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Hermas Craddock, 37, was arrested in Polk County, Florida, on Thursday after leading police on a chase across the Pittsburgh area earlier this month. According to a criminal complaint obtained by WPXI in Pittsburgh, Craddock was arrested after authorities said he led police on a high-speed…
Read More Florida Sheriff Blasts Pittsburgh Judge Xander Orenstein, Calling Him A “Goober Smoocher”
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested 22-year-old Fisher Davis for two counts of Lewd and Lascivious Exhibition and one count of Lewd and Lascivious Conduct. Detectives began an investigation after they learned of inappropriate conduct occurring between…
Read More Former Clearwater Firefighter Who Exposed Himself In 7-Eleven, Arrested Again For Crimes Against Child
A multi-agency investigation headed by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office disrupted a Mexican drug trafficking operation that operated in multiple states, including Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. The results of the investigation were the arrests of four people and the seizure of fourteen kilograms…
Read More Mexican Drug Trafficking Op In Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, And Virginia Ends In Florida
A Texas man was sentenced last week in Mississippi to 20 years in prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Jose Humberto Gandara, 52, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to Court documents and evidence presented at trial,…
Read More Texas Man Gets 20 Years In Mississippi After Being Pulled Over With A Ton Of Cash And Cocaine
ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando man has been charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and the seizure of numerous kilograms of methamphetamine, suspected fentanyl and cocaine, pressed pills, firearms, and drug proceeds. If convicted on all counts, George…
Read More Orlando Man Stored 150 Pounds Of Meth In His Garage, 3 Kilos Of Cocaine In His Bedroom: DEA
A man who is currently being questioned in the death of a Florida woman who was the victim of an armed carjacking caught on camera claims he was paid to abduct the victim. On April 11, a Florida woman named Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas, 31,…
Read More Florida Man Claims He Was Paid In Carjacking, Kidnapping, And Murder That Was Caught On Camera
A 33-year-old Indiana woman was found guilty of child neglect, causing the death of her 20-month-old daughter, Ellianna Plummer. Following her conviction in February for the death of her daughter, Cheyenne Hill was sentenced to thirty years in prison, according to the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s…
Read More Indiana Mom Who Compared Her 20-Month-Old Daughter To Jeffrey Dahmer Gets 30 Years For Her Death
A Florida man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 48 months in prison for his role in laundering the proceeds of scams against American consumers and businesses to co-conspirators located in Nigeria. According to court documents, Niselio Barros Garcia Jr., 50, of Winter Garden,…
Read More Florida Man Sentenced In Nigerian Romance Scams And Business Email Compromises
An Illinois man pleaded guilty Thursday to a years-long fraud conspiracy to reverse the odometer readings on hundreds of used cars. According to court documents, Laith Ghzo, 37, of Oak Lawn, admitted that he purchased high-mileage vehicles at auto auctions and rolled their odometers back…
Read More Illinois Man Pleads Guilty To Rolling Back Odometers On Vehicles: NHTSA
A Florida man who attacked two Black women with a gun in two federal hate crimes was sentenced Friday to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Frederick Eugene Pierallini III, 27, previously pleaded guilty to these crimes on July 6, 2023.…
Read More Florida Man Sentenced For Hate Crime Attacks On 2 Black Women