A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty of 10 counts of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Devin Ryan Maresca, 33, Newcastle, PA, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each mail fraud count and a minimum of…
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Florida Man Arrested During Traffic Stop With Fentanyl In A Cookie Jar
Deputies in Florida arrested a 23-year-old man after finding a trafficking amount of fentanyl in a cookie jar during a traffic stop Thursday night. According to Collier County Sheriff’s Office, Larry Chapman had 9.8 grams of fentanyl hidden inside a container labeled “Cookies” that was…
Read More Florida Man Arrested During Traffic Stop With Fentanyl In A Cookie JarDaring Officer Holds Onto Suspect Fleeing In Speeding Car! LEO Round Table
Today at LEO Round Table we discuss how a plain clothes officer gets into a shootout with carjackers, a stabbing suspect fatally shot after charging a cop, a video shows man being arrested after doing donuts in an intersection, and much more! Tampa Free Press will publish…
Read More Daring Officer Holds Onto Suspect Fleeing In Speeding Car! LEO Round TableBoat Full Of Migrants Slams Into Florida Sheriff’s Marine Unit
A boat full of migrants in Florida rammed into a sheriff’s office marine unit Friday, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. According to deputies, shortly after 9:00 a.m. this morning, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit deputy intercepted a vessel near the Jupiter…
Read More Boat Full Of Migrants Slams Into Florida Sheriff’s Marine UnitFlorida Oncologist Pleads Guilty In Conspiracy Case
An oncologist and former president of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in what authorities say was a scheme to limit cancer-care competition in Southwest Florida. William Harwin pleaded guilty Wednesday to “conspiracy to allocate oncology treatments,”…
Read More Florida Oncologist Pleads Guilty In Conspiracy CaseFive Dead In What Police In Ohio Are Calling A “Quadruple Homicide-Suicide”
Five people were found dead at a home in Uniontown, Ohio, on Thursday night in what police are calling a quadruple murder-suicide. Police responded to the home for a wellness check at about 7:30 p.m., the Uniontown Police Department said in a social media release.…
Read More Five Dead In What Police In Ohio Are Calling A “Quadruple Homicide-Suicide”Florida Realtor Extortion Conviction Upheld
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a Miami Beach real-estate broker convicted of trying to extort two other brokers who had been accused of manipulating data in a listing service. Justices unanimously upheld a decision by the 3rd District Court of…
Read More Florida Realtor Extortion Conviction UpheldNew York Man Charged In Florida ‘Grandparents Scam’
A 24-year-old Bronx, New York, man was extradited to Volusia County and charged with attempting to pull a “grandparents scam” on a DeLand woman by pretending to be her grandson who needed her to bail him out of legal trouble. Joel Mathilda, 24, was transported…
Read More New York Man Charged In Florida ‘Grandparents Scam’Plain Clothes Officer Gets Into Shootout With Carjackers On Video, LEO Round Table
Today at LEO Round Table we discuss how an officer fired for putting 10-year-old in custody, stabbing suspect fatally shot after charging cop, a plain clothes officer gets into shootout with carjackers, and much more! Tampa Free Press will publish LEO Round Table five days a week, Tuesday…
Read More Plain Clothes Officer Gets Into Shootout With Carjackers On Video, LEO Round Table10 Arrested, 1 At Large In Florida GPS Theft Ring “Operation Garmin”
In a joint effort between multiple law enforcement agencies in South Florida, 10 men were arrested following an investigation into a sophisticated marine GPS theft ring. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Miami-Dade Police Department, Collier County Sheriff’s Office, and the 16th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s…
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