Silver Springs Shores News

Three days before the brutal beating of a 73-year-old woman, Eric Tyrone Powell began 'popping pills,' smoking crack, snorting cocaine, taking ecstasy and consuming any drugs he could get his hands on, the suspect said Monday night in a jailhouse interview.

Marion County deputies are searching for a man they say forced himself into the home of a 73-year-old woman before beating and threatening her.

A Cub Scout leader who alleged molested young boys has told police he is a 'monster', must be jailed and said it was a 'mistake' that he was born.

Authorities say a 25-year-old Central Florida man facing child porn and sexual battery charges told them he is a "monster" who should have never been born.