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A Florida woman is behind bars and accused of stabbing a deputy with a Fix-a-Flat tool while being apprehended. According to investigators, on Thursday, May 11, 2023, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Communications received a call of a female riding a bicycle against traffic on East…
Read More VIDEO: Florida Woman Charged After Trying To Stab Deputy With Fix-A-Flat Tool
Detectives arrested a 49-year-old Florida man on multiple counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct involving minors in Michigan, dating back to 2006. Shannon Guay, 49, was arrested by Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office and Kent County Michigan Sheriff’s Office detectives in Punta Gorda, Florida, at his home…
Read More Former Michigan Gymnastics Coach Arrested In Florida For Sexual Assault Dating Back To 2006
SARASOTA, Fla. – Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Section (CIS) is investigating a shooting that occurred in the area of Fruitville Rd and Cattlemen Rd on Saturday evening, May 13. At approximately 8:08 pm, patrol deputies responded to the area for a reported shooting.…
Read More One Man Dead After Pointing A Gun During A Verbal Argument In Sarasota
A YouTuber pilot has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge for obstructing a federal investigation by deliberately destroying the wreckage of an airplane that he intentionally crashed in Santa Barbara County to gain online views, the Justice Department announced today. Trevor Daniel Jacob,…
Read More Video: YouTube Star Who Intentionally Crashed Airplane, Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge
A Florida man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $123,000 in restitution after pleading guilty late last year to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Reinaldo Miralles Gonzalez, 52, of Doral, Florida, was part of a fraud scheme that…
Read More Florida Man Sentenced In FBI Imposter And Mail Fraud Case
A federal jury in Northern District of Ohio convicted Michael J. Zacharias, a priest, of five counts of sex trafficking. The charges related to three victims, two of whom Zacharias trafficked when they were minors and as adults. The evidence presented to the jury detailed…
Read More Ohio Priest Convicted Of Sex Trafficking 3 Victims, 2 Of Them Since They Were Children
A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal district court to threatening election workers during a federal primary election held in August 2022. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 17, 2022, Joshua David Lubitz, 38, of Sunrise, Florida, entered a…
Read More “Should I Kill Them One By One” Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Election Workers
A migrant teen died suddenly while in the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) care, the agency said in a statement Friday. The Honduran government identified the child as 17-year-old Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza of Honduras, saying he died in a Florida shelter. Between October 2022…
Read More Migrant Honduras Teen Dies While In HHS Custody In Florida
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa man has been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He…
Read More Tampa Man Convicted In Case Of Meth And Over 8,000 Pressed Fentanyl Pills
An illegal immigrant charged with beheading his girlfriend with a machete in front of onlookers in Minnesota was convicted on Thursday. Alexis Saborit-Viltres, 44, beheaded America Mafalda Thayer, 55, with a machete while in a car at a residential intersection where several people witnessed the…
Read More Illegal Immigrant Who Cut Off Girlfriend’s Head With Machete In Minnesota Convicted