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Jessica Mcfadyen

Jessica Mcfadyen is a journalist for independent news and media organizations in the United States. Mcfadyen primarily spends her time scouting social media for the latest Local, US and World News for The Published Reporter®. She also contributes to a variety of publications through involvement in the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Crime

Stolen Porsche Leads To Firearms, Felony Arrests in Pompano Beach

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 14, 2022

Broward Sheriff's deputies arrested two suspects and recovered guns and ammunition after they were alerted to a stolen vehicle. POMPANO BEACH, FL - Pompano Beach deputies arrested two suspects and recovered guns and ammunition after…

Crime

Miami Workplace Dispute Results In Two Men Shot, One Arrest

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 14, 2022

Jackson Etienne, 31 of North Miami was charged with aggravated battery with great bodily harm. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – The Miami-Dade Police Department, Airport District is investigating a workplace dispute that resulted in…

Crime

WATCH: Man Runs From Ocala Police; Gets Tackled By Off-Duty Deputy

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 14, 2022

Tasheem Eubanks, 27, was arrested for uttering forged instruments, fraudulent use of personal identification information to obtain goods over $5,000, unauthorized possession of a fraudulent Illinois driver's license, and resisting arrest…

Business

Detectives: Suspect Wanted For Cashing Stolen Lottery Tickets Taken In Business Burglary At Marathon…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 13, 2022

Two weeks after the business burglary the suspect entered a Publix in Davie, and cashed the tickets on December 15, 2021. The suspect was seen leaving the area in a newer model VW Jetta. WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The Palm Beach County…

Crime

Detectives: Investigation Revealed Pair Stole Packages Off Broward County Front Porches, Then Pawned…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 13, 2022

Detectives arrested Javon James, 32, of Sunrise and Shenara Lindo, 32, of Oakland Park after an investigation revealed that Lindo would drive James through neighborhoods in Broward County were he stole packages off of victims’ front…

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Spring Hill Suspect Apprehended After Fleeing From Law Enforcement

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 13, 2022

According to authorities, Michael Joseph Shipton, 31, was charged with felony petit theft, grand theft auto, three counts of fleeing and eluding, two counts of driving with a suspended license, aggravated assault on a law enforcement…

Crime

Police: Street Racers Were Responsible For Deadly Crash In Ocala

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 12, 2022

Traffic Homicide Investigators arrested Mauricio Medina, 52, and Joshua Jones, 30, for vehicular homicide, racing on a highway, and reckless driving. The deadly crash occurred on October 12, 2021 when a man and his family…

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Pembroke Pines Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide, DUI Manslaughter For Three-vehicle Crash That…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 12, 2022

Detectives arrested Michael Cecile Crooks, 25, for his involvement in a three-vehicle crash that left one woman dead and several injured near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on October 31, 2021. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -…

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DeLand Man Charged With 29 Counts Of Possessing Child Pornography After Cyber Tip from National…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 11, 2022

According to authorities, Robert Sierra, 33 of Chelsea Manor Circle in DeLand was arrested on a warrant Monday in New Smyrna Beach. NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL – A DeLand man has been charged with 29 counts of possession of a sexual…

Crime

Detectives Investigate Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash In Pompano Beach

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 10, 2022

Broward Sheriff’s Traffic Homicide detectives continue to investigate the circumstances of this crash and are asking anyone with information about or who know the identity of the driver to contact Broward Traffic Homicide Detective…

Crime

Detectives: Suspect Wanted For Smash & Grab Burglary at Footlocker In Cross County Plaza, West…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 10, 2022

The suspect is described as a black male, wearing black and white athletic shorts. This incident occurred on November 27, 2021 and it is believed that this suspect also committed a burglary to Footlocker on November 13,…

Crime

Detectives: Deltona Mom Accepted Thousands In Cash From 15-Year-Old Habitual Runaway Who Has No Job;…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 10, 2022

According to authorities, 39-year-old Anna Marie Sikora of Deltona, accepted thousands of dollars from a 15-year-old child who is a habitual runaway and has no job, and charged her with grand theft. Photo Volusia Sheriff’s Office …

Crime

Boys, 14 And 15, Arrested After Gun Pulled On Deland Skating Rink Employee

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 8, 2022

When a deputy patted down the boys, a Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun with one round in the chamber concealed in a waistband along with a 24-round magazine. A check revealed the gun was reported stolen out of Marion County. DELAND, FL…

Crime

Local Criminal Defense Attorney Accused of Trying To Bring Cocaine Into Palm Beach County Jail

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 7, 2022

According to authorities, Attorney Casals turned himself in to the Palm Beach County Jail where he was booked and bonded out for 58,000. WEST PALM BEACH, FL - David Casals, who detectives say practices law in Palm Beach and Broward…

Crime

Detectives Seeking To ID Four Tamarac Electric Toothbrush Bandits

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 7, 2022

Broward Sheriff’s Office Tamarac district detectives seek the public’s help locating four subjects who have stolen more than a thousand dollars’ worth in electric toothbrushes from the same store in Tamarac. TAMARAC, FL – Broward…

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Man Shot In The Face, Carjacked By Two Violent Juveniles In Deltona

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 7, 2022

Darren Brown and co-defendant, Mikel Debose were charged with attempted felony murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, carjacking with a firearm, using a firearm during commission of a felony and violation of juvenile probation.…

Crime

Ocala Man Arrested For Sexual Battery After Breaking Into Victim’s Home

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 6, 2022

Marion County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, with the assistance of the Sheriff’s Aviation Unit and K-9 unit, conducted a search of the area and located 19-year-old Tylor Moreno who as taken into custody. OCALA, FL - On Wednesday,…

Crime

Brooksville Wanted Subject Apprehended by Hernando County Sheriff’s Intelligence Unit; Had…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 5, 2022

According to authorities, Trevor D. Keef, 47, was charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Keef was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center where he is being held without bond. …

Crime

Suspect, Accomplice Arrested In Armed Robberies In Debary, Daytona Beach

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 4, 2022

For the DeBary robbery, John M. Graham, 33 (left) was charged with robbery with a firearm and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Klandi Brooks, 24, is charged with principal to robbery with a firearm. In the Daytona…

Crime

Hernando County Sailor on Leave for Holiday Charged with Statutory Rape of Tampa Bay Area Minor

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 3, 2022

According to authorities, Dylan B. Adams, was placed under arrest and charged with three counts of Lewd and Lascivious Battery on a Person over 12 but under 16. His bond was set at $30,000. In Florida, Lewd or Lascivious Battery, more…

Crime

Felony Subject Nabbed At Brooksville Bus Stop; Hernando Detectives Believe He Planned Leaving The…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 3, 2022

According to authorities, Benjamin Daniels, 32, was apprehended in the area of Cortez Boulevard and Winter Street. Daniels, who had two active felony warrants, was preparing to board the bus with plans on leaving the area. …

Crime

Spring Hill Man Charged With Trafficking Cocaine After Kilo Shipped To Hernando County From Puerto…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 3, 2022

According to detectives, Pablo Jonuel Fuentes Morales, 26, was charged with Trafficking in Cocaine SPRING HILL, FL - During the month of December, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office Vice and Narcotics Unit conducted a joint…

Crime

Port Charlotte Road Rage Incident Leads to Gunshots, Collision, Two Arrests

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 3, 2022

Dylan L. Perez, 24, was charged with Resisting an Officer without Violence. Shiann Skidmore, 27, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and three counts of child neglect. Both…

Crime

VIDEO: 17-Year-Old in Stolen Vehicle from Miami Arrested After Fleeing, Assaulting Deputies in Palm…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 3, 2022

McKenzy Nazien, 17, was arrested for Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Resisting Officer with Violence, Fleeing and Eluding, Reckless Driving, Petit Theft, Driving While License Suspended with Knowledge, Criminal Mischief, and Aggravated…

Business

VIDEO: Deputy Fatally Shoots Tiger As Man Screams In Agony Pleading For Help During Attack At Naples…

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 2, 2022

The man is seen and heard screaming in agony and pleading for help just before the sheriff’s deputy shot the animal after attempting to locate a tranquilizer gun but apparently running out of time while the man screamed “You Got To Shoot…

Crime

Woman Strangled and Beaten at Miami-Dade Airport Bus Stop

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 2, 2022

Miami-Dade Police Officers patrolling the area located a subject matching the description provided by the dispatcher, later identified as 27 year old Aaron K. Quinones and he was arrested and charged with attempted felony murder. …

Crime

Broward Detectives Investigating Death of Woman Following Two Vehicle Crash In Oakland Park

Jessica Mcfadyen Jan 2, 2022

Broward Sheriff's deputies and Oakland Park Fire Rescue responded to a crash were an adult female passenger was later pronounced deceased by hospital personnel. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. OAKLAND PARK, FL -…

Crime

Hernando Sheriff Reports “Alarming Trend” and Continued Increase in Accidental Overdoses; Proof That…

Jessica Mcfadyen Dec 30, 2021

According to authorities, as of December 29, 2021, 75 overdose deaths have been confirmed in Hernando County, with an additional 13 cases likely to be confirmed by the Medical Examiner's Office once each of those investigations are…

Crime

Georgia Corrections Officer, Two Others Arrested for Drug Trafficking After Ocala Traffic Stop on…

Jessica Mcfadyen Dec 30, 2021

According to authorities, 25-year-old driver Angelique Tucker, a Georgia corrections officer, and passengers Javorise Watkins, 28, and Assyria Watts, 26, were all arrested for trafficking fentanyl, amphetamine, and possession of marijuana…

Crime

Middle School Employee Arrested After Meet-Up With Deltona Student To Smoke Marijuana; Charged With…

Jessica Mcfadyen Dec 29, 2021

According to authorities, Kristen Williams, 41, an office assistant who works with 6th graders at Heritage Middle, was charged with child abuse without great harm and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. DELTONA, FL - A staff…

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