Osceola County News

Two 16-year-olds from St. Cloud were arrested Sunday after they reportedly stole a John Deere cart from a shed on Narcoossee Community School property, hit multiple mailboxes with the cart and crashed it into a barbed wire fence.

A man who died Wednesday night after renting a gun and shooting himself at Rieg's Gun Shop on South Orange Blossom Trail has been identified as Valentin Pepelea, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities say a corrections officer faces kidnapping, armed robbery and nearly a dozen other charges for helping an inmate at a central Florida jail obtain a loaded handgun in an escape attempt.

Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies found 17 marijuana plants growing in a Poinciana backyard Sunday.

Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man who reportedly was staying at the home of a Poinciana woman until he seriously injured her with a baseball bat in Lakeland.

Two teen boys from St. Cloud were hurt and arrested Sunday after allegedly stealing an all-terrain utility vehicle from an Osceola County school, driving through yards, hitting mailboxes and crashing into a barbed-wire fence, officials said today.

A Kissimmee police officer patrolling Mill Run discovered almost six and a half pounds of marijuana when he searched a car that smelled like the drug early Monday morning.

An anonymous tip and several weeks of surveillance led law enforcement to the seizure of 23 pounds of marijuana during a raid of two homes Tuesday night.

Authorities say a corrections officer has been charged in connection with an inmate at a central Florida jail obtaining a loaded handgun and trying to escape.

The owner of a gourmet bakery for this community's pampered pets has been jailed by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office on 69 counts of child abuse.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 - Osceola County Sheriff's deputies arrested three juveniles and one adult and charged them with multiple counts of burglary and grand theft.

Sheriff's officials are investigating how an inmate at a central Florida jail obtained a loaded handgun in an attempted escape.

How an Osceola County Jail inmate obtained a loaded handgun remained unanswered Tuesday as sheriff's officials investigated an attempted jail break Monday evening.

Osceola County will spend more than $200 million to improve roads starting this summer in the hope of stimulating the county's economy.

Details of a night of terror emerged this week about the rape of a Poinciana woman while her housemate looked on, too scared of the attacker to resist or seek help, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office .

Residents near east Boggy Creek Road came to a County Commission meeting ready to protest a development of 20 or so houses in their rural north Osceola neighborhood.

A 19-year-old Poinciana man is behind bars after Osceola County deputies said he stole and attempted to sell his neighora s laptop online.

Osceola County Sheriff's deputies need the public's help in identifying a man suspected of robbing a Bank of America at 3305 S. Orange Blossom Trail this morning.

Authorities say a central Florida woman set fire to a 4-month-old pit bull puppy, which was later put to sleep.

A woman in Kissimmee is facing animal cruelty charges after setting her boyfried's puppy on fire.