Brevard County

A man has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Florida sheriff who posts weekly “Wheel of Fugitive” videos on social media.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is recommending charges against a man who was caught on camera beating a shark with a hammer along Florida’s Space Coast.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is recommending charges against a man who was caught on camera beating a shark with a hammer along Florida’s Space Coast.

A police officer in Florida is in jail following a standoff with a sheriff’s office SWAT team during which he fired shots inside his home. Deputies from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office were called to Cocoa Police Officer Patrick Kelly’s home in Viera, Florida Wednesday night about a domestic dispute with a woman who also is a Cocoa Police officer....

A Florida sheriff says one of his deputies fatally shot another while they were off duty and taking a break from playing an online video game. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in a social media video posted Sunday that the deputies were best friends and roommates. Ivey says 23-year-olds Andrew Lawson and Austin Walsh were standing around talking Saturday...

After playing video games, a roommate picked up a gun he thought was unloaded, and in a joke pulled the trigger, killing the Deputy Officer.

A central Florida man was arrested Friday after police said he shot an officer who confronted him at a hotel room, claiming he thought the officers were members of the “Mexican cartel coming to steal his belongings.” NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports the incident took place in Melbourne along Florida’s Space Coast, after officers from the Melbourne Police Department were...

A driver spotted an alligator tied to the rear bumper of an SUV while driving down a Florida highway on Saturday

A driver spotted a massive alligator tied to the rear bumper of an SUV while driving down I-95 in Florida.

A third candidate for public office has come to forward to say a sheriff on Florida’s Space Coast offered help in getting a job in exchange for leaving a race and backing his favored candidate. Kimberly Musselman, a prosecutor in Brevard County, told Florida Today she was asked by Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey to bow out of her race...

A woman with an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a bag was arrested for driving a golf cart on Florida’s busiest interstate while drunk.