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OPD: Suspect wanted in multiple burglaries
Ocala, Florida — (Official Press release) Six cases Church Burglary and two cases of Residential Burglary have occurred from September 11, 2014, to September 22, 2014. They are as follows: * 9/11/14...
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Ocala man threatened to kill his grandmother
Ocala, Florida — An ongoing fraud investigation by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office lead to the arrest of the victim’s own grandson yesterday. It all started when the 77-year-old grandmother reported...
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Teen attempted to blow up car with gasoline soaked rag
Ocala, Florida — (Official Press Release) From Friday night, September 26, 2014, to Sunday night, September 28, 2014, there were four (4) arson cases involving the throwing of Molotov cocktails at...
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OPD: Suspicious device found
Ocala, Florida — A suspicious device was found at Citizen’s Circle just moments ago. Ocala Police Department Public Information Officer, Angy Scroble, said City Hall and surrounding buildings in the...
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Woman sent drug-laced love letters to jail
Ocala, Florida — An Ocala woman was arrested yesterday for sending her incarcerated boyfriend drug-laced love letters. According to officials, a part-time mail clerk made the discovery when she lifted...
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Grandmother reported her grandson’s step-father for child abuse
Belleview, Florida — On September 29, 2014, Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy, Julie Vowinkel, responded to Belleview Elementary School after a grandmother reported that her six-year-old grandson had been...
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MCSO: Baby Jayden will be taken off life support
Ocala, Florida — Jayden Green, the one-year-old that was severely beaten by Kendall Blyden, 27, will be taken off life support once his organs are harvested. The child was so badly injured from the...
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Sexting law in Ocala: Parents, this is your warning
Ocala, Florida — Since cell phones first saw widespread adoption in the 1990s, they’ve become not just ever present, but have developed vastly expanded capabilities, such as the ability to take and...
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Girls being sexually harassed at Fort King Middle
Ocala, Florida — According to an Ocala father, David Marrs, a Fort King Middle school boy sitting near his 12-year-old daughter on the school bus has been sexually harassing, bullying, and even making...
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Special weather statement for October 4th, to Oct. 6th
After dealing with a rather wet and soggy September month, drier weather will finally arrive in Florida as this first week of October moves in and the state trends out of the rainy season. Not that...
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Marion County Sheriff’s Office new phone app released today
Ocala, Florida — Today, October 7, 2014, Marion County Sheriff, Chris Blair, announced MCSO’s new, free phone application that will help keep citizens in touch with what’s going on in Marion County....
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Ocala police are investigating a homicide
Ocala, Florida — At approximately 9:48 p.m., Ocala Police Officers responded to 2011 NW 9th Road in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, contact was made with a resident who claimed his roommate was...
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Marion County Firefighters turn out in pink this October
Marion County, Florida – In addition to fighting fires, responding to car accidents, and other medical emergencies, your Marion County firefighters are sporting the color pink throughout October in...
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Ocala nurse suspended from practicing
Ocala, Florida — John H. Armstrong, MD, FACS, State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health, ordered the emergency restriction of the license of Cristine Townsend Kitchings, R.N., to practice as a...
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OPD: New task force formed
Ocala, Florida — On September 16, 2014, Ocala Police Chief, Greg Graham, called for the forming of a task force due to the numerous violent crime incidents, which have occurred in the City of Ocala in...
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Dumb criminals: I was about to have another beer when you stopped me
Ocala, Florida — On October 7, 2014, Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy, William Blair II, conducted a traffic stop in the 4000 block of South Pine Avenue after noticing a vehicle with non-working...
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Halloween: National Kill a Pit Bull Day
Ocala, Florida — Ocala Post has received several e-mails asking if the Halloween National Kill-a-Pit-Bull Day is real. The answer is no. It was a poorly executed prank aimed at Slater, Missouri,...
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Strong-arm robbery at Advanced Discount Auto Parts
Ocala, Florida — An Ocala man was able to successfully hide his cell phone from two individuals as they robbed him and was able to call 911 as a result. Benjamin Schneider, a 46-year-old male from...
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Dollar General robbery in Ocala
Ocala, Florida — The Dollar General store located at 2371 NW 45th Terrace , Ocala, was robbed at gunpoint at approximately 9:10 a.m. on October 12, 2014. According to the Dollar General assistant...
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Man shot to death in his car
Ocala, Florida — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division is currently working a homicide investigation at the Quail Run Apartment Complex off of County Road 475A in southwest Marion...
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