Florida executes man who killed cellmate to get death sentence
Florida executed a man who killed his cellmate to get a death sentence, the first state execution since the botched Christa Pike attempt.
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Florida executed a man who killed his cellmate to get a death sentence, the first state execution since the botched Christa Pike attempt.
The owner says the man took more than a dozen packs worth less than $120 in total, but his concern extends beyond the financial loss.
Manuel Farfan-Cabello, 28, was arrested after deputies say they found Ylda Cabello-Ynocente, 58, with multiple stab wounds at their Tamarac home Friday night, and family members say he suffers from schizophrenia.
Deputies found the woman suffering from multiple stab wounds before she was pronounced dead.
Police say the driver left the scene in an unknown vehicle and an unknown direction of travel.
The circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation.
The shooting was reported just after 11 p.m. in the 2000 block of Northwest 43rd Terrace in Lauderhill, police say.
A local judge has found three men guilty of murdering two Australian brothers and their American friend in Baja California, Mexico, in April 2024.
Hours before DeSantis' action, the Florida Supreme Court denied William Lee Thompson's motion for a stay.
Investigators have released photos of the vehicle they believe was involved and said they are looking for a dark-colored Toyota Corolla, model years 2020 through 2025.
Davie police and other agencies arrested 25-year-old Braveone Jones on two counts of attempted murder in a Sept. 15 shooting that injured two men, but the rapper was not arrested.
Marcia Sangronis, who is on probation with the department, was relieved of duty with pay, and a judge reduced the charge from aggravated battery to simple battery.
A woman, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members in 2024 and accuses Cornell University of failing to protect her.
Police say Diego Alfredo Medina Acosta took $7,854.36 worth of food from the hotel's storage area, and a judge set his bond at $2,500.
Federal documents say officers found eight yellow-faced grassquits and two blue grosbeaks in tubes sewn into the pockets of a man's underwear after a flight from Havana.
Witnesses reported seeing two men in shirts marked "police" beat a man and forced him into a vehicle, and a burned car matching the suspects' was later found near Eddrick Bethune's body.
Ten people face racketeering and other charges after a multiyear undercover investigation into an illegal commercial fishing operation accused of poaching about 23,000 pounds of fish and selling protected sea turtles.
The Homicide Bureau is now investigating.
Neither victim has been identified as of publication.
Tennessee canceled its remaining scheduled execution this year after Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, survived two doses of a botched lethal injection. A witness said she was "clearly very alive."
A cab driver and an accomplice targeted intoxicated victims in Miami Beach's entertainment district, police say.
North Central Texas College said in a statement that, to its knowledge, the alleged offense doesn't involve other staff or any students.
Antonio Brown was initially charged with second-degree attempted murder after police said he fired two shots at a man following a fight in Miami in 2025.
Nathalie Belizaire walked out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center before 9 p.m., covering her face after noticing cameras outside the jail.
Curtis Wilkie Beasley, 77, became the 16th person executed in Florida this year after he was convicted of killing Carolyn Monfort in 1995.
