Leesburg-News

6 days ago | leesburg-news.com | Jordyn Pennington

An Ocklawaha woman was arrested on a warrant after allegedly destroying her sister’s house and threatening her boyfriend with a knife during an “episode.”On afternoon of June 16, an officer with the Fruitland Park Police Department was dispatched to a criminal mischief complaint in the 700 block of Phoenix Avenue1, according to an affidavit of probable cause out of Lake County.

6 days ago | leesburg-news.com | Jordyn Pennington

A woman was arrested after allegedly attacking her boyfriend and coming at him with a knife during an argument. Officers responded to a battery at an undisclosed residence around 1:35 a.m. Sunday, June 15, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. The caller told dispatch he had been struck in the face by his girlfriend, 28-year-old Emily Lasha Gaynor, who “pulled a kitchen knife” on him.

6 days ago | leesburg-news.com | Jordyn Pennington

A woman is spending an additional 45 days in jail after bragging about smuggling fentanyl into the Lake County Jail. A detention deputy working at the Lake County Jail was stopped by a female inmate who wanted to speak with him, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. She told him to keep an eye on cell 51, which housed 35-year-old Tiffany Danielle Skidmore. “She told me she never got strip searched in booking and snuck in her fentanyl,” the inmate told the guard.

1 week ago | leesburg-news.com | Jordyn Pennington

A man from Chile was arrested for theft after allegedly attempting to steal nearly $200 worth of steaks at Walmart. A deputy responded to Walmart, located at 550 U.S. Hwy. 27, Clermont, at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. An asset protection associate had been monitoring 37-year-old Luis Eduardo Arancibia Espinoza for retail theft.

1 week ago | leesburg-news.com | Jordyn Pennington

A Winter Garden man wanted for battery was arrested after trying to get away from officers who found him parked in a shopping center. Officers observed a gray Hyundai Accent in a Clermont shopping center, located at 1500 Oakley Seaver Drive, around 5:55 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Clermont Police Department. The primary driver of the vehicle, 30-year-old Justin Travis Lynam, had an active warrant for his arrest for domestic violence.