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On Wednesday, a Florida man was sentenced to 51 months in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Mark Allen Snellgrove, 29, of Crestview, Florida, was arrested on February 24, 2021, after he led police on a…
Read More Florida Man Gets 51 Months In Prison For Firearm Possession, High-Speed Chase
Harold Hutchison According to a report released on active shooters, the FBI announced Monday that citizens stopped six active shooters in 2021. Citizens stopped six active shooters, whom the FBI defines as “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people…
Read More FBI Report Shows How Many Active Shooters Were Stopped By Citizens
The gunman in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was reportedly left in the classroom full of children for over “30 minutes,” raising questions about the timeline of the shooting, according to multiple reports. There are inconsistencies between different accounts of the timelines of the day,…
Read More Report: Texas Gunman Was In The Room For ’30 Minutes’ Before Tactical Team Breached
A Florida man who is also a convicted felon has been sentenced in a gun manufacturing case. Carlos A. Urena, 38, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon and…
Read More Florida Man Gets 87 Months In Prison For Manufacturing “Ghost Guns”
LAKELAND, Fla. – A Lakeland man who had a warrant in Polk County was taken into custody in Volusia County on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, for two counts of possession of child pornography (F3). The investigation began when PCSO detectives received a tip from the…
Read More Lakeland Man Who Disguised As Female Child In Polk County Child Porn Case, Arrested In Volusia County
AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Police are searching to identify three men that stuffed jewelry into a trash can and beat feet from a Walmart location. On May 22, at approximately 7:39 PM, three men entered the Walmart located at 2120 Highway 92 West in Auburndale, broke…
Read More Police Looking For Trio That Stole $19,000 In Jewelry And A Trash Can From Florida Walmart
After being on the lam for over a decade, the owners of a now-defunct Key Largo, Florida dive shop who maintained their vessel in such shoddy condition that is capsized and sank, killing one person, have appeared in federal court in South Florida and pleaded…
Read More After 11 Year Chase, Florida Couple Convicted In Death Of Scuba Diver
TAMPA, Fla. – On Tuesday, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Dr. Steven Chun, 59, Sarasota, and Daniel Tondre, 52, Tampa. Both were found guilty for conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and bribes, in the form of speaker fees, in return for prescribing…
Read More Former Sarasota Doctor, Tampa Sales Rep Convicted In Kickback Conspiracy
A 44-year-old Florida woman was arrested after lighting her house on fire with people inside. The Bay County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations received information on May 20, 2022, that 44-year-old Summer Dykes intentionally set fire to her residence around April 16, 2022, with a juvenile occupant…
Read More Florida Woman Arrested After Lighting Her House On Fire, With People In It
A Florida sex offender who was previous;y charged with attempted kidnapping has been arrested after exposing himself to students while they were at recess in the schoolyard. On May 12, 2022, an Osceola County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer working at Bellalago Academy in Poinciana,…
Read More Florida Man Arrested After ‘Exposing Himself’ To Children On Recess