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Ohio Man Among 9 Busted In Florida For Alleged Healthcare Fraud Targeting Elderly
DOJ (File)
Nine individuals now face federal charges in the Middle District of Florida (MDFL) for their alleged roles in defrauding programs meant [...]
Citrus County Woman Sentenced For Fentanyl-Related Death
Delia Marie Dean, 47
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - Delia Marie Dean, 47, was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week after pleading guilty to Second-Deg [...]
Tampa Airman Found Guilty Of Attempted Child Sex Crimes On MacDill Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base
TAMPA, Fla. - A federal jury in Tampa convicted a MacDill Air Force Base airman today of charges related to attempting to s [...]
Estranged Boyfriend Arrested After Fatal Shooting At Haines City Restaurant
Estranged Boyfriend Arrested After Fatal Shooting At Haines City Restaurant
HAINES CITY, Fla. - A Haines City man is in custody following the fata [...]
Former D.C. Corrections Officer Sentenced For Civil Rights Violation for Assaulting a Handcuffed Inmate
Handcuff (File)
A former corrections officer with the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, Marcus Bias, has been sentenced to 42 months [...]
New York Medical Professor From Pennsylvania Charged With Multimillion-Dollar Grant Fraud
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
A federal indictment unsealed Friday alleges that a tenured medical professor swindled the National Institutes of H [...]
Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill Federal Judge At A Mall
Rodney Dewayne Sheffield (FSPD)
An Arkansas man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to threatening a judge and p [...]
Texas Woman Faces Murder Charge, Possible Link To 20 Deaths In Unlicensed Care Homes
Regla "Su" Becquer (APD)
A Texas woman, Regla "Su" Becquer, is facing a murder charge after the death of a resident at her unlicensed assisted liv [...]
Florida AG Moody Charge 9 In Massive Drug Trafficking Ring
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (File)
The opioid crisis has ravaged communities across the United States, with fentanyl emerging as one of [...]
Florida Woman Charged After Sending In 314 Invalid Abortion Initiative Petitions: FDLE
Handcuff (File)
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Donella Harriel, 46, of Port St. Lucie, for knowingly submitting fraudul [...]