Category: Cops and Crime

Four people have been charged, and authorities are seeking two in a Home Depot organized theft ring, ‘Operation Heavy Lift’ costing the retailer over $1 million. Polk County Sheriff’s Office Organized Retail Crime Detectives, working with the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, Ashley Moody,…

Read More 4 Charged, 2 At Large In “Operation Heavy Lift” Florida Home Depot Organized Crime Spree

SPRING HILL, Fla – A 78-year-old Florida man has been charged with trafficking Fentanyl after a traffic stop late Tuesday night in Spring Hill. Around 11:50 p.m. on Tuesday, a Hernando County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on the driver of a van traveling…

Read More 78-Year-Old Florida Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl In Spring Hill

A Florida man has been arrested after stealing a school bus in Pennsylvania, leading police on a chase and allegedly telling them he was driving home with a dead deer to fertilize his garden, authorities said. Tony Jay Saunders Jr., 26, of Port St. Lucie,…

Read More Naked Florida Man Arrested Stealing School Bus In Pennsylvania With A Dead Deer Inside

LAKELAND, Fla – A convicted felon has been identified as the Lakeland armed carjacker, and deputies need your help locating him. 27-year-old Robert Lee Williams has been identified as the suspect in the armed robbery of a ride-share driver on April 2nd in the Wildlife…

Read More Convicted Felon Sought In Lakeland Armed Carjacking Of Man And His 11-Year-Old Son

PASO COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies in Pasco County need your help in identifying a man who is wanted for punching a victim in New Port Richey. On March 31, around 2:25 p.m., a suspect entered a business in the 8700 block area of Little Rd.…

Read More Pasco Deputies Searching For Man Who Violently Attacked Victim In New Port Richey

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, and FDLE Special Agents, briefed the media at 10:30 a.m. this morning about “Operation Heavy Lift,” a statewide investigation during which six suspects were charged with grand theft and scheming to…

Read More Florida AG Moody, Sheriff Judd Briefed Media On $600k Home Depot Theft Ring “Operation Heavy Lift”

Three packages of cocaine have been discovered washed ashore on three different areas of a beach in Florida. On Monday, April 3, 2023, Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Scenic Gulf Drive in Miramar Beach after a beachgoer found what appeared to be some…

Read More 3 Packages Of Cocaine Worth Over $100k Wash Up On Florida Beaches

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – James John Hall, 34, of Zephyrhills, has pleaded guilty to one count of unlawfully making a firearm (destructive device). Hall faces up to 10 years imprisonment. Hall has also agreed to forfeit the destructive device, which includes a pipe, Tannerite, pyrotechnic…

Read More Zephyrhills Man Pleads Guilty To Making A Bomb To “Target” A Person With

Four Tampa Bay area Tax preparers have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit tax fraud and aiding or assisting in preparing false income tax return documents. Jamica Nelms, Capriesha Cummings, Camille Harper, and Ashley Flournoy each face a maximum penalty of eight years in federal…

Read More Four Tampa Bay Area Tax Preparers Plead Guilty To Fraud

SARASOTA, Fla. – An arrest by Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office in a January 2022 rape culminated with a conviction and life sentence for a Sarasota man. According to deputies, on March 30, Frank Szakacs, 63, was found guilty of Burglary of Conveyance with Battery, Battery,…

Read More Florida Man Who Raped A Disabled Woman Gets Life In Prison