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Indiana Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 15 Years For Fentanyl Trafficking, Gun Possession
Jail Cell, TFP File Photo
Clifton Withers, 49, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 188 months (over 15 years) in federal prison followed by five yea [...]
Polk County Deputies Solve Lakeland Bicycle Theft, Making 12-Year-Old’s Birthday Extra Special
James Calhoun (PCSO)
LAKELAND, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) proves that no crime is too small to investigate, especially when it [...]
Wyoming Man Gets Life For Kidnapping, Murdering Woman Found In Colorado
Casey Childers (File)
A Wyoming man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the kidnapping and murder of a woma [...]
Wanted Armed Fugitive In Polk County Arrested After Beer Bottle Attack In Haines City
Charles Seth Rosa (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A man wanted on multiple active warrants is now in custody following a weekend attack involving a bee [...]
This Crazy Woman Thought She Could Stab An Officer Caught On Video, LEO Talk Show
This Crazy Woman Thought She Could Stab An Officer Caught On Video, LEO Talk Show
The Tampa Free Press will publish the LEO Ro [...]
Shooting At Maryland Mall Food Court Claims Teen’s Life
Emergency Lights (FIle)
A shooting at the mall in Columbia, Maryland, on Saturday evening left one person dead, according to police.
The incid [...]
Florida Ballerina Ashley Benefield Claims Self-Defense In Husband’s Shooting Death
Ballerina Ashley Benefield
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. - Ashley Benefield, a former professional ballerina, is standing trial for the 2020 shooting deat [...]
South Carolina Serial Killer’s Death Sentence Overturned, Resentenced To Life In Prison
Quincy Allen (SCDOC)
Quincy Allen, a serial killer who claimed to have embarked on a killing spree after growing impatient waiting for his first a [...]
Tennessee Father Charged After Toddler’s Fatal Self-Inflicted Shooting
Dandre Pruitt (MNPD)
A Tennessee man faces charges after his 3-year-old son fatally shot himself with the father's unsecured gun.
Police respon [...]
Former Assistant Dean, Staff Plead Guilty To $1.3 Million Embezzlement From New Jersey School
Photo Of A Prison (TFP File Photo)
A former assistant dean and two other ex-employees of an Essex County graduate school have admitted to particip [...]