Arrests News Releases

NR 25-03: David Barber

March 5, 2025 - 12:24 pm Author: Category: |

In response to media requests in reference to David Armstrong Barber, who was arrested yesterday by the Titusville Police Department. The Sheriff’s Office can confirm the following: David Armstrong Barber was employed by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office as a Corrections Deputy from January 2018 until January 2022. He voluntarily resigned from the agency at Read More

NR 25-01 Fort Pierce Man Arrested for 1st Degree Murder

January 2, 2025 - 7:32 pm Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 22-year-old Travion Dean of Fort Pierce for the shooting death of 20-year-old, Aniya Sheppard, whose body was discovered in the early morning hours of November 4, 2024, on Eber Road in unincorporated West Melbourne.   Dean was arrested on January 2, 2025, in Ft. Lauderdale as he re-entered the Read More

NR 24-01 Barefoot Bay Woman Charged in Death of Mother

January 10, 2024 - 11:34 am Author: Category:

  The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 49-year-old Kelly Tinsley of Barefoot Bay for causing the death of her mother, 69-year-old Cheryl Meurer on January 8, 2024, at a residence on Sea Gull Drive, Barefoot Bay.  Tinsley was arrested after an arrest warrant was issued by Judge Kelly Ingram charging her with Manslaughter Reclassified with Read More

NR 23-32 Arrest made in Domestic Violence stabbing

November 2, 2023 - 10:18 am Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 39-year-old, Larry Speer Jr. of Titusville for his involvement in a domestic violence incident that resulted in him stabbing his  former girlfriend and committing aggravated battery on another family member on the evening of October 3, 2023.  Speer was arrested on November 1, 2023, after an arrest warrant Read More

NR 23-25 Arrest made in Merritt Island homicide

August 4, 2023 - 4:05 pm Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 34-year-old, Ismael Barrera Sarceno and 30-year-old Douglas Expec Lopez, both of Cocoa for their involvement in the death of 30-year-old, Juan Carlos Perez Alvarez, whose body was discovered in the water last week, on July 24th, at Waterway Park in Merritt Island.  Barrera Sarceno was arrested late yesterday Read More

NR 23-24 Arrest made in North Brevard Bank Robbery

July 26, 2023 - 6:16 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 40-year-old Nicholas Race of Weeki Wachee, Florida, for the robbery of the Space Coast Credit Union located at 6899 North US Highway 1, unincorporated Cocoa, that occurred on Monday, July 24, 2023. Race was arrested earlier today in Hernando County by the United States Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force Read More

NR 23-19 Brevard Public School employee arrested for Possession of Child Pornography

May 24, 2023 - 11:52 am Author: Category: | |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 35-year-old James Cohen of Melbourne for possession of Child Pornography.  Cohen was taken into custody after an arrest warrant was issued by Judge Ben Garagozlo charging Cohen with ten counts of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Performance of a Child. Cohen is currently in the Brevard County Read More

NR 23-18 Titusville man arrested in armed robbery/carjacking

May 11, 2023 - 11:08 am Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 52-year-old Dax Rodriguez of Titusville, in an armed carjacking that occurred in unincorporated Titusville, yesterday afternoon.  Rodriguez was taken into custody after the stolen vehicle he was driving was disabled during a pursuit involving Sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Titusville Police Department.  Rodrigues who is currently on Read More

NR 23-07 Arrest Made In Canaveral Groves Homicide

March 1, 2023 - 7:39 pm Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 36-year-old, Domenico Gigante of Rockledge, for the murder of four people at a residence on Alan Shephard Avenue in Canaveral Groves.  Gigante was taken into custody this afternoon after an arrest warrant was signed by Judge David Koenig, charging him with First Degree Premeditated Murder (4 Counts). He Read More

NR 23-06 Brevard School Board Employee Arrested for Sexual Battery of a Minor

February 22, 2023 - 9:04 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 68-year-old, Robert Kent of Melbourne, for the sexual abuse and molestation of a minor, who was a family acquaintance.   Kent, who is a cafeteria worker at Stone Middle School in Melbourne, was taken into custody this afternoon and charged with Sexual Battery, Lewd and Lascivious Molestation (3 Counts), Read More

NR 23-01 BREVARD TEACHER ARRESTED FOR TRAVELLING TO MEET A MINOR

January 22, 2023 - 9:58 pm Author: Category: |

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 64-year-old, Timothy Liscum of Melbourne, after he traveled to a location in Brevard County expecting to meet a minor child for the purpose of having sexual relations.   Liscum, who is a teacher at Satellite High School, was taken into custody this afternoon and charged with Use of a Read More

NR 22-43 Cocoa Officer facing additional charges

December 30, 2022 - 5:20 pm Author: Category: |

On Thursday, December 29, 2022, at approximately 2:45 a.m., the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office arrested 39-year-old, Patrick Kelly of Viera.  Kelly, a member of the Cocoa Police Department, who was off-duty at the time, was taken into custody after barricading himself inside his residence following a domestic incident.  The victim, who was able to flee Read More

NR 22-42 Barricaded Subject in Viera taken into custody

December 29, 2022 - 12:38 pm Author: Category: |

Earlier today, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office arrested 39-year-old, Patrick Kelly of Viera.  Kelly, a member of the Cocoa Police Department, who was off duty at the time, was taken into custody after barricading himself in his residence following a domestic incident.  An arrest warrant was issued charging Kelly with Aggravated Assault/Domestic Violence with a Read More

NR 22-33 Victim identified, man arrested in Barefoot Bay homicide

August 26, 2022 - 7:16 am Author: Category:

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in the homicide that occurred on Oriole Circle in Barefoot Bay during the early morning hours of August 23, 2022.  The victim is identified as 35-year-old Ashley Perala of Barefoot Bay. Homicide Agents have also arrested 41-year-old William Chambless of Barefoot Bay, after an arrest warrant Read More