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Florida Bust: Illegal Alien Nabbed In Child And Animal Porn Probe
Paulino Tec Ixim (WCSO)
A search warrant executed last Tuesday by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit and the Northwest Florida I [...]
Underwear Cocaine Bust In The Florida Keys Nets Arrest Of Miami Man
Police Lights (File)
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. - A 36-year-old Miami man's attempt to allegedly smuggle cocaine ended with an arrest in Monroe County on [...]
Fourth Defendant Sentenced In Minnesota “Inside Job” Grocery Store Armed Robbery
Jail Cell, TFP File Photo
The final defendant in a Hobbs Act Robbery case has been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in the armed [...]
United Way Insider In Massachusetts Pulled $6.7M Tech Heist, Gets Prison Time
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
A Massachusetts man was sentenced Friday in federal court for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme aga [...]
Postal Worker’s Pilfering Pays Price: Virginia Woman Sentenced For Mail Theft
United States Postal Service (“USPS”)
The price of betrayal has been delivered. Kiesha L. Brown, 32, of Hampton, learned her fate yesterday, recei [...]
Tampa Woman Faces Decades Behind Bars After Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree
Leanna Bryant (HCSO)
TAMPA, Fla. - Leanna Bryant, 28, of Tampa, has admitted her role in a pair of convenience store robberies last August, pleadi [...]
Georgia Woman Found Guilty In North Carolina Kidnapping, Robbery Of Elderly Victim
Handcuff (File)
A federal jury in Asheville delivered a guilty verdict late yesterday against Stephanie Miranda Neace, 32, of Blairsville, Georgia [...]
Sole Survivor? Bartow Man’s Alleged Rampage- Car Attack, Gun Threats Lead to Arrest
Christopher Kayon Mathis
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A 54-year-old Bartow man, Christopher Kayon Mathis, found himself behind bars after a bizarre and vio [...]
“Mummified” Indiana Man Accused Of Starving Elderly Mother To Death
Randy Halton
A Greencastle man who served as his elderly mother's caregiver is under suspicion after his mother was allegedly starved to death. R [...]
Ohio, Kentucky Roots Lead To Florida Arrest In Polk County Burglary
Matthew S. Young
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A business burglary in Babson Park, Polk County, has landed a 40-year-old man with a criminal history spanni [...]