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A Michigan man has been sentenced to 240 months in prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Kent County man, H.C., in August 2020. When Tommy Terrell Mims, 52, of Grand Rapids is released from prison, he will be on supervised…
Read More Michigan Man Gets 240 Months In Prison After Dealing Deadly Fentanyl He Said Was Heroin
A Section 8 Apartment manager in Florida has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds, after an investigation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Oliver Barrington King, 44, Deland, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. In addition, King has…
Read More Section 8 Apartment Manager In Florida Pleads Guilty To Stealing HUD Funds
A Florida man has been sentenced to 16 years and three months in federal prison for receipt of child sex abuse materials. Dennis William Sheffield, Jr., 52, Keystone Heights, was also ordered to serve a life term of supervised release and to register as a…
Read More Florida Sexual Predator Gets Over 16 Years In Child Sexual Abuse Image Case
At the conclusion of a three-day trial Thursday, a jury of seven men and five women in Florida found defendant Brandon McLean guilty as charged with First-Degree Murder for the brutal killing of his girlfriend. Immediately after the verdict, McLean was sentenced to life in…
Read More Brutal ‘Box Cutter’ Killer Sentenced To Life; Stabbed Girlfriend 77 Times In Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Brooke Sparks, 38, St. Petersburg, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for producing child sex abuse material. The court also ordered Sparks to serve 15 years of supervised release after her prison term and to register as a…
Read More St. Petersburg Woman Sentenced To 40 Years For Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On May 13, 2023, Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide detectives arrested 24-year-old Takesha Williams and 25-year-old Efrem Allen, Jr. of Bartow, for one count each of Negligent Child Abuse Causing Great Harm (F2) resulting in the death of a 3-year-old toddler. …
Read More Bartow Couple Charged In “Truly Horrific” Manslaughter Of 3-Year-Old Child
A Florida man was arrested for having an AK-47 on school property in Virginia and claiming he was going to see the CIA, according to police. The suspect, identified as 32-year-old Eric Sandow of Gainesville, Florida, was later arrested and charged with felony possession of…
Read More Florida Man Who Was Heading For The CIA Arrested At Virginia Preschool With AK-47
A Texas man who flew to Florida was arrested after stealing a $177K Bentley from a home and telling police he was going to make payments. According to Martin County Sheriff’s Office, 45-year-old Ronald Bordelon, a self-proclaimed barber at “P’s Chop Shop” was working when…
Read More Texas Barber Arrested In Florida For Stealing A Bentley, Says He Was Going To ‘Make Payments’
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of four individuals in a human trafficking case that extended beyond Pasco County. Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco, along with Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and members of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the…
Read More 4 Florida Men Arrested In Pasco County For Human Trafficking Of 16-Year-Old Girl
Employees at one Florida KFC are taking a leave of absence, of sorts, after scheming to rob their employer, essentially stealing from themselves. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was contacted on May 23, 2023, about a burglary and theft at the Kentucky…
Read More Florida KFC Employees’ Plan To Rob Their Employer Foiled By Surveillance Cameras