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A 33-year-old registered sex offender in Florida has been arrested again, this time for child pornography. According to investigators, on Wednesday morning, Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Major Crimes Detective Chase King arrested Waldemar Torres, 33, for 2 counts of Possession of Material Including Sexual…
Read More Registered Florida Sex Offender Arrested Again For Child Porn
A Florida woman’s attempt to hide fentanyl, cocaine, oxycodone, and marijuana in a toilet didn’t pan out when Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were executing a narcotics search warrant at a home on Crescent Circle near Fort Walton Beach. According to investigators, it started when…
Read More All Methed Up: Florida Woman’s Attempt At Hiding The Drugs In A Toilet Didn’t “Pan Out”
Jennie Taer Four individuals are charged in connection with a deadly human smuggling event in San Antonio, Texas, where dozens of migrants were found dead in a tractor trailer, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced Wednesday. Homero Zamorano Jr.,…
Read More Four Charged In Connection To Botched Smuggling Operation That Killed 53 People
Jennie Taer Looking across the border from Sasabe, Arizona, you would never realize you were staring at one of the main highways through which illegal drugs get into the United States. The Mexican town just across the border is controlled by the Sinaloa cartel. The…
Read More ‘We’re So Overwhelmed’ Crisis At The Border Has Turned Arizona’s Desert Into A Highway For Drug Smugglers
An investigation led to the arrest Wednesday of a moving company owner on charges he stole over $250,000 worth of household items from a client in 2020. Christopher John Duffy, 41, of 4330 20th St. N.E., in Collier County, is charged with grand theft over…
Read More Owner Of A Florida Moving Company Charged In Stealing $250,000 Of Household Goods
Jennie Taer The allegedly methed-out driver of an 18-wheeler full of dozens of dead migrants tried to pretend to be a migrant himself when authorities arrived a the scene in San Antonio, Texas, Monday, according to News4SA. Homero Zamorano, 45, passed through a U.S. Customs…
Read More Methed-Out Driver Tried To Fool Police After Being Caught Hauling Truckload Of Dead Migrants
A 47-year-old man is charged with attempted first-degree murder after he swung a hatchet at his landlord, who happens to be his boss, and threatened to kill him, then shot him in the face Tuesday night in Enterprise, Florida. According to investigators, Fredie Vale, 47,…
Read More Florida Man Living In A Barn Apartment Arrested Swinging A Hatchet At His Landlord, Shooting The Man In The Face
A 19-year-old Florida man, who just walked away from a recovery center, busted a bold move by stealing a workers truck and Bobcat that ended with a gunshot and crash. At 5:51 pm on Tuesday evening, officers responded to a call of a truck and…
Read More Florida Man Walks Away From Recovery Center, Steals Workers Truck, Dodges A Bullet Before Crashing
A fireworks store employee is charged with grand theft after she was caught stealing thousands of dollars worth of fireworks from the business to resell on her own. According to investigators, a deputy with Volusia Sheriff’s Office responded to Four Seasons Fireworks in DeLand on…
Read More Florida Woman Charged Stealing Over $14K In Fireworks From Her Employer
On Sunday, June 26, 2022, a man arrived at a Gainesville Hospital emergency room suffering from a gunshot wound. The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was called and determined the subject sustained his injury at a home in the Bronson area of Levy County. Deputies from…
Read More Florida Man Arrested For Shooting Male Victim At A Family Gathering Sunday