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A Florida man is charged with entering a semi-truck where a woman was sleeping on Okaloosa Island and sexually assaulting her. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 23-year-old Taylor Copeland of Niceville with sexual battery and burglary with battery. According to deputies, the victim…
Read More Florida Man Takes A Beating After Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Woman In Semi-Truck
A Florida man has been charged in what the sheriff calls the “most disturbing thing I’ve ever seen.” The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 35-year-old James Cohen of Melbourne for possessing Child Pornography. Cohen was taken into custody after an arrest warrant was issued by…
Read More Sheriff In Florida Says “Most Disturbing Thing I’ve Ever Seen” As KinderCare Employee Arrested
BRADENTON, Fla – Nathasha Michelle Prieto, 34, Bradenton, Florida, was sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine. Prieto pleaded guilty on January 5, 2023. According to court documents, Prieto, a former United States…
Read More Former Florida Postal Carrier Gets Over 6 Years For Distributing Cocaine From Her Postal Route
Attorneys for Death Row inmate Duane Owen argued Wednesday that the Florida Supreme Court should issue a stay of Owen’s scheduled execution, allowing time to delve into whether he is mentally competent to be put to death. The attorneys filed documents at the Supreme Court…
Read More Attorneys Say Florida Death Row Inmate Duane Owen ‘Severely Mentally Ill, Brain Damaged’
A 45-year-old Florida man was arrested Tuesday for possessing fentanyl while riding his motorcycle with a broken taillight. According to deputies, Peter Micheal Basara, 45, was charged with possession with intent to sell fentanyl, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license, driving a…
Read More Broken Taillight On Motorcycle Lands Florida Man In Jail For Fentanyl
A Florida man with dual citizenship in France was re-arrested after trying to bust out of jail in Florida, escaping to his castle in France. According to investigators, on April 10, 2023, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office (IRCSO) was informed that an inmate of…
Read More Millionaire’s Plan To Escape Jail In Florida To His Castle In France Foiled By Detectives
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted two giant African snails at the Louisville Port of Entry on May 18. Authorities say the live snails were discovered at an express consignment facility during an inspection of a parcel arriving from Germany. While intended…
Read More CBP Ag Specialists Intercept 2 Giant African Snails At Entry Port In Kentucky
A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania man on May 19 for the torture of an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in connection with the operation of an illegal weapons manufacturing plant in Kurdistan. According to court documents and evidence presented…
Read More Pennsylvania Man Convicted Of Torture, Exporting Weapons Parts To Iraq
A federal judge handed down eight consecutive life sentences, two concurrent life sentences, and a consecutive sentence of 260 years in prison for carrying out a terrorist attack on October 31, 2017, in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), in…
Read More Man Who Carried Out ISIS-Inspired Truck Attack, Killing 8, Gets 260 Years Plus 8 Life Sentences
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco Sheriff’s Office Detectives Seek tips to identify the person or person responsible for random early morning shootings. On May 6, 2023, at approx. 5:50 a.m., an unknown suspect shot from a moving vehicle near the intersection of Shady Hills Rd.…
Read More Reward Offered For Tips Identifying Pasco County Early Morning Shooter