Alan Wooten

Orlando spa worker accused of touching two women inappropriately during massages An Orlando spa worker has been accused of sexual battery after two women came forward alleging that the man touched them inappropriately during massages ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida man who worked as a massage therapist in Orlando is facing sexual battery charges and detectives are seeking any other potential victims, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.  According to arrest affidavits, two women reported that Manrique Yepez, 48, of Davenport, reportedly touched them inappropriately during a visit to The Spa Orlando on Arthur Drive.  Both victims were reportedly 18 […]

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Saturday joined striking autoworkers outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, with Fetterman saying he drove about five hours from Braddock, Pa., in his UAW-made Ford Bronco to get to the plant. “I always stand for the union way of life,” Fetterman said. “Whatever the unions say is in their best interest, that’s what I’m going to stand for.” For the first time in history, the UAW has declared a strike against all three domestic automakers: Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. The union has three initial strike targets: Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant, GM’s […]

article Three adults are charged with locking 9-year-old child inside a dog kennel. (Credit: Davidson County Sheriff’s Office) LEXINGTON, N.C. – North Carolina authorities have charged three adults after deputies found a 9-year-old child locked inside a kennel.  The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said on October 9, deputies received a call from an anonymous citizen who said a little child was locked inside of a dog kennel overnight at a home in Lexington.  Deputies responded to the home and confirmed the citizen’s report. They said the kennel was secured with a padlock.  They then forced entry into the kennel and […]

PINE HILLS, Fla. – A reward is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest in a shooting that left a man dead and injured a woman early Sunday in Pine Hills, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. outside a home on Perrine Drive off Indian Hill Road. Two victims, 35-year-old Maurice “Floyd” Jones Sr. and a woman in her 30s were both taken to a local hospital, where Jones died of his injuries. The woman is expected to be OK.  Victim: Maurice Jones Sr. (Photo via Crimeline) Homicide detectives are […]

Salesman takes family dog from Florida front yard A door-to-door salesman from Alabama allegedly stole a Florida couple’s dog, attempting to send the dog to the shelter. ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – An Alabama salesman is accused of stealing a dog from a Central Florida home and attempting to send it to a shelter.  Ethan Morales, 19, of Alabama was reportedly walking through a neighborhood in Rockledge conducting door-to-door sales, when a Jack Russell mix dog ran up to him from the owner’s front yard on Oct. 20, according to an arrest affidavit.  Morales allegedly picked up the dog and continued walking […]