News Releases

Public Meeting Notice

September 18, 2019 - 3:06 pm Author: Category:

Pursuant to section 286.011, Florida Statutes, notice is hereby given that the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Central Logistics Unit-Purchasing Division will be holding an Evaluation Team meeting regarding proposals received for Request for Proposal 2020-2 Animal Shelter Software.  The meeting will convene on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 @ 8:00 AM at the Brevard County Sheriff’s Read More

NR 19-34 Sheriff’s Office Receives Contract to Address Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety In Cape Canaveral

September 17, 2019 - 11:50 am Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the City of Cape Canaveral has received the “High Visibility Enforcement” Contract. This contract, funded by the Florida Department of Transportation and the University of North Florida will provide increased resources to address pedestrian and bicycle safety programs in the both Cape Canaveral and unincorporated Avon by Read More

NR 19-33 Sheriff’s Office Arrests Suspect in Shooting Death

September 6, 2019 - 9:54 am Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 30-year-old, Robert McGlynn of West Melbourne for the shooting death of 21–year-old, Isaac Foster. The incident occurred on Gray Road, unincorporated West Melbourne, on September 3, 2019. McGlynn was charged with 2nd Degree Murder and is being held at the Brevard County Jail under a no bond status. Read More

NR 19-32 Update on Sandbag Locations

August 31, 2019 - 4:06 pm Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office along with our Public Safety partners continue to monitor the storm projections of Hurricane Dorian. Currently our teams have worked around the clock to prepare and distribute sandbags for our community, where over the past three days, over 70,000 sandbags have been distributed. As a result of the potential impact Read More

NR 19-31 Sandbag Locations for Citizen Pickup

August 30, 2019 - 10:18 am Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office along with our Public Safety partners continue to monitor the storm projections of Hurricane Dorian. As a result of the potential impact to Brevard County, the Sheriff’s Office will continue distributing sandbags (at no cost) to our citizens, today and Saturday, at four different locations throughout Brevard County. In an Read More

Public Meeting Notice

August 23, 2019 - 2:06 pm Author: Category:

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE   Pursuant to section 286.011, Florida Statutes, notice is hereby given that the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Central Logistics Unit-Purchasing Division will be holding an Evaluation Team meeting regarding proposals received for Request for Proposal 2020-1 Inmate Medical Services.  The meeting will convene on Thursday, August 29, 2019 @ 9:00 AM at Read More

NR 19-30 Sheriff’s Office Investigates Shooting

August 16, 2019 - 12:48 pm Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Fishtail Palm Avenue in Canaveral Groves, yesterday evening. An adult male from Cocoa, was injured in the incident. The male was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased late yesterday evening. The investigation began shortly after 8:00 p.m. Thursday Read More

NR 19-29 Traffic Advisory-4th of July

July 3, 2019 - 5:27 pm Author: Category:

The Merritt Island July 4th Parade will be held tomorrow beginning promptly at 10:00 am. The parade begins at Edgewood Jr/Sr High School exiting the school’s rear parking lot entrance/exit turning south onto Warner Way. The parade will then turn east on to East Merritt Avenue and will continue until reaching Sykes Creek Parkway. The Read More

NR 19-28 Sheriff’s Office Searching for Sex Offender Who Resisted Arrested

June 19, 2019 - 8:58 pm Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Sexual Offender Registration and Tracking Unit is attempting to locate 36-year-old, Steve Wesley Blankenship of Cocoa, who resisted arrest earlier today and fled from agents in the area of Satellite Boulevard. Blankenship is a sexual offender who was convicted of a sexual offense in 2005 in the state of West Read More

NR 19-27 Former Sex Offender Arrested for Child Pornography

June 19, 2019 - 1:50 pm Author: Category:

A joint investigation between the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and Immigration Customs Enforcement/Homeland Security Investigations has led to the arrest of 33-year-old, James Groover II. Groover was arrested on Tuesday evening, June 18, 2019, out of state, on charges of Possession of Child Pornography. He is being held on $200,000 bond awaiting extradition to Brevard Read More

*NR 19-26 Sheriff’s Office Attempting to Locate Missing/Endangered M.I. Juvenile

June 15, 2019 - 10:47 am Author: Category:

* Update–Everett has been located safe. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a missing/endangered juvenile. 12-year-old, Everett Gould III, was reported missing early this morning from his residence in the area of Colony Park in Merritt Island. Everett was last seen by a family friend at his residence at approximately at 4:30 p.m. Read More

NR 19-25 Elderly Man Missing from Titusville Home *

June 13, 2019 - 10:22 pm Author: Category:

* Update-Mr. Williams has been found safe. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate an endangered missing adult. 72-year-old Ronald Williams was reported missing today from his residence in the area of Carpenter Road in Titusville. Mr. Williams was last seen taking his garbage out to the street at 4:30 a.m.  Mr. Williams Read More

NR 19-24 Update Reference Deputy Involved Shooting

June 6, 2019 - 3:22 pm Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is updating the Officer Involved Shooting incident that in unincorporated Indialantic. On June 4, 2019, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance call at a residence on Avenida De La Vista. The complainant was concerned for their safety and called in reference to a Read More

NR 19-23 Deputy Involved Shooting

June 5, 2019 - 8:58 am Author: Category:

On June 4, 2019, at approximately 8:30 p.m., a Brevard County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a disturbance call at a residence on Avenida De La Vista in unincorporated Indialantic. As the deputy approached the residence he was ambushed by the suspect who was armed with a rifle. The deputy was struck multiple times, however Read More

NR 19-22 Merritt Island Shooting Investigation

June 3, 2019 - 11:44 am Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is identifying the persons involved in the shooting incident that occurred at the Wal-Mart located at 1500 East Merritt Island Causeway, Merritt Island, Sunday evening. The decedent is identified as 27-year-old Shawn Robbins, of Cocoa. 27-year-old Rashad Gibson of Cocoa has been identified as the person who shot Robbins. The Read More