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A North Carolina man was arrested over Memorial Day weekend for stealing a car in Florida from a Hungry Howies Pizza parking lot. The car was recovered in under an hour, deputies say. According to investigators, on May 28th, Walton County Sheriff’s Office was called…
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office rescued two survivors from the horrors of human trafficking. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Human Trafficking Squad recently conducted an undercover operation to identify and rescue victims from commercial sex trafficking and apprehend their ruthless traffickers.…
Read More 2 Men Arrested, 2 Women Rescued From Abhorrent Human Trafficking, Beatings
A Michigan man has been charged with killing his sister in front of her husband and daughter over a family business dispute. According to investigators, on Friday, May 26, 2023, Zachary Holston III of Farmington Hills, Michigan, was exiting the family business in Sterling Heights…
Read More Michigan Man Charged Killing His Sister In Front Of Her Daughter Over Family Business Dispute
A former Pennsylvania woman was convicted last week of third-degree murder in the death of “Baby Mary Anne” and was sentenced to 5.5 to 20 years in prison by Lancaster County Judge Merrill Spahn. Tara Brazzle, 46, of Valparaiso, Ind., entered an “Alford plea,” whereby…
Read More Pennsylvania Mom Who Put Dead Newborn In YMCA Dumpster In 2007 Gets 20 Years
Calling the defendants’ actions senseless, thoughtless, and heinous, a Maryland judge on Friday sentenced a man and woman connected to the disappearance of their former roommate, Megan Tilman to the maximum 40 years in prison. Christina Harnish, also known as Christina Stallings, and William Rice…
Read More Maryland Man And Woman Sentenced In Murder, Dismemberment Of Roomate
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office made 939 vehicle and vessel stops to protect our community from impaired drivers on Memorial Day Weekend as part of ‘Operation Safe and Sober.’ HCSO, in collaboration with the Tampa Police, Temple Terrace Police, Plant City…
Read More 65 People Arrested In Hillsborough County For BUI, DUI Over Weekend, 2 Drownings
Police are searching for information about two more individuals in connection to the Memorial Day mass shooting in Hollywood, Florida after one person was taken into custody on Tuesday. Nine people were injured when shots erupted along a beachside promenade in Hollywood, Florida, sending people…
Read More One Suspect Detained In Florida Beach Shooting Of 5 Adults, 4 Children On Memorial Day
SARASOTA, Fla. – A 23-year-old man has been charged in a shooting incident that happened in Sarasota on Saturday. Nevaun Chamberlain, 23, Sarasota County, is facing a charge of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm for a shooting that occurred in the City of Sarasota on…
Read More One Charged In Saturday Sarasota Shooting
A 65-year-old North Carolina man died Monday following a dive incident on the Duane Wreck off Key Largo in Florida. According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, other divers assisted Perry Lane Anderson of Mooresville, North Carolina, back to a Rainbow Reef Dive Center commercial dive…
Read More North Carolina Man Dies Following Diving Incident In Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A 22-year-old Florida man has been charged with fatally shooting his 2-year-old son at a house on 15th Avenue South Sunday night, May 28th. Aaron Creary, St. Petersburg, is facing a charge of aggravated manslaughter in the shooting of toddler Armani…
Read More Florida Man Charged With Shooting, Killing 2-Year-Old Son