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A Florida woman who was arrested after the death of an infant has now been charged in a second case of child abuse after a further investigation. Detectives discovered a second victim who sustained injuries while under the care of Haley Barclay. She is already…
Read More Florida Woman Charged In The Murder Of Infant, Now Charged In Abuse Of 2nd Child
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced the arrest of a Florida youth softball coach on six counts of producing and attempting to produce child sexual abuse files. According to the indictment, Andrew Lynn Overheul, 43, coerced four underage victims to engage in sexually…
Read More Youth Softball Coach In Florida Indicted For Making Child Sex Abuse Videos
A federal appeals court Wednesday refused to block the scheduled May 3 execution of Darryl Barwick for the stabbing death of a Bay County woman in 1986. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Barwick’s motion for a stay of…
Read More Stay Of Execution Rejected For Florida Death Row Inmate Darryl Barwick, Stabbed Woman 37 Times
Florida man and president of “We Build the Wall” was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to crimes relating to the filing of his 2019 federal income taxes. Air Force veteran and triple amputee Brian G. Kolfage, 41, of Miramar Beach, Florida…
Read More Florida Man And President Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Gets 51 Months In Prison
A 77-year-old Florida man is alive today due to the resolved actions of police officers in an armed confrontation that could have ended much worse. At 3:06 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2023, a 77-year-old white male, William Howard Irwin, was reported missing and endangered…
Read More Video: 77-Year-Old Florida Man Alive Due To Actions Of Police In Armed Confrontation
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Polk County woman has been sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States and the Internal Revenue Service. The Court also entered an order of…
Read More Polk County Woman Sentenced To Over 3 Years In Wire, Tax Fraud Case
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – A 19-year-old Weeki Wachee woman has been charged in the death of a man she shot while they were lying in bed last week. On Thursday, April 20 at 1:12 p.m., the 9-1-1 dispatchers at Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications…
Read More Weeki Wachee Woman Charged In Shooting Death Of Man She Was Lying In Bed With
Two men were arrested Tuesday after breaking into an impound yard and leaving with a car that had been previously towed. Rory Peter Stien, 32, of Burleigh Waters, Australia, and Stephen George Yetman, 36, of Boston, Massachusetts, were both charged with burglary and grand theft…
Read More Massachusetts And Australian Man Arrested In Florida Stealing Car From Tow Yard
Randall Cooke dropped off his wife before beginning his Uber Eats deliveries on April 19 in Holiday, Pasco County, Florida. According to Pasco County Sheriff Chirs Nocco, the couple was texting throughout the day until 7 pm when Cooke stopped replying. Nocco said Cooke’s wife…
Read More ‘Demonic’ Florida Uber Eats Driver Murdered, Body Put In Garbage Bags By MS-13 Gang Member
Two Florida murder suspects who were being sought by detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were arrested by Delaware State Police on April 7, 2023. They were wanted for their part in the murder of 34-year-old Benjamin Mason III of Bartow, Florida, who was…
Read More 2 Florida Murder Suspects Who Shot And Killed Man Riding A Motorcycle, Arrested In Delaware