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The Florida Amber Alert issued for 16-Year-Old Ashlynn Cox has been canceled, and the child was located safe. Officials say she was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, blue jeans, and white and lime Adidas shoes. The child may be in the company of Jesse…
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A Florida man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with sexual battery after an investigation revealed he had sex with a woman who lacked the mental capacity to legally consent, according to deputies. According to investigators, Christopher Alan Phillips, 36, of Zolfo Springs, picked up…
Read More Florida Man Arrested Having Sex With Woman In The Woods Who Lacked Ability To Consent
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives from the Computer Crimes Unit at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested four men and a teenager for possession of child pornography after investigators received tips on the suspects’ computer activity. The detectives were assisted by the PCSO Vice Unit…
Read More Four Men, One Teen Arrested By Polk County Deputies For Child Porn
A Florida man landed behind bars for threatening to “start a war” after his deputies seized his driver’s license. Putnam County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Glen Ressler, 42, and charged him with four counts of aggravated assault on Putnam County deputies and one count of…
Read More Florida Man Arrested Threatening To “Start A War” After Deputies Seize Driver’s License
Deputies and detectives in Florida, executing a narcotics search warrant, discovered 14 individuals living inside a deplorable structure with makeshift electrical lines powered by a generator. According to investigators, the search warrant was served at 3 Amigos Road in DeBary, Florida. The Volusia County Sheriff’s…
Read More 14 People Discovered In “Deplorable” Conditions When Cops In Florida Execute Search Warrant
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – A former Royal Palm Beach man with serial offenses has been charged on three counts after a physical altercation with his live-in girlfriend. On October 16, Tarpon Springs Police arrested Maurice Alexander Lucas, 33, for “Domestic Battery with Strangulation,” “Tampering with…
Read More Tarpon Springs Man Arrested After Choking Girlfriend, Preventing Her From Dialing 911
A Florida man was convicted in a federal district court on Tuesday, for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery as well as aiding and abetting the commission of a robbery. Thomas Munne, 44, a marijuana dealer himself, had the idea to rob a rival marijuana…
Read More Florida Man Convicted For Planning A Brutal Kidnapping, Home Invasion
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – On Tuesday, 33-year-old Brodrick Larnell Houston of Inverness, Florida, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) on murder charges. This arrest stems from an altercation that occurred in September between inmates at the Citrus County Detention Facility, where Houston…
Read More Inverness Man Arrested For Killing An Inmate In Jail
A Florida man who robbed a bank while armed with a machete was sentenced to federal prison. Herve Fils Viaud, 31, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to 78 months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of…
Read More Florida Man Who Robbed Bank Armed With Machete Gets 78 Months In Prison
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Edwin Hill, 51 of Holiday, a/k/a “Z,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 1 kilogram or more of heroin, four counts of distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or…
Read More Pasco County Man Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking, Forfeits House And $400,000