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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…
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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
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla.- Detectives assigned to the Robbery/Homicide unit are investigating an accidental shooting in Seminole and have arrested two. On October 3, 2023, at approximately 12:23 a.m., deputies responded to the Seminole Community Center located at 7464 Ridge Road in Seminole for reports of…
Read More 2 Arrested In Seminole After Accidentally Shooting Victim In The Face
A Florida man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. The court also ordered Leslie Duppins, Jr. 40, of Brevard County, to an additional 12 months’ imprisonment, to run consecutively, for violating his supervised release…
Read More Florida Man Sentenced To 6-Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl
Deputies confiscated a trafficking amount of fentanyl and arrested suspected drug dealer out on bond during a traffic stop over the weekend in Florida. Deputies in Collier County say Ian Marco Flores-Antelo had enough fentanyl to kill 13,000 people and other illegal drugs in his…
Read More Florida Man, Out On Bond, Arrested With Enough Fentanyl To Kill 13,000 People
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt the planned execution of Michael Duane Zack, setting the stage for him to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Florida State Prison. Justices issued two orders declining to take up appeals of decisions…
Read More Supreme Court Justices Refuse To Block Florida Execution Of Michael Duane Zack
More than 42 years after the murders of Polk County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Theron Burnham, Ray Beasley, and William Evans, their killer died Saturday, September 30, 2023, at the age of 74 while receiving ongoing medical treatment at a hospital while in the custody of…
Read More Man Who Murdered Polk County Deputy And 2 Others In 1981, Dies In Florida Prison
LAKELAND, Fla. -The man who climbed up and onto the railroad crossing over the northbound lanes of Combee Road in Lakeland, causing CSX operations and Combee Road to be shut down for approximately 10 hours Sunday, has been arrested. On Sunday at approximately 4:40 a.m.,…
Read More Lakeland Trains Come To A Stop After Florida Man Occupies Crossing, Showing His Stuff
A federal grand jury in Orlando returned an indictment, unsealed Thursday, charging three Florida men with crimes related to their respective roles in a tax refund fraud scheme. According to the indictment, from 2015 to 2018, Christopher Johnson, of Orlando, and Jasen Harvey, of Tampa,…
Read More 3 Florida Men Charged In Multimillion-Dollar Tax Refund Scheme