Mar. 15, 2025
Marsha Ebanks-Williams, Robert Adams.Photo: Facebook (2)
According to officials in Florida, a domestic dispute over electricity consumption preceded the shooting deaths of a 48-year-old woman and her 28-year-old son.
PEOPLE confirms Marsha Ebanks-Williams and her son, Robert Adams, were found dead Sunday evening in a DeLand home.
A statement from the Volusia Sheriff’s Office alleges Michael D. Williams, 47, called 911 at approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday, “stating he’d just shot his ex-wife and her son in self-defense.
Mar. 15, 2025
Anthony Bellman; Xyla the dog.Photo:Lee County Sheriff’s Office
Lee County Sheriff’s Office
A Florida man was arrested after allegedly shoving a dog into a trash bag and tossing the animal in a dumpster behind a discount store, authorities said.
On Thursday, employees of a Family Dollar in Lehigh Acres found the 16-year-old Shih Tzu, known as Xyla, moving inside a trash bag with a rope around her neck, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in astatementposted to Facebook.
Mar. 15, 2025
Brett Baldwin, Nicole Baldwin.Photo:Marion County Sheriff’s Office; Mount Dora Police Department/ Facebook
Marion County Sheriff’s Office; Mount Dora Police Department/ Facebook
A man who was being investigated as a person of interest in his wife’s disappearance has now been arrested on child pornography charges, PEOPLE has learned.Brett Baldwin – whose wife Nicole Baldwin has been missing since Nov. 2 – was arrested Thursday afternoon on a federal charge for possessing child pornography, Marion County jail records show.
Mar. 15, 2025
A Florida teen is being remembered for his drive to help others after he was killed in a scooter accident last week.
The 17-year-old victim wasriding a scooteron the sidewalk in Daytona Beach just before 4 p.m. on Friday when the crash occurred, Daytona Beach police spokeswoman Carrie McCallister revealed on Sunday, according toThe Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Hutchinson’s loved ones told WESH that the young man was testing out the scooter, which he had purchased earlier in the day.
Mar. 15, 2025
U.S. flags will fly at half-mast on Nov. 25 in honor of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19.Photo:Anna Moneymaker/Getty;
Anna Moneymaker/Getty;
PresidentJoe Bidensigned a proclamation on Tuesday ordering all U.S. flags to be lowered to half-staff beginning Nov. 25 “as a mark of respect for the memory” of former first ladyRosalynn Carter.
Rosalynn, the norm-shattering wife of former PresidentJimmy Carter, died on Nov. 19at the age of 96, days after her family announced that she wasentering hospice care.