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Operation B.I.T.E. Back: Florida Law Enforcement Crackdown Yields $500,000 In Illegal Assets
Operation B.I.T.E. Back: Florida Law Enforcement Crackdown Yields $500,000 In Illegal Assets
A collaborative three-day law enforcement operation t [...]
Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty In Major Methamphetamine Distribution Case
Jail Cell, TFP File Photo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Michael Wayne Burroughs, 46, of Jacksonville, has admitted his involvement in a significant methamp [...]
Tampa Police Seek Suspects In WestShore Plaza Mall Smash-N-Grab Armed Robbery
Tampa Police Seek Suspects In WestShore Plaza Mall Smash-N-Grab Armed Robbery
TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Police are actively investigating an armed robb [...]
Lakeland Man Among 3 Arrested By Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office In Targeted Operation
Hillsborough Sheriff's Office Takes Down Three Dangerous Felons In Targeted Operations
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff [...]
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Firing Squad, Other Execution Methods
Handgun (Source: TFP File Photo)
In a landmark decision on Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state's death penalty, inclu [...]
Florida Businessman Indicted For $4 Million Fraud Scheme
Prison Yard, TFP File Photo
David Ingram, a 72-year-old businessman from Sanford, Florida, appeared in court following a federal indictment accusi [...]
Kentucky Pediatrician Gets 12 Years For Murder-For-Hire Plot And Stalking
Source: TFP File Photo
Stephanie M. Russell, a 53-year-old pediatrician from Louisville, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal priso [...]
Bio-One Tampa CEO: Behind The Scenes Of Crime And Biohazard Clean-Up
Bio-One Tampa (Photo: Bio-One, Inc.)
TAMPA, Fla. - In 2020, on the popular TV show Hoarders, Robert Riley’s Bio-One Tampa business cleaned up a me [...]
2 Illegal Migrants Among 33 Arrested In Florida Online Sting Op Targeting Child Predators
Sheriff Billy Woods: 2 Illegal Migrants Among 33 Arrested In Florida Online Sting Op Targeting Child Predators
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office [...]
Known Bloods Gang Member In Minnesota Gets 46 Months For Firearm Possession
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
Obuatawan Leon Holt, also known as “Bone,” has been sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of sup [...]