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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Appeal, Execution Likely To Proceed
Loran Cole (FDLE)
The Florida Supreme Court has unanimously denied an appeal by Loran Cole, a Death Row inmate convicted of murdering a Florida St [...]
Mexican Man Deported 3 Times Found Guilty In Orlando For Illegal Reentry
United States Border Patrol
ORLANDO, Fla. - Daniel Hernandez-Casiano, a 44-year-old Mexican citizen, has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering t [...]
Kansas Mom Sentenced To 25 Years After 2-Year-Old Son Shoots And Kills 4-Year-Old Sister
Mariann Belair (SCJ)
A Kansas woman, Mariann Belair, has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
This [...]
Lakeland Man Indicted For Illegal Ammunition Possession
Solomon Smith (PCSO)
LAKELAND, Fla. - A federal grand jury has indicted Solomon Smith, a 22-year-old resident of Lakeland, Florida, on charges of [...]
Virginia Man Accused Of Killing Missing Wife Amid Ongoing Investigation
Naresh Bhatt and Mamta Kafle Bhatt (MPD)
The husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a 28-year-old mother from Virginia who has been missing for over three [...]
Florida Man Arrested In Ocala Walmart For Filming Young Girls In Back-To-School Section
Joshua Gaines (OPD)
OCALA, Fla. - Ocala police arrested 32-year-old Joshua Gaines at a Walmart on SW 19th Avenue Rd. for secretly recording young [...]
Pittsburgh Felon Who Attacked His Attorney Found Guilty
James Taric Byrd
A federal judge found James Taric Byrd guilty of contempt of court and assault after a non-jury trial. Byrd, 47, struck his court [...]
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Sounds Alarm On Increased Fentanyl Dangers
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody
On National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day Thursday, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody highlighte [...]
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Bank Robbery, Foiled By Locked Door
Emergency Lights (File)
A Missouri man, Jacob Lowell Hessing, 26, has pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to rob a local bank. His plan [...]
Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Needs Your Help Finding Absconded Sexual Offender
Mark Andrew Davis Jr.
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. - The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating Mark Andrew D [...]