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NR 24-04 Missing/Endangered Juvenile UPDATE

February 29, 2024 - 2:00 pm Author: Category: | | |

Dahlia Stevens has been located.  She is with law enforcement and is in the process of being reunited with her family. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing/endangered juvenile.  14-year-old Dahlia Stevens was last seen yesterday evening, February 28, 2024, at approximately 11:00 p.m., when she left her residence on Vista Read More

NR 23-29 Sheriff’s Office searching for missing windsurfer

August 31, 2023 - 11:25 am Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the search for a missing windsurfer in the Banana River near the area of Kelly Park in Merritt Island.  The search began yesterday evening at approximately 7:00 p.m., after the Sheriff’s Office received a report that a male who had been windsurfing in the Banana River and had Read More

NR 23-28 Silver Alert – Missing /Endangered Adult: LOCATED

August 23, 2023 - 6:13 pm Author: Category: |

UPDATE: Ms. Forman-Ryba has been located and is in the process of being reunited with her family. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing/endangered adult, 79-year-old, Irene Forman-Ryba.  Ms. Foreman-Ryba was last seen this morning, August 23, 2023, at approximately 7:00 a.m., when she left her residence on Timberlane Drive, Cocoa, Read More

NR 23-22 Purple Alert – Missing/Endangered Adult: CANCELLED

June 16, 2023 - 9:56 pm Author: Category: |

UPDATE: Ms. Zamjahn-Shoemaker has been located and is safe.   The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing/endangered adult.  18-year-old, Destanie Zamjahn-Shoemaker was last seen on Monday, June 12, 2023, when she left her residence in Grant, Florida to go for a walk. Destanie is 5’05” tall, weighing 150 pounds, with brown Read More

NR 23-19 Brevard Public School employee arrested for Possession of Child Pornography

May 24, 2023 - 11:52 am Author: Category: | |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 35-year-old James Cohen of Melbourne for possession of Child Pornography.  Cohen was taken into custody after an arrest warrant was issued by Judge Ben Garagozlo charging Cohen with ten counts of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Performance of a Child. Cohen is currently in the Brevard County Read More

NR 23-17 Purple Alert – Missing/Endangered Adult

April 29, 2023 - 7:00 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing/endangered adult.  18-year-old, Destanie Zamjahn-Shoemaker was last seen on Sunday, April 16, 2023, when she left her residence in Grant, Florida.  She was last seen getting into a vehicle with unknown persons and was believed to be heading to the area of West Palm Beach, Read More

NR 23-14 UPDATE – Missing/Endangered Adult

March 26, 2023 - 11:50 am Author: Category: |

Investigative Update Ms. Hiza has been recovered and is safe and being reunited with her family   The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing/endangered adult.  43-year-old Karen Hiza was last seen this morning, March 26, 2023, at approximately 3:45 a.m., when she left her residence in Valkaria, on foot. Ms. Hiza Read More

NR 23-05 Update Missing Child

February 10, 2023 - 1:10 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has located Franklin “Frankie” Orwig III, safely.  He was located shortly before 1:00 p.m. in a wooded area near the residence.  The Sheriff’s Office is in the process of reuniting the child with his family.

NR 23-04 Missing/Endangered Child

February 10, 2023 - 12:28 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing/endangered child.  4-year-old Franklin Orwig III was last seen this morning, February 10, 2023, at approximately 8:52 a.m., outside his residence on Burgess Avenue in unincorporated Cocoa. Franklin, who goes by “Frankie,” is 3’00” tall, weighing 40 pounds, with strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes.  Read More

NR 22-36 SHERIFF’S OFFICE SANDBAG LOCATIONS FOR CITIZEN PICK UP

September 23, 2022 - 8:23 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office along with the Board of County Commissioners and our Public Safety partners, continue to monitor the storm projections of Tropical Depression 9. As a result of a potential impact to Brevard County, the Sheriff’s Office will be distributing sandbags (at no cost) to our citizens, at five different locations throughout Read More

NR 22-35 Missing/Endangered Juvenile

September 9, 2022 - 5:34 pm Author: Category:

UPDATE: Christian has been located by our agency.   The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate 17-year-old, Christian Sanders, who is autistic and functions at a mental capacity of a 12-year-old.  Christian is considered a missing/endangered juvenile. Christian was last seen Thursday, September 08, 2022, at 4:00 p.m., fleeing on foot from 8000 Read More

NR 22-23 Elderly couple identified in death investigation

June 16, 2022 - 12:03 pm Author: Category: | |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has identified the couple who were found deceased yesterday afternoon in unincorporated Rockledge.  They are identified as 89-year-old David Horn and his wife, 84-year-old, Martha Horn. The investigation began when deputies responded to the area of Glenn Avenue in unincorporated Rockledge after a family member reported the couple missing from their Read More

NR 22-22 Sheriff’s Office conducting death investigation

June 15, 2022 - 6:27 pm Author: Category: | |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of an elderly couple who were found deceased this afternoon in unincorporated Rockledge. The couple, who are both in their 80’s and suffered from the infirmities of aging, were reported missing at approximately 2:45 p.m. by a family member who could not locate them at their Read More

NR 22-20 Decedent identified in death investigation

June 10, 2022 - 2:40 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has identified the male who was the victim of a homicide Thursday evening, June 9, 2022, in Merritt Island.  The decedent is 64-year-old Joseph Hall of Merritt Island. The investigation began when deputies responded to a residence on Hunt Drive at approximately 9:00 p.m. after the Sheriff’s Office was contacted Read More

NR 22-18 State Department of Corrections inmate located

June 8, 2022 - 10:35 am Author: Category: | |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has located 32-year-old, Gregory Mountcasel, who walked away from the “Bridges” Work Release Program, located at 585 Camp Road in Cocoa, at approximately 9:30 p.m. yesterday evening, after cutting off his electronic monitor. Mountcasel was taken into custody at approximately 9:00 a.m. this morning after he walked out of a Read More