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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
A Florida mother has been charged with the strangulation death of her 3-year-old child. On May 23, 2022, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Joanne Zephir, 36, for premeditated murder. Investigators say that findings obtained from the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office indicated that Joanne’s…
Read More Florida Woman Charged With Killing Her 3-Year-Old Child And Attempted Murder Of Her 8-Year-Old
A 2020 Florida Senate candidate and two political operatives, including the chairman of the Seminole County Republican Party, were charged Tuesday after an investigation into alleged campaign-finance violations. The State Attorney’s Office in the 18th Judicial Circuit said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted…
Read More Three Charged In 2020 Florida Senate Race
A 44-year-old Florida woman has been arrested after a man overdosed and died on Fentanyl. On Monday, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) arrested 44-year-old Delia Marie Dean of Floral City for first-degree felony murder due to distribution of Fentanyl, which resulted in the overdose…
Read More Citrus County Woman Charged With The Fentanyl Death Of 48-Year-Old Florida Man
Two of the three men involved in the pursuit on I-95 in Martin County were arrested. One of which was wanted for murder. 19-year old Jamarquis Makhi Williams of Riviera Beach was taken into custody on a first-degree murder warrant, and 20-year old Marquavious Shyqwan…
Read More Florida Murder Suspect Arrested After Police Chase And Crash
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents made 549 apprehensions from four large groups in Starr County and stopped five migrant smuggling events. Over the weekend, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encountered four large groups near La Grulla and Roma. The…
Read More On The Border: Agents Apprehend 549 Migrants In Four Groups Over Weekend At One Crossing