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Florida’s average gas price is backing off the 2021 high of $3.32 per gallon. The state average is now $3.28 per gallon, after declining 3 cents last week. The price of crude oil – which has been the main driver of rising gas prices this year –…
Read More Florida Gas Prices Inch Lower As Oil Prices Slip
LAKELAND, FL. – A Lakeland woman has been arrested and charged after a late night at a hookah lounge led to an altercation and murder. On Sunday, shortly after 1:10 am, uniform patrol officers responded to the 100 block of Kentucky Avenue in reference to…
Read More Lakeland Woman Shoots Man Multiple Times, Charged With Second-Degree Murder
A 47-year-old Florida woman is $1,000,000 richer after a POWERBALL ticket she purchased from Walmart Market matched all 5 numbers. The Florida Lottery said that Martha Daprile, 47, of Port Richey, claimed a $1 million prize from the POWERBALL® drawing held on September 22, 2021,…
Read More Florida Woman Wins $1,000,000 On POWERBALL After A Walmart Market Stop
A 42-year-old mom was caught by surprise after Southwest Airlines called police on her because her daughter is black and the airlines suspected human trafficking. According to a report by People, Mary MacCarthy, 42, was traveling with her 10-year-old daughter Moira on Oct. 22 from…
Read More Southwest Airlines Calls Cops On White Mom Suspecting Human Trafficking Of Her Black Daughter
CLEARWATER, FL. – Clearwater Police officers are on the scene of a crash with serious injuries at Court Street and San Remo Avenue. Police say that an adult male motorcyclist was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg after the 2:40 p.m. crash. All lanes of…
Read More Motorcycle Crash In Clearwater Closes Court Street Earlier, Driver Rushed To Hospital
Two Florida women were arrested on Thursday, November 4th, a several-month-long narcotics investigation concluded with drug trafficking charges, Throughout the investigation, undercover detectives with Lee County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit, purchased trafficking amounts of Fentanyl from Stephanie Proffitt, 34, at her home, located at 2341 Leavitt…
Read More “There Is No Room For Thugs” Two Florida Woman Arrested For Drug Trafficking
Ahmad T. Ismail, 70, of Bonifay, Florida, pled guilty on Wednesday to the subscription and transmission of multiple fraudulent federal income tax returns, announced Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “The United States relies on the payment of…
Read More Florida Doctor Pleads Guilty To Federal Income Tax Crimes
In this episode we discuss Indianapolis Metro Police fatally shooting Jessie Leonard after she pulled a gun on officers and pointed it at them. Also mentioned: Officers Keith Shelton, Joseph Reynolds, Dylan Sheets, and Joshua Smith. Also, we show the video and discuss Fort Collins…
Read More Pastor & ACLU Don’t Like Use-Of-Force On Video – LEO Round Table
By: CCSO On January 6, 2002, decomposed remains were located in the bushes on the side of Zemel Road in Charlotte County. Two individuals driving on Zemel Road coming from a local shooting range saw an animal run across the road and stopped to try…
Read More Sheriff: 2002 Florida Cold Case, Unidentified Remains Found On Road
Ailan Evans Executives of a now-defunct photo app filed an antitrust complaint against Facebook on Thursday alleging the company schemed to end their company. The complaint, filed by executives of a start-up image app called Phhhoto, alleges that Facebook employed anti-competitive business tactics to throttle the smaller…
Read More New Facebook Lawsuit Alleges Tech Giant Conspired To ‘Crush’ Competition