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Ronald Exantus has been arrested in Florida for failing to register as a convicted felon, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said. His arrest comes days after he was released on supervised parole from the Kentucky Department of Corrections, serving roughly half of a 20-year prison sentence. Exantus was accused of breaking into the Tipton's home in 2015 and stabbing 6-year-old Logan to death. He was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. He was convicted of assaulting Logan's sisters and dad. The Marion County Sheriff's Office released bodycam video of Exantus' arrest.

Ronald Exantus, a convicted felon who served less than half of a 20-year prison sentence in Kentucky for the death of a child was arrested in Marion County after deputies discovered he had failed to register as a felon, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Ronald Exantus recently moved to Florida, investigators said, and was living in a home next to an elementary school. Exantus was convicted in 2015 for the stabbing of 6-year-old Logan Tipton' sister in Versailles, Kentucky, a crime that shocked the community. He was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" in Logan's death. He received a 20-year prison sentence but was released on parole after serving less than half of it. His early release and subsequent move to Florida reignited concerns about how parolees are monitored once they leave prison and cross state lines. Drew Tipton, Logan's father, joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer via Zoom to talk about Logan's life, learning Exantus was released from prison and his response to social media outrage and the word of Florida officials upon Exantus' arrest in Florida for failing to register as a felon.

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The Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) hosted a news conference Friday morning to share updates and answer questions after the arrest of 42-year-old Ronald Exantus. Exantus, a convicted felon who served less than half of a 20-year prison sentence in Kentucky for the death of a child, allegedly failed to register as a felon.

An 11-year-old boy and his father were killed when their small plane crashed near Williston last weekend, authorities said. The victims were identified as Jacob Harnett and his son, Carter.

Thursday marked one year since Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida as a Category 3 storm, leaving behind widespread devastation and dozens dead. In the Big Tree Village community of South Daytona, reminders of the storm remain visible ? including faint water lines still etched into concrete poles.

A person walking their dog along Hammock Beach made a startling discovery this week ? a bag filled with roughly 20 pounds of cocaine, according to the Flagler County Sheriff?s Office.

A child was shot and killed on a basketball court at a park behind a YMCA in Orange County after a fight between two kids escalated into gunfire, authorities said Thursday.

Persistent rain flooded a Cape Canaveral neighborhood on Thursday night, leaving residents knee-deep in water and crews struggling to pump it away as storms continued to pound parts of Brevard County.

People at New Smyrna Beach captured video and photos of an impressive "tornadic waterspout" that started on the beach and then spun out into the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Weather Service. FOX 35 viewers Damarys Gutierrez and Jimmy Stowe shared a video of them appearing to drive through the waterspout along the beach.

A 16-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday after allegedly setting fire to a couch in an Ocala hotel, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, after getting into a fight with her mom, according to police. The teen was arrested and charged with arson of an occupied structure and criminal mischief greater than $1,000, according to an affidavit from the Ocala Police Department. Given the nature of the fire, police are treating it as arson.

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