Martin County Sheriff’s Office

Detectives say they located the body after excavating for hours in the woman’s back yard.

A handyman has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in the septic tank of a Jensen Beach home Saturday, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives say they located the body after excavating for hours in the woman’s back yard. MCSO believes the victim is 57-year-old Cynthia Cole. Cole was reported missing in February after being...

A Florida man says he jumped from a stolen car seconds before it was hit by a train and sent flying into a nearby home. The sleeping residents were unharmed and the man was later arrested, authorities said. Police said the man claimed he stole the car in a “good faith effort” to search for his own vehicle after leaving…