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Maryland Woman And Her West Virginia Prison Pen Pal Accused Of Penning A Plot To Smuggle Drugs
TFP File Photo
Olona Roba, currently enjoying the hospitality of the United States Penitentiary Hazelton, West Virginia, and his pen pal Sakile G. [...]
Florida AG Ashley Moody: Caregiving Company Owner Arrested For Medicaid Fraud
Cash, Arrest (File)
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Thursday the arrest of Jasmine Victoria Stanley, owner of Prestige Comfort Car [...]
Spring Hill Drug Bust Nets Two Major Fentanyl Traffickers: Hernando County Sheriff
Leonard Hall and Heidi Williams (HCSO)
SPRING HILL, Fla. - Following a months-long investigation, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office Vice and Na [...]
Tampa Man Indicted On Drug and Firearms Charges, Faces 20 Years
Joshua Black, 38 (HCSO, DOJ)
TAMPA, Fla. - Joshua Black, 38, of Tampa, has been indicted on multiple charges, including cocaine distribution, poss [...]
Whipped Into Trouble: Florida Woman’s Laughing Gas Binge Ends In Arrest
Police Lights (File)
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. - A 31-year-old Big Pine Key woman learned the hard way that too much of a good time can lead to a not-so [...]
Lakeland Duo’s Early Morning Hide-And-Seek Ends In Arrest, Courtesy Of Polk County Sheriff K9
Brad Shaw and Morgan Drye (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - It seems like Brad Shaw, 20, and Morgan Drye, 18, of Lakeland, were hoping for an early morni [...]
Missing South Carolina Woman’s Remains Found Under Backyard Fire Pit, Boyfriend Arrested
Sheridan Fogle
A missing person case took a dark turn in Myrtle Beach when the remains of Penni Whiteside were discovered buried beneath a fire pi [...]
Georgia Motocross Coach Sentenced To 40 Years For Child Exploitation And Abuse Crimes
Handcuffs, Source: Pexels
Ryan Meyung, a traveling motocross instructor who built tracks and mentored children, has been sentenced in Atlanta to 4 [...]
Kentucky Man Receives Over 10 Years For Carjacking, Brandishing Firearm
Prison Yard, TFP File Photo
A Louisville man, Corey M. Buford, 23, has been sentenced to 10 years and 5 months in federal prison for carjacking an [...]
22-Year-Old North Carolina Man Gets 54 Months For Possession Of Machinegun
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 54 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for poss [...]