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‘I Would Have Shot Them’: Dade City Man In Stolen Truck Terrorizes Victims After Lakeland Crash
Jamie Dean Mathis
LAKELAND, Fla. – A minor fender bender in northwest Lakeland spiraled into a violent roadside confrontation Saturday night, leav [...]
Feds In Florida: Texas Sports Agent Siphoned $350k From Clients, Disguised Theft As Business Expenses
FBI Agent, Source: FBI
A Texas-based sports agent is facing federal charges after authorities say he quietly drained hundreds of thousands of doll [...]
‘Eviction’ Ruse Backfires: Bartow Woman Hires Movers To Unknowingly Rob Winter Haven Home
Kerry Horne
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Bartow woman is behind bars after Polk County deputies say she tricked a pair of local business owners into acti [...]
Iowa Manager Banned For Life: $325K Settlement Reached In Decades-Long Sexual Harassment Case
Cash Photo Source: TFP File Photo
An Iowa property manager and the rental company’s owner have agreed to pay $325,000 to settle a federal lawsuit [...]
Estranged Husband Indicted In New York For Lying In Wait To Kill Wife With Cyanide
Asif Qureshi
A New York man was arraigned last week on murder charges after prosecutors say he broke into his estranged wife’s home, lay in wait w [...]
“Every Parent’s Nightmare”: Michigan Dad Jailed After Firing Gun Outside Middle School
Shawntez Marshaun Gregory
A Michigan dad is being held without bond after prosecutors say he fired a handgun just inches from his son’s middle sch [...]
‘No’ Turns Bloody: Florida Beach Relaxation Ends In Throat-Slashing Over A Cigarette
Jack Daniel Gutierrez
A relaxing afternoon by a lifeguard tower took a violent turn on a Florida beach when a man was slashed across the throat, a [...]
Whisky Business: Thirsty Burglar Caught Drinking Victim’s Crown Royal In Lakeland Barn
Matthew Von Glahn
LAKELAND, Fla. – A Lakeland man is behind bars after deputies say he broke into a barn early Thursday morning and helped himself [...]
Poinciana Hit-And-Run: Suspect Walks Away From Wreck, Straight Into Handcuffs
Steven Moti
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A Poinciana man is facing multiple charges after allegedly crashing his minivan into a parked car and strolling aw [...]
Ohio Murder Suspect Captured In Illinois: Ex-Husband Charged After Surveillance Breakthrough
Monique Tepe, 39, and Spencer Tepe, 37 (FB)
Police have arrested the ex-husband of a woman found slain alongside her husband inside their Columbus [...]