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TAMPA, Fla. – After developing leads and locating the suspect, Tampa Police apprehended Juan Alvarado-Colon at the Brandon Town Center on September 10th. Alvarado-Colon was taken into custody and transported to Orient Road Jail, charged with Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm and Deadly Weapon.…
Read More Tampa Police Arrest 25-Year-Old In Hotel Shooting
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – William Kruger, of Lantana, claimed the $169 million jackpot from the POWERBALL® drawing held on August 12, 2020. Kruger chose to receive his winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $140,145,006.00. Kruger purchased his jackpot-winning Quick Pick ticket from Publix,…
Read More Florida Man Claims $169 MILLION JACKPOT From August POWERBALL
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – Recreational bay scallop season harvest will close Sept. 25 in Gulf County through northwest Taylor County, and in Levy through Hernando counties. The last day harvest will be open is Sept. 24. Once these areas close, scallop harvest will not reopen…
Read More Bay Scallop Season to Close Sept. 25 In Several Areas
BRADENTON, Fla.- Early Tuesday, the City of Bradenton Fire Department was alerted of a vehicle in the Manatee River near 1400 Barcarrota Blvd. Fire personnel and police arrived on the scene at 2:01 a.m. and located the vehicle approximately 60-feet from shore. Fire officials searched…
Read More Car Found In The River, 60-Feet From Shore, Bradenton
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Fire Rescue responded to a reported boat fire in the Seaplane Basin south of Peter O. Knight airport Monday. Crews arrived shortly after 4:30 p.m. and found a roughly 30-ft boat fully involved. The boat appeared to have been moored in…
Read More Davis Island Boat Fire, Tampa Fire Rescue in Action (VIDEO)
GULF SHORES, ALABAMA – As Hurricane Sally approaches the Alabama coast, we will have this ‘LIVE CAM’ running here from the Turquoise Place in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This feed will be live until Mother Nature takes it offline. Publishers Note: While The Free Press will always…
Read More Hurricane Sally LIVE CAM in Alabama As The Storm Moves On Shore
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A 39-year-old New Port Ritchey, Florida, man is in federal custody tonight charged with production of child pornography and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. Samuel Aaron Leonard, 39, was arrested on July 2, 2020, in Vancouver,…
Read More Pasco County Man Charged Production of Child Porn
TAMPA, Fla. – UPDATE: Ical has been found safe A Florida MISSING CHILD Alert has been issued for Darirlyn Ical, a white-hispanic female, 11 years old, 4 feet 9 inches tall, 80 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, last seen in the area of the…
Read More Florida Missing Child Alert, 11-Year-Old Tampa Girl, Canceled. The Child is Safe
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced multiple arrests on Monday, in the deadly shooting that took place in August in Interstate 4, near Plant City. Jaris Youngblood Jr., 20, Jarkese Youngblood, 22, and Sha’Quandra Williams, 20, were arrested and charged in…
Read More 3- Arrested in I-4 Shooting That Left a 17-Year-Old Dead
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco provided an update on the homicide that occurred on Irene Loop on Sunday. Detectives determined Kyle Beavers, 17, shot a victim through a window and then fled. Sheriff Chris Nocco said, “The suspect who was a…
Read More 17-Year-Old Fires 11-Rounds Through Window, Killing A Lady Watching TV Pasco County