United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Jeffrey Siegmeister, 52, Live Oak, and Marion Michael O’Steen, 41, Old Town, with conspiracy to use a facility of commerce for unlawful activity, conspiracy to commit extortion, and aiding and abetting extortion.…
Read More Former Florida State Attorney Indicted For Extortion, Bribery, Wire Fraud, and Filing False Tax Returns
A Florida woman who works at a hospital was arrested on Thursday night after stealing more than $900 in cash from a COVID-19 patient’s wallet. Yolanda Curtis-Deliz, 46, is charged with grand theft. Curtis-Deliz works as a certified nursing assistant at AdventHealth Heart of Florida.…
Read More Florida Woman, Nursing Assistant Arrested Stealing Money From COVID Patient’s Wallet
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced a near-doubling of award money for anonymous tips in murder cases that lead to an arrest. Attorney General Moody made the announcement this week, during a series of roundtable meetings in Orlando and Tampa to discuss the challenges facing…
Read More Florida AG Moody Nearly Doubles Reward For Tips in State Murder Cases
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – On Saturday, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center started receiving calls from citizens advising of a potential scam. Unidentified individuals disguised their phone number and called Pinellas County residents attempting to obtain their personal identifying information. Investigators say the scammers…
Read More Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Phone Scammers Posing as Deputies
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) filed legislation (S. 460) to extend Section 3610 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act from its current expiration of March 31, 2021, to September 30, 2021. The provision…
Read More Senate Intel Leaders File Legislation, Urge Senate Leadership to Extend Sec. 3610 of CARES Act
TAMPA, Fla. – Today, Florida’s First Lady Casey DeSantis announced the launch of a resiliency initiative for Florida schools to emphasize key character development skills including volunteerism, teamwork, and problem-solving. Unveiled at Amway Arena, professional sports teams, organizations, and athletes from across Florida are lending…
Read More Bucs, Lightning, and Rays Unite to Support First Lady DeSantis’ Resiliency Initiative to Empower Florida Students
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – In an effort to more quickly identify and return loose livestock to their owners, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is now offering a program that will allow people to register their domesticated animals with the agency. Livestock owners who have animals…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff Unveils Livestock Registration Program
Detectives in Florida work to ID a woman who took a lost wallet and family keepsake. The woman in the video below found a wallet in a Walmart parking lot on Narcoossee Rd on January 26th. Police say the wallet had an old Suffolk County…
Read More Florida Woman Finds a Wallet With $2,000 in Cash and Family Keepsake, Police Seek to ID Her
HAINES CITY, Fla. – For the second year in a row, the crime rate in Haines City is the lowest it has been for as far back as records can be found and likely, the lowest ever. After more than a 9% drop in 2019,…
Read More Haines City’s Crime Rate Hits Historic Low for Second Straight Year
Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Ted D. Melton, 46, of Charlotte, to 365 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Melton was also ordered to register as a sex offender…
Read More North Carolina Man Who Produced Child Porn Handed Down a 30+ Year Sentence