Browse past news stories for Detention Center in Cocoa, FL.

• Police: Man Murdered Ex's Toddler (Local 6 Orlando)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 04:53:19 pm
  A 27-year-old man remains under observation in a special cell today after being charged in the death of his ex-girlfriends 3-year-old daughter last week.
• Melbourne man charged with child's death (Florida Today)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 02:07:27 pm
  A 27-year-old man remains under observation in a special cell today after being charged in the slaying death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter last week.
• Saturday will always be a rugby day. (Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:26:10 am
  At the end of my sophomore year, I'm pretty sure my friends didn't get it. "I can't go out, I have a rugby game," I would say every Friday night to quell their pleading questions as to why I wasn't out, dressed and ready to party.
• Cocoa man arrested on animal cruelty charges (Florida Today)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 01:37:30 am
  A 31-year-old Cocoa man was arrested Thursday afternoon on animal cruelty charges for beating a pit bull he owned, Cocoa police said.
• Cops: Woman In Underwear Fled Attacker (Local 6 Orlando)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 03:38:29 pm
  A 26-year-old Central Florida man remains jailed after being arrested on suspicion of repeatedly strangling a woman before sexually battering her.
• Cocoa man attacked, battered woman, police say (Florida Today)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:07:27 pm
  A 26-year-old man who police said repeatedly strangled and sexually battered a woman in a locked bedroom, remains jailed.
• Marchers take on violence in Cocoa (The Bay Bulletin)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 02:43:52 am
  COCOA -- As the brother of a man gunned down two months ago in a high-profile homicide, Rockledge lawyer Kendall Moore is no stranger to crime and violence.
• Marchers take on violence in Cocoa (Florida Today)
  posted on September 20, 2009 at 05:22:37 am
  COCOA -- As the brother of a man gunned down two months ago in a high-profile homicide, Rockledge lawyer Kendall Moore is no stranger to crime and violence.
• No bail for man in attempted jail break-in (Florida Today)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 05:22:48 am
  SHARPES -- Bandages covered the left arm and foot of a Cocoa man who was ordered to be held without bail Thursday on charges of attempting to break into the Brevard County Detention Center.
• Alleged ''diaper man'' charged with organized fraud (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 05:08:37 pm
  Port St. John, Florida -- A man who allegedly duped several Brevard women into providing care for his mentally disabled "brother" -- including changing his diapers -- was arrested by Brevard County Sheriff's officials Wednesday on a charge of organized fraud.
• Man Arrested After Jail Break-In Try (Local 6 Orlando)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 08:08:22 pm
  A recently released inmate who severely injured himself trying to break into jail gets his wish when he was arrested on a charge of violating his probation, deputies say.
• Ex-Brevard inmate who tried to break into jail back in jail (Florida Today)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 06:52:27 pm
  A recently released Brevard County Detention Center inmate who severely injured himself trying to break back into the facility got his wish today when he was arrested for violating his probation by trespassing on jail property, sheriff’s deputies said.
• Crime-fighting campaign on horizon (Florida Today)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 11:55:09 pm
  Triggered by a "horrible trend" of home-invasion slayings that shocked Space Coast residents, Brevard County Commissioner Robin Fisher is organizing a crime-fighting campaign.
• Ex-inmate injured sneaking back into jail (UPI)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 02:55:38 pm
  SHARPES, Fla., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Florida man who says he feared for his life nearly killed himself trying to break into jail this week, according to sheriff's officials.
• Ex-inmate severely injured on razor-wire trying to get back into Fla. jail (Asbury Park Press)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 03:17:58 pm
  The concertina wire that surrounds the Brevard County Detention Center in Sharpes is designed to prevent inmates from escaping.
• Ex-inmate suffers serious injuries to get back into Fla. jail (The Leaf Chronicle)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 02:02:59 pm
  SHARPES, Fla. - The concertina wire that surrounds the Brevard County Detention Center is designed to prevent inmates from escaping.
• Ex-inmate suffers serious injuries trying to get back into Brevard jail (Florida Today)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 12:14:21 pm
  The concertina wire that surrounds the Brevard County Detention Center in Sharpes is designed to prevent inmates from escaping. But Monday night, someone tried to break into the jail compound by climbing the fences and suffered severe injuries.
• Ex-Con Tries To Break Back Into Jail (Central Florida News 13)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:56:27 am
  A man is hospitalized in serious condition after he tried to break back into jail, when he fell trying to climb the fence.
• Shooting suspect turns self in to police (Florida Today)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 05:22:32 am
  COCOA -- A 17-year-old who was the subject of a nearly weeklong search by police investigating the fatal shooting of another teenager turned himself in on Saturday at the nudging of his mother.
• Cocoa makes arrest in fatal shooting of 15-year-old (Florida Today)
  posted on August 15, 2009 at 08:12:54 pm
  COCOA -- Police arrested a 17-year-old accused of shooting to death another teen Monday night. David Lee Mathews of Cocoa turned himself in this morning to officers, who had been searching for him for a week.
• Suspect caught in Cocoa teen's murder (FOX 35 Orlando)
  posted on August 15, 2009 at 06:41:56 pm
  Cocoa Police have just arrested the person accused of killing a 15-year-old earlier this week. Seventeen year old David Mathews and his mother walked into the Cocoa Police Department at ten o' clock Saturday morning.
• Titusville double-slaying suspect due back in court (Florida Today)
  posted on August 1, 2009 at 11:57:54 am
  The main suspect in the July 22 double-homicide in Titusville is due back in court on Aug. 18.
• Homicides keep Brevard investigators busy (Florida Today)
  posted on July 28, 2009 at 05:21:04 am
  Brevard's homicide investigators were busy Monday working to clear three separate cases that shocked county residents last week. In Titusville, they released the name of the suspect in a double murder.
• Cocoa Beach man held on child porn charges (Florida Today)
  posted on July 17, 2009 at 06:41:45 pm
  Brevard County Sheriff’s investigators said they have uncovered “thousands” of child pornography images on the computer of a 65-year-old Cocoa Beach man arrested Wednesday night at his home on charges of making and distributing the material.
• Shooting suspect arrested in Melbourne Beach (Florida Today)
  posted on July 17, 2009 at 02:41:44 pm
  The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office confirmed at 6:35 p.m. that Chris Eddy, suspected in the Wednesday night shooting of a Wildlife Conservation Commission officer, is in custody tonight.
• Former teacher arrested on child porn charges (Orlando Sentinel)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 07:32:48 pm
  A former Brevard County teacher has been arrested on charges of possessing thousands and distributing hundreds of images of child pornography, according to a criminal complaint made public today.
• Cocoa Beach police: Ex-worker pilfered parking meters (Florida Today)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 03:11:44 pm
  Cocoa Beach police and city officials are investigating how a former parking meter attendant came into the possession of keys they say he used to steal money from at least six meters earlier this month.
• Teen jailed after chase by Cocoa police, Brevard deputies (Florida Today)
  posted on July 4, 2009 at 08:50:54 pm
  A 19-year-old Merritt Island man is being held in the Brevard County Detention Center on charges he attempted to run over Cocoa Police officers, touching off an early morning chase by police and sheriff’s deputies.
• Across the region (Press of Atlantic City)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 08:23:20 am
  Archer Daniels Midland will close its Glassboro cocoa processing plant by the end of October, ending 53 jobs at the facility, a spokesman said Monday.
• Palm Bay mom shocked with Taser after chase (The News-Press)
  posted on June 21, 2009 at 02:08:31 am
  COCOA -- It began with a call from a worried husband and ended with his 33-year-old wife arrested on charges she took their 3-year-old daughter along...