Crime

Florida carries out its 14th execution of the year as inmate is put to death for a 1976 murder involving a teenage girl and her wounded friends.

Harold Gene Lucas faces lethal injection Tuesday as Florida carries out its 14th execution of the year following a decades-long legal process for a 1976 murder.

Florida executes 12 inmates this year, leading the nation as Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma schedule simultaneous deaths on August 13 amid legal disputes over lethal injection.

St. Petersburg business owners Christopher Monroe and Robert Czyszczon charged with illegal dumping after allegedly using toxic mothballs to deter nesting black skimmers from beachfront properties.

Florida authorities have charged a 91-year-old man with murdering his disabled wife. The suspect reportedly stated that killing her was fulfilling a promise not to place her in a nursing facility.

Florida plans to execute James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone on Tuesday at Florida State Prison. This marks the first double execution since 1964 as state officials accelerate death penalty use under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida has executed former police officer James Aren Duckett by lethal injection, marking the state’s first execution since January 2023 following a federal injunction pause.

Florida carries out a historic double execution of James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone, marking the first such event in modern American death penalty history.

Florida has executed two death row inmates simultaneously. Officials confirmed the deaths of James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone on Tuesday evening.

Florida marks nearly two centuries since its first execution. The state transitioned from public hangings to the electric chair and lethal injection, recently setting a modern record with 19 deaths under Gov. DeSantis amid legal scrutiny.

Authorities arrested a Stuart, Fla., mail carrier after finding 80 cats living in unsanitary conditions inside her residence following reports of animal neglect and refusal to allow entry.

A preliminary report confirms Brittany Clark was killed by an alligator while swimming in Florida's Little Big Econ State Forest. Officials captured two gators linked to the attack.