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POLK COUNTY, FL. – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd briefed the media this morning at 11:00 AM, to release information regarding an update on three suspects who were previously arrested for a Winter Haven murder on January 30, 2022. The trio was indicted yesterday for…
Read More Polk County Sheriff To Brief Media On Teacher Arrested For Molestation Of Two Students
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL. – Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Brandon Wagner, a missing-runaway 14-year-old. Wagner is 6’1”, approx. 170 lbs., with blonde hair and blue eyes. Deputies say Wagner was last seen around 7 a.m. on April 6 in the Blueberry Dr.…
Read More Pasco Deputies Searching For Missing-Runaway 14-Year-Old
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – One person has died in a single-vehicle crash that happened just after 7:00 am. on Friday, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say an SUV was traveling southbound in the inside lane on I-75, near Milepost 247, when the driver, a…
Read More One Killed After Being Ejected In Rollover Crash On I-75 In Hillsborough County, 4 Others Injured
TAMPA, FL. – It is entirely understandable, if not expected, that a team that heads into Friday night’s game against visiting Boston having played 149 games in 15 months would eventually show signs of physical and mental wear and tear. While it would be irresponsible…
Read More Tampa Bay Lightning Notebook: Mental Errors, Scoring Slumps Proving Costly
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is looking for several suspects who are becoming more and more brazen in their acts of pickpocketing up and down the Bay Area. “We’re asking the public to help law enforcement put them behind bars before…
Read More Ring Of “Pickpocket” Suspects Wanted In The Bay Area From Tampa To Sarasota. Can You Help?
The new $50 500X THE CASH scratch-off ticket seems to be the hottest game on the shelf! On Tuesday, The Free Press reported that in the first month the new tickets were available, 10 winners for $10,000,000 were announced. The new $50 ticket features more…
Read More Florida Man Claims $1,000,000 On 500X The Cash After Stop At 7-Eleven
New York City Mayor Eric Adams offered to relieve Florida of some of its liberals with an advertising campaign urging them to move to the Big Apple because of the state’s new parental rights’ law. Now, the same law means fewer liberals will travel to…
Read More L.A. County Punishes Florida, Prohibiting Some Liberals From Coming To The Sunshine State
Boca Raton resident Benjamin Ferencz, who was an investigator of Nazi war crimes, was presented with the Governor’s Medal of Freedom on Thursday after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will help continue the award program. Before signing the bill (SB 1360) at Florida…
Read More DeSantis Awards 103-Year-Old Florida Man, A Nazi War Crime Investigator, The Governor’s Medal of Freedom
SARASOTA, FL. – The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is currently assisting the Florida Highway Patrol on a crash involving an electric bicycle and a Sarasota County Area Transit Trolly. Preliminary reports say the bicycle struck the rear of the trolly, resulting in serious injuries to…
Read More Bicyclist Crashes Into Sarasota Transit Trolly, One Person Transported To Sarasota Memorial
A police officer from Jamaica has pled guilty in federal district court in Fort Lauderdale to importing cocaine into the United States. As part of her guilty plea, 42-year-old Shelian Cherine Allen, a Jamaican citizen, admitted the following: On February 3, Allen arrived at Fort…
Read More Jamaican Cop Used Her Body To Smuggle 1,000+ Grams Of Cocaine Into Florida