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A 16-year-old Florida boy has been arrested after shooting two 12-year-old children waiting for their school bus on Thursday. According to investigators, two juveniles were waiting for their school bus in northwest Miami-Dade, when a subject approached them and demanded their possessions. During the confrontation,…
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DUNDEE, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff’s Office is searching for 16-year-old Detrayvis “Ray Ray” McGriff, whose birthday is today, 9/8/2006. Deputies say McGriff has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery in the homicide that occurred on July 21, 2022, and a related…
Read More Polk County Sheriff Searching For 16-Year-Old Murder Suspect Who Has A Birthday Today
Michael Lee Faz, 44, Labelle, Abel Deleon, 45, Labelle, and Genaro Deleon, Jr., 63, Labelle, were all sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Faz was sentenced to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison, Abel Deleon was sentenced to 7 years…
Read More Three Florida Family Members Sentenced To Prison For Role In Meth Distribution Ring
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested a man and a woman for child neglect. The investigation began on June 10, 2022, after deputies responded to a residence in Dunedin for reports of an unresponsive 2-year-old child. When…
Read More Florida Mom Blames “Evil Spirits” For Exposing Her 2 Young Children To Fentanyl, Nearly Killing Them
Ernest Maloney Page, IV, 46, of Madison, Florida has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for conspiring to bribe the elected State Attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit. The court also ordered Page to serve an 18-month term of supervised release. Page pleaded…
Read More Former Defense Attorney Sentenced Post Conspiring To Bribe Florida Elected State Attorney
The president of a homeowners association faces four felony charges for installing a video camera inside a condominium without the owner’s permission, focused on the master bedroom. According to investigators, 59-year-old Robert William Orr, the President of the Matanzas Shores Homeowners Association turned himself in…
Read More Perv Alert: Florida Homeowner Association President Arrested For Hidden Camera In Condo Rental
A Florida man and woman have been arrested after a concerned anonymous caller told investigators about the abuse of the couple’s horses. According to deputies, on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Marion County Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous call for service in reference to two horses…
Read More Florida Couple Jailed After Starving Two Horses, One Emaciated Mare Euthanized
Two Florida men have been arrested after installing a device on gas pumps that allowed them to fill up for around .08 per gallon of gas. On Monday, Nassau County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a 7/11 convenience store at Lofton Square Court in reference…
Read More Florida Men Arrested After Duping Gas Pump To Charge Only 8 Cents Per Gallon
A Georgia police officer, visiting the state of Florida for a seminar, chose the wrong county to solicit a prostitute in. According to investigators, on Thursday, September 1, 2022, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Jason DiPrima of Kingston, Georgia for…
Read More Georgia Cop Chose The Wrong Florida County In Attempt To Meet Prostitute
A former Fire Rescue Chief Flight Nurse for the Trauma Star helicopter program has been arrested for stealing narcotics. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations unit. Lynda Rusinowski, 56, was charged with two counts…
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