Brevard County News

An Indialantic physician facing charges of having sex with a minor has been released on $135,000 bond from the Brevard County Detention Center.

Local6.com is reporting a man picked up a teenage girl who had run away from a shelter and raped her inside his Melbourne home Brevard County sheriff's deputies said the man picked up the 15-year-old and took her to lunch before taking her to his home, where he attacked her, according to Local6.com To read the story, click here.

By staff report Originally published 12:36 p.m., July 2, 2009 Updated 12:36 p.m., July 2, 2009 SEBASTIAN INLET - Authorities are responding to the Sebastian Inlet State Park for a sailboat that crashed on the Brevard County side of the shore.

A Brevard County doctor was arrested Wednesday on charges of engaging in sexual activity with a minor.

A Brevard County judge has ordered a serial rapist -- who moved to Melbourne after serving 13 years in prison for raping 12 Tampa-area women and attempting to rape four others in the 1980s -- held without bond until Hillsborough County officials take custody of him on probation violation charges.

A 51-year-old Melbourne woman died and two other people were injured after an early-morning accident on U.S. 192.

A Palm Bay husband and wife remain jailed on charges they forced a 17-year-old woman to have sexual relations with them.

Bobby Joe Helms stands before a judge once again Monday, this time it was for violating his probation.

Three veteran administrators -- two from South Florida, one from Ohio -- will tour Brevard County next month in hopes of becoming the next permanent fire-rescue chief.

A police officer patrolling a neighborhood in Titusville says he stumbled upon a dog fight about to begin on Sunday.

Investigators believe a Malabar massage therapist -- charged with shooting, dismembering and dumping the body of a former police officer who owed her money -- had a Web site dedicated to helping people get even with their enemies.

Florida's water management districts are poised to act quickly if Gov. Charlie Crist signs a controversial bill that would give staff members working behind closed doors even more power to grant lucrative water rights.

Two men who police said held up a man in a darkened driveway as he readied for work, remained jailed without bond this morning.

The man known as the "Hyde Park Rapist" for admitting to raping 12 women and trying to rape four others was rearrested on Saturday and charged with violating his probation.

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Mims man in reference to using fake personas on MySpace.com to solicit teenage girls for images of child pornography.A Daniel J. Coyle, 39, who lives at 3025 Fawn Lake Boulevard, was arrested on Thursday and charged with 2 counts of computer solicitation of a minor.

Pizza connoisseurs will attest that pizza baked in a coal oven differs from conveyor belt counterparts.

For the third time in a week, wildlife officers are investigating whether an American crocodile might be lurking among the dunes along Brevard County's shoreline.

ST. CLOUD, Fla. -- Early Tuesday morning an accident off U.S. 192 left a 51-year-old Melbourne women dead, along with two others injured.

A $100 million deal between Space Florida and United Launch Alliance is scheduled for approval today at the Space Florida Board of Directors meeting.

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for a 26-year-old man in connection with a shooting Sunday near West Lake Circle and Lakeview Boulevard in Cocoa.