A Highlands County grand jury returned an indictment of first-degree murder Tuesday afternoon for a suspect charged with the death of a Lake Placid man. ...more

April 8, 2009

A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail on Tuesday, after he was charged with animal cruelty and battery as a suspect in the beating of a Sebring woman and her pet pig. ...more

July 22, 2008

SEBRING — The attorney for a Moore Haven correctional officer announced Thursday that the case against his client in the shooting of her pit-bull dog in late March, was dropped by the state's attorney's office. The charge was dropped on April 15 and the attorney received notice on April 24, according to information received from the court. Dawn Marie Thomas, 31, of Sebring, was arrested by Highlands County sheriff's deputies on March 25, and charged with causing cruel death, pain or suffering to an animal, after sheriff's investigators said she shot and killed her pit bull dog in its cage after it started to show aggressive tendencies. Had the case been brought forward, the charge would have been a third-degree felony. ...more

May 30, 2008

AVON PARK — An Avon Park man and woman were free Thursday on $3,000 bail each, charged in connection with an animal cruelty case dating back to July. Nathanel "Nate" Rashaard Littles, 31, and Peruisa Faye Mack, 30, both of 1437 Winegard Ave., Avon Park, were each charged on warrants with three counts of causing cruel death, pain and suffering to animals (dogs). They were arrested Wednesday at the Highlands County Jail. It was Friday, July 27, when the Highlands County Sheriff's Office sent Deputy Kelly White to investigate a complaint of animal cruelty at the Winegard Avenue address. ...more

January 5, 2008

Bestiality isn't a crime in Florida. A St. Petersburg lawmaker, however, is trying to make it a first-degree felony for humans to have sex with animals after a pregnant goat was raped and killed in Walton County last year. ...more

January 3, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $66,000 bail Monday after Sebring police say he was arrested while walking down Roseland Avenue with a sword and a large knife. ...more

December 18, 2007