Manatee County

Eric Merda said he was swimming in Lake Manatee when a nearly seven-foot alligator tore off his right arm. The 43-year-old said he was stranded for three days in the swamp.

The man was attacked while swimming in Manatee County.

A burglary suspect in Florida trying to escape police officers jumped into a pond and never resurfaced. The Bradenton Police Department said in a news release that police officers had responded to reports of vehicle burglaries at an apartment complex in Bradenton, Florida early Saturday and found two men hiding on the porch of an apartment. Officers detained one of...

Officials say a 44-year-old man lured a young girl away from a neighborhood birthday party and sexually assaulted her

Officials say a man walked into a Florida sheriff’s office and confessed to killing a woman a decade ago because he “found Jehovah and couldn’t live with the guilt anymore.”

Police say a Florida day care worker is accused of slapping a 4-month-old several times before twisting the baby’s leg until it broke