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Massachusetts Bookkeeper Admits To $1.3 Million Embezzlement Scheme
Jail Cell, TFP File Photo
A 73-year-old Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to stealing over $1.3 million from her employer. Susan Figuerido of [...]
Hide-And-Seek Gone Wrong: Florida Man Found Hiding Under House In Trap Door – Polk County Sheriff
Alvaro Hernandez (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Fort Meade man learned the hard way that playing hide-and-seek with the Polk County Sheriff's Office [...]
Former Texas Police Chief Convicted In Insurance Fraud Scheme
Emergency Lights (FIle)
A federal jury has found Christopher Filline, the former police chief of Castroville, Texas, guilty of conspiracy to commi [...]
South Carolina Man Faces 10 Years For Turning Handguns Into Machine Guns
Handgun (Unsplash)
Orlanier Colon Menendez, 21, of Conway, South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to possessing a machine gun and a dozen devices used [...]
Teen Dead After Fentanyl-Laced Pill: Alabama Dealer Gets 12 Years
View Of Hallway From Jail Cell (File)
A 23-year-old Auburn, Alabama, man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for distributing fentany [...]
Former Charity Official In Missouri Indicted For Alleged $690,000 Embezzlement
US Currency (File Photo)
A former financial officer of a charity that provides housing for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilitie [...]
Florida Cracks Down On Looting And Scams After Hurricane Milton
Handcuffs, Source: Pexels
In the wake of Hurricane Milton’s destruction, Attorney General Ashley Moody is sending a strong message to those lookin [...]
Tampa Police Investigate After Man’s Body Found In Hillsborough River
Tampa Police Investigate Body Found In Hillsborough River
TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Police are investigating the discovery of a body in the Hillsborough [...]
“Oops, I Did It Again”: Bartow Man Arrested After Driving With Revoked License (and More)
Aaron Dean Weeks (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested a 37-year-old Bartow man on Sunday, October 13th, after a tr [...]
DNA Cracks 2009 Texas Cold Case: Justice For Slain Mother Of 5
Domitila Alvarez and Jorge Trevino Cardenas
A Texas man was sentenced to life in prison on October 11 for the 2009 murder of Domitila Alvarez, a 3 [...]