his tax evasion case and he has actually surrendered to Federal authorities to begin his 3 year sentence. I find this a bit surprising since I thought he would fight harder to remain free but apparently his [...]