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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) today arrested Michael Difabio, 58, a custodian at King High School, for possession of a firearm on school grounds. School administrators alerted HCSO’s STAR Team at approximately 11:15 a.m. this morning after discovering a firearm…
Read More King High School Custodian Arrested For Possessing Firearm On Campus In Tampa
A Volusia County Sheriff’s deputy sprang into action Tuesday night, rescuing a 5-year-old boy with autism who had wandered from his home and into a nearby pond. Deputy Wes Brough responded to a call on Valmont Lane around 7:30 p.m. The child’s father reported the…
Read More WATCH: Deputy In Florida Jumps Into Pond, Rescues Missing 5-Year-Old Boy With Autism
A gruesome act of violence shook a Pennsylvania community on Sunday afternoon when a man allegedly stabbed his mother to death. Police found the woman dying on the street. At approximately 5:38 p.m., police responded to a call on the 100 block of Liberty Avenue,…
Read More Pennsylvania Man Charged With Stabbing His Mom To Death After Woman Found On The Street
A Texas mom, Gabriela Elyzabeth Deras, 22, has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly leaving her 2-month-old son in a hot car for several hours on August 8, 2023. The incident resulted in the tragic death of the child, Ethan Rosa Deras, in…
Read More Texas Mother Charged With Murder After Leaving Infant In Hot Car For Hours
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Two St. Petersburg police officers, Tyler Martnick and Zharia Smith, are being hailed as heroes after rescuing a man from a burning house on the night of August 5th. Responding to a hang-up call, the officers noticed smoke and heard cries…
Read More Video: 2 Heroic St. Petersburg Police Officers Rescue Man From Burning House
LEE COUNTY, Fla. – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary that occurred at Tender Moments adult store on August 5, 2024. The incident took place around 2:37 a.m. at the store’s location on 13290 N. Cleveland Avenue. The suspect, who was captured…
Read More North Fort Myers Adult Store Burglarized, Suspect Sought: Lee County Sheriff
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Zephyrhills woman, Kaelyn Mariah Alexander, was arrested on July 26th after attempting to use a fraudulent check to purchase plants from a couple in Polk County. The couple reported the incident to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). When confronted…
Read More Zephyrhills Woman Arrested After Trying To Buy Plants In Polk County With Fraudulent Check
Michelina Desiree Goodwin, 46, of Great Mills, Maryland, was sentenced to 61 years in prison, the maximum allowable sentence, for the murder and dismemberment of her boyfriend in December 2022. Goodwin was found guilty by a St. Mary’s County jury in March 2024 of second-degree…
Read More Maryland Woman Receives Max Sentence For Murder, Dismemberment Of Boyfriend
Loran Cole, a Death Row inmate scheduled to be executed in Florida this month, is seeking to have his death sentence vacated. His legal team argues that the abuse he suffered at the notorious Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, a state-run reform school with…
Read More Florida Death Row Inmate Cites Abuse At Dozier School For Boys In Appeal For Clemency
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that Tonya Butler, 55, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced to four years of probation and 150 hours of community service for making false statements to the Railroad Retirement Board. According to court records, Butler falsely claimed sickness benefits…
Read More Louisiana Woman Sentenced For Railroad Retirement Fraud