HAINES CITY, FL – A Haines City couple was arrested for aggravated child neglect with great bodily harm, a second-degree felony, after a child, 2, in their custody was reported and observed with multiple injuries. Alejandro Gallardo, 34, and live-in girlfriend Yuri Melgar, 33, were both arrested early Monday. Detectives…
HCPD arrests five in ‘Operation Dry Spring’ HAINES CITY, FL – Five people were arrested Wednesday afternoon and evening for selling alcohol to minors following an investigation initiated by the Haines City Police Department called “Operation Dry Spring”. Underage members of the Police Department’s Explorers program went to various…
Uber Driver Arrested For Vehicular Homicide, DUI Manslaughter HAINES CITY, FL – After a nearly two-month investigation by the Haines City Police Department’s Traffic Homicide Unit, an Orlando man was arrested Thursday night for his role in a car crash in the early morning hours of Jan. 8 that…
Substitute Teacher Arrested for Striking Two Students HAINES CITY, FL – A long-term substitute teacher was arrested on Wednesday after physical confrontations with two students. David Sierra, 52, was charged with two counts of battery and one count of disrupting a school function for incidents that took place inside the…