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July 15, 2020 By: Staff and HCSO Release TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects who used stolen credit cards to make fraudulent purchases. On June 12, 2020, the unknown suspects entered two lockers in the…
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July 15, 2020 By: FBI PR KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Kansas priest who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The defendant also was ordered to pay $5,000 under the Justice…
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July 15, 2020 By: Jake Grissom PLANT CITY, Fla. – 59-year-old Darryl Lowery was arrested today on 10-counts of child pornography by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Charged with ten 2nd degree felonies, Lowery is being held on a $75,000 bond by Hillsborough County…
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July 15, 2020 By: DOJ PR OCALA, Fla. – Malcolm Straughter (35, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Straughter was…
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July 14, 2020 By: LEO Roudtable, Chip DeBlock WASHINGTON, D.C. – In this episode, The LEO Roundtable discusses “Abolish Absolute Immunity for public officials if Qualified Immunity is abolished for law enforcement officers” https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti… “Request DOJ investigate improper prosecution of Atlanta Police officers by DA Paul…
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July 13, 2020 By: Staff Report Gulfport, Miss. – Moss Point Mayor Mario King, 33, and his wife, Natasha R. King, 32, of Moss Point, Mississippi, appeared Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker on fraud charges relating to the Mayor’s Gala held in 2019,…
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July 13, 2020 By: ATF and Staff TAMPA, Fla. – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest of Terrance Lee Hester, Jr. ( 20, Tampa) based on a criminal complaint for damaging or destroying by fire a building used in interstate commerce. Hester surrendered to federal authorities in…
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July 12, 2020 By: Staff Report NEWARK, N.J. – A federal grand jury today indicted four men for their roles in a massive compounded medication fraud and kickback scheme they ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jeffrey…
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July 12, 2020 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A former National Football League (NFL) player pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a conspiracy to defraud the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) of over $300,000. Brian Carpenter, 59, of Centreville, played for the Washington Redskins, New York Giants,…
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July 11, 2020 By: LEO Roundtable PASADENA, Ca. – In this episode, The LEO Roundtable discusses Pasadena (California) police engaging in an intense “shoot through windshields” style shootout, with 47-year-old Llyod Nelson Jr, and Santa Fe (New Mexico) Police Officer Brandon Deets shooting 33-year-old Joseph…
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