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As a national debate rages over gun laws after last month’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, proponents of “red-flag” policies point to a Florida law as a model for states seeking to strip deadly weapons from people who could cause harm. The Florida…
Read More Florida ‘Red-Flag’ Law Eyed Amid Gun Debate
HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. – On Wednesday, John Francis Bolieau, 44, of Massachusetts, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender. According to court documents, Bolieau was convicted of aggravated rape…
Read More Abhorrent Child Sex Offender Gets 5 Years After Being Arrested By Highlands County Sheriff
A Florida woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with neglecting two boys under the age of 16 after responding deputies found their home was cluttered and filthy, littered with animal and human waste, and infested with bugs. According to Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were…
Read More Florida Woman Arrested For Child Abuse, Neglect Of Two Boys In “Deplorable” Conditions
TAMPA, Fla. – Joshua Maywalt, 42, Tampa, has been sentenced to five years and five months in federal prison for healthcare fraud, aggravated identity theft, filing a false income tax return, and failing to file an income tax return. As part of his sentence, the…
Read More Tampa Medical Biller Gets Over 5 Years Prison And Forfeits $2.3M In Healthcare Fraud And ID Theft Case
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Police Detectives were able to positively identify John Larson, 24, as the subject of a death investigation initiated on Wednesday evening. Larson, who was last seen in Ybor on April 27, was found deceased in the 900 block of S. 20th…
Read More Foul Play Not Suspected After Missing Man Found Dead In Tampa
OCALA, Fla. – An Ocala man has been arrested after a SWAT Team executed a search warrant and the suspect admitted to the allegations. Detective Ridge, with the Ocala Police Department, arrested Paul Kissner, 35, for 20 counts of possession of child pornography. On May…
Read More Ocala Man Taken Down By SWAT Team And Detective On Child Porn Charges
TAMPA, Fla. – What started with a listing of a 2011 Toyota Camry for sale on Facebook’s Marketplace allegedly ended with a car chase, gunshots, and a collision on Coachman Avenue in Tampa. In April, a Tampa man operating on Facebook Marketplace under the name…
Read More Tampa Police Seeking Court Order For Facebook To Release Info In Car Deal Gone Wrong
A state appeals court Wednesday upheld the murder convictions of two gang members in the shooting death of a 22-month-old toddler in 2016 in Jacksonville. In separate opinions, a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal rejected arguments by attorneys for Henry Lee…
Read More Two Florida Gang Member’s Convictions Upheld In Shooting Death Of Toddler
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested two undocumented individuals, in two separate incidents, with prior sexual offense convictions on Tuesday. The first incident occurred at approximately 5:50 a.m. when agents apprehended a group of six individuals who illegally entered through the…
Read More On The Border: Calexico Agents Arrest Two Convicted Sex Offenders In A Day
A 65-year-old Florida man has been arrested on 20 counts of child pornography after an executed search warrant. On Tuesday afternoon, Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Major Crimes Detective Nicholas Sutliff arrested Scott Melville Graham, 65, for 20 counts of Possession of Material Including Sexual…
Read More Florida Man Asked, “Who Reported Me?” Before Child Sexual Abuse Material Arrest