Tag Archives: Ocala Police Department

The suspect in a double homicide has died last night, Tuesday. Ricardo De Jesus Barrera was suspected to have shot and killed Bonnie and Julia Motto.

A Marion County teenager was arrested Thursday in connection with last week’s shooting of two 18-year-old men.

Ocala religious leaders and the Ocala Police Department organized a community prayer vigil to promote an end to the recent violence in the community. Four drive-by-shootings have left three injured since early September.

One man has been arrested in connection with the string of drive-by shootings that occurred last week in Marion County.

Two children were injured in a drive-by shooting in Ocala on Friday at around 2:10 a.m. The children are currently in stable condition.

A drug bust by the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team resulted in nine arrests in Belleview on Thursday. The team was investigating the residents of 12250 SE 86th Ave. after receiving complaints from neighbors.

A robbery and shooting at an Ocala barber shop Saturday has caused the shop owner to increase nighttime security.

Four cars and a home have been set ablaze in Ocala by an individual who Marion County law enforcement officials believe to be an arsonist. The twist? The people trying to track the criminal down are the target of the crimes.

A lab with hundreds of crates of supplies was being used near Dunnellon to make K2.

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