The sheriff also wants parents to pay for their kids making threats that cost his office time and money to check out.

Chitwood warned parents that if their kids are arrested for making these threats, he’ll make sure the public knows.

A Texas woman is suing a Florida sheriff after she says a mistaken arrest made her miss her family's Christmas in 2022 and ...

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood keeps naming and shaming children accused of school violence threats. Here's why that is ...

Around the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, sparking emergency notifications, ...

Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to ...

Darell Brown, a 40-year-old husband and father of five, had a “compassionate spirit,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad ...

His efforts to name and shame has stirred debate, with some accusing the Florida sheriff of being a "vigilante" and others ...

Daniel Mears, a criminology professor at Florida State University who researches school shootings, said the sheriff's actions are contrary to the spirit of the juvenile justice system. "Juvenile ...

The reptile was hiding in a patch of sea grapes in the lanai of a condominium, according to the Martin County Sheriff's ...

Cold case investigators are taking their search for new leads in the murder of Yolanda Bindics to Florida. According to a ...