Florida Man Used Girlfriend’s Baby As Human Shield During Standoff With Police
A Florida man has been accused of kidnapping a baby and using the child as a human shield during a standoff with the police. Brandon Leohner abducted his girlfriend’s 1-year-old baby from her home while using a gun. Leohner then drove off with the child in his lap until they found him driving recklessly. When police tried to stop him, the suspect allegedly fled to a nearby McDonald’s parking lot.
In the video below you can see the suspect standing by the drive-thru window with the baby. The body cam video also shows the moment deputies confronted Leohner while he shouted at them. The police can be heard yelling “Put the baby down!” fortunately cops were able to tase Leohner, and save the baby. Leohner was arrested and charged with kidnapping, resisting with violence, using a minor as a shield, reckless driving and fleeing and eluding.
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Which Florida City Made The List With Highest Murder Rates In U.S.
There’s lots to love about the Sunshine State, but we’re also notorious for the craziest crimes. One Florida city even ranked in the top 15 for highest murder rates in America. It’s not really a list we love to see Florida on, but we can’t say we’re not surprised with all the insane stuff that happens here.
Our friends at neighboorhoodscout.com ranked the top 30 cities in the country with the highest murder rates per 1,000 residents. They condensed their research by including cities with 25,000 or more people. They collected their data by the number of murders reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and the population of each city. The city population data comes straight from the US Bureau of the Census at the time of each analysis. For instance, the 2022 list population uses 2020 population figures. The 2021 list uses 2019 figures, and so forth.
There were 14 new cities making the list this year. “The newcomer on this list with the highest murder rate is Saginaw, MI. The number of murders in Saginaw more than doubled from the previous year.” Thankfully (and surprisingly) only one Florida city was ranked in the research.
Here’s the top 15 cities with the highest murder rate. Click here to see the full list.
Shandra “Babs” Littleton is a member of the WiLD Squad. She’s originally from Detroit but has spent most of her “grown-up” life in Fort Myers, Florida where she graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University. Babs loves to write about everything from Tampa concerts, to WiLD murders that happened in Florida, and her favorite businesses.
