The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has cancelled an Amber Alert issued earlier today for a 1-year-old boy missing from the Orlando area after the child was found safe. ...more

January 18, 2009

Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers turned out Wednesday to pay respect to an Avon Park "cop's cop." ...more

January 1, 2009

Funeral services have been set for an Avon Park police officer who died Christmas Day while on duty. ...more

December 29, 2008

AVON PARK Police Sgt. Marc Wilbur fell unconscious and later died about 9 a.m. Thursday, according to Avon Park Police Cmdr. Mike Rowan. Wilbur, 43, began his shift at about 6 a.m. and was on duty in the Winn-Dixie shopping plaza, accompanied by a police officer trainee, said Rowan on Friday. Wilbur slipped into unconsciousness and the trainee called emergency dispatch. He was transported by Highlands County Emergency Medical Services to Florida Hospital Heartland Division, where he was pronounced dead. ...more

December 27, 2008

The live-in boyfriend of an assistant central Florida public defender was charged with manslaughter in the woman's shooting death. ...more

November 3, 2008