An Ocala man will serve eight and a half years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine.
State prosecutors allege Jean-Marie Celestin, 31, sold pounds of drugs to Crawfordville, an unincorporated area of Wakulla County in the Panhandle.
According to officials, he was previously convicted in Florida, Georgia, and Missouri. Celestin was most recently convicted in Marion County in 2023 on drug and firearms crimes.
A death investigation is underway following the discovery of an unresponsive woman aboard a CTA L train on the North Side Monday morning.
January 6, 2026
A 54-year-old man was injured during an armed robbery early Monday at a business on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Around 1:48 a.m., officers responded
January 6, 2026
Police arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the death of a woman whose body was discovered on Hollywood Beach’s sand the day
January 6, 2026
Police arrested a man for using the bathroom at a 7-Eleven convenience store. Officers were dispatched to the 7-Eleven at 2605 E. State
January 6, 2026
Two people have been arrested in connection with a death that occurred on Christmas Eve at a home in Forest. Willie Shepard, according
January 6, 2026
Several Mexican nationals have been charged with federal immigration crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, according to US Attorney Jay R. Combs.
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