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ORLANDO, Fla – Wendell Harp, 24, Orlando, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for bank burglary and bank theft in connection with the destruction of an ATM. Harp pleaded guilty on December 16, 2022. He is the second defendant sentenced in this…
Read More Second Orlando Man Sentenced For Ripping ATM Machine Out With Chains, Stolen Pickup Truck
An Arkansas man was charged this week with one count of interstate travel for illicit sexual conduct after flying from Arkansas to New York to meet an 11-year-old child. According to the FBI, Kyle Biswell, age 37, of Fayetteville, Arkansas engaged in a series of…
Read More Arkansas Man Charged With Flying To New York To Meet 11-Year-Old For Sex
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa man and woman have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and distribution of heroin and fentanyl. William Franqui, 37, Tampa, to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Franqui’s…
Read More Tampa Husband And Wife Sentenced In Fentanyl, Heroin Distribution Conspiracy
Florida death row inmate Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, known as the “ninja killer,” was executed Wednesday at 6:15 pm for murdering a couple in Palm Coast, Florida, in 1989. Gaskin had his last meal of barbecue pork ribs, pork and turkey neck, buffalo wings, shrimp fried rice, french…
Read More Florida Death Row Inmate Louis Gaskin “Ninja Killer” Executed By Lethal Injection
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Two murder suspects have picked up additional charges of beating a 79-year-old man with a tire iron on 22nd Avenue North in St. Petersburg on October 20, 2022. Jermaine Adrian Bennett, 27, and Savonne Morrison, 18, both face one count of…
Read More 2 Murder Suspects Charged With Beating Elderly Man In St. Pete With Tire Iron
A 33-year-old Florida man was arrested Wednesday after grabbing a woman at a UPS location and resisting arrest. There were no reported injuries, according to deputies. Investigators with Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say that 33-year-old Yang Chiong was charged with burglary with battery, domestic battery,…
Read More Florida Man Arrested After Attempting To Snatch Ex-Girlfriend From UPS Facility
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-year-old Edward Evans of Riverview after he fled from deputies on Monday afternoon. Deputies received information that Evans, who was wanted on multiple warrant charges, was seen leaving a gas station near Gibsonton Drive and New East…
Read More Homeowner Fires Warning Shot As Wanted Riverview Man Tried To Hide From Cops
A Pennsylvania man will spend 22 to 44 years in state prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, to killing his wife, Elizabeth “Beth” Capaldi, dismembering her body, and hiding her remains. Stephen Capaldi, 57, of Sellersville, Pennsylvania, entered guilty pleas to third-degree…
Read More Pennsylvania Man Gets 22+ Years For Heinous Murder Of Wife, Dismembering Her Body
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the execution of Death Row inmate Louis Gaskin, who is slated to face lethal injection Wednesday in the 1989 murders of a Flagler County couple. A two-sentence order said justices denied a stay of execution and…
Read More U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way For Florida Execution Of Louis Gaskin On Wednesday
A 45-year-old woman has been sentenced in a horrific case of murdering her stepson by freezing him to death in a garage. Angela Pollina, 45, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after a jury found her guilty last month of Murder in…
Read More ‘Evil’ Woman Gets 25+ Years For Freezing Her 8-Year-Old Stepson To Death