Man Accused of Throwing Girlfriend’s 9-Year-Old Child in Fire Killed by Police

A Florida man, Richard Myron Ham, 39, is accused of setting his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son on fire, believing the child was possessed by a demon, according to the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office. The incident, which took place in Sebring, escalated when Ham attacked law enforcement officers with a metal rod, prompting one of the deputies to fire back in self-defense. The boy’s mother, Lakenya Lavonn Phillips, 30, is also implicated in the incident. Authorities allege …

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Man allegedly drugged and raped his daughter in first visit since she was given up for adoption as baby

Ronald Tobin Antinore, a 53-year-old man, was recently arrested in Florida following an alleged rape incident with his biological daughter, whom he had given up for adoption when she was an infant. Court records show that Antinore has been charged with one count each of felony sexual battery, incest, and possession of drug paraphernalia. The victim had been adopted as a baby, but eventually discovered the identity of her biological father and connected with him …

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