Brevard County

Deputies: Bullet Lodged in Man’s Testicles After Wife Shoots Him

Photo courtesy of WFTV MELBOURNE, FL (WFTV) –Brevard County deputies arrested a 60-year-old woman on Wednesday accused of shooting her husband in their Melbourne home. Deputies said Victoria Reid knowingly shot her husband of 16 years during a domestic argument about an affair while in their home on Timacuan Drive. Reid told her husband she was going to maim him…

Burglary Suspect Hiding in Florida Lake Killed by 11-foot Alligator

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say a man who may have hidden as officers investigated reports of two suspicious men in a Florida community targeted by recent burglaries was killed by an 11-foot alligator. Brevard County Sheriff’s Maj. Tod Goodyear says 22-year-old Matthew Riggins told his girlfriend he would be in Barefoot Bay to commit burglaries with another suspect….