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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has rescued a victim and arrested a convicted felon on human trafficking-related charges. On September 14, 2023, HCSO received a disturbance call for service that ultimately led to the arrest of an individual involved in a…
Read More Human Trafficking Victim From New York Rescued From Convicted Felon In Florida
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fl. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in tracking down multiple suspects involved in a bank fraud case. HCSO detectives are looking for several individuals who have used multiple counterfeit North Carolina driver’s licenses to open numerous bank…
Read More Deputies In Florida Searching For Multiple Suspects Using Fake North Carolina IDs For Bank Fraud
A Florida man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child sexual abuse materials. Christian Tristan McKie, 39, Orlando, pled guilty on June 29, 2023. The court also ordered McKie to forfeit an external hard drive, a laptop,…
Read More Florida Man Gets 14 Years After Attempting To Destroy Evidence In Child Sexual Abuse Case
Today on LEO Round Table, we discuss New York to pay NRA $447K ordered by the Supreme Court, a man accused of slaughtering a family shooting at an officer, a store clerk lit on fire by a serial shoplifter on video and much more! Tampa Free…
Read More Store Clerk Lit On Fire By Serial Shoplifter On Video: LEO Round Table
WIMAUMA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help tracking down a wanted subject. Investigators say on September 23, 2023, HCSO deputies responded to a homicide on Sanchez Ranch Lane in Wimauma. During the investigation, a warrant was obtained for Osmin…
Read More Wanted: Deputies Seek Osmin Castillo For Wimauma 2nd-Degree Murder, Child Porn
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. – A former Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputy was taken into custody on Wednesday, October 4, following an investigation of a third-degree felony Scheme to Defraud. Preston Hines had been placed on administrative leave since September 25 following an investigation into allegations he…
Read More Sarasota County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For Scheme To Defraud
A 45-year-old Florida woman was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her boyfriend in November 2021. Jennifer Marie Greer, 45, was sentenced by Walton County Circuit Judge Kelvin Wells to life in prison for the second-degree murder of her boyfriend, Daniel Jones.…
Read More Florida Woman Gets Life In Prison For Murder Of Her Boyfriend In 2021
BALTIMORE, MD. – Police in Baltimore, Maryland, said that multiple people have been shot at an address that appears close to Morgan State University and that they are investigating an “active shooter.” Baltimore police are searching for a suspect after five young adults were injured…
Read More Several People Shot Near Morgan State University In Baltimore, Maryland
More than 27 years after he sexually assaulted and murdered a woman he met at an Escambia County bar, Michael Duane Zack was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison. Zack, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. and became…
Read More Florida Death Row Inmate Michael Duane Zack’s Last Words Before Execution “I Love You All”
Today on LEO Round Table, we discuss Trump saying robbers should expect to be shot, a deputy fired after shooting a gun at an unarmed fleeing carjacker, a nerve-wracking standoff with an armed suspect caught on video, and much more! Tampa Free Press will publish LEO Round…
Read More Nerve-Wracking Standoff With Armed Suspect Caught On Video, LEO Round Table