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Florida Man’s “War Loadout”: Mass Shooting Plot Foiled After Chilling Link To Wisconsin School Gunman
Damien Allen (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)
A 22-year-old Florida man, Damien Allen, was arrested Tuesday night and faces multiple charges a [...]
Fort Meade Man Faces DUI, Evidence Tampering Charges After Tossing Beer Bottle During Traffic Stop
Emergency Lights (Source: File Photo)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A 24-year-old Fort Meade man found himself behind bars Thursday morning after a series o [...]
Historic Immigration Sweep In Florida Nets Over 1,100 Arrests In “Tidal Wave”
"Operation Tidal Wave" Nets Nearly 800 Arrests In Florida Immigration Enforcement Surge (ICE)
In what officials are calling the largest joint immi [...]
Hillsborough County Sheriff Seeks Public’s Help Identifying Armed Robbery Suspects In Seffner
Hillsborough County Sheriff Seeks Public's Help Identifying Armed Robbery Suspects In Seffner
SEFFNER, Fla. - Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office [...]
Arizona Man Indicted On Federal Charges For Tesla Dealership Arson
Arizona Man Indicted On Federal Charges For Tesla Dealership Arson
A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a five-count indictment on Wednesday a [...]
Orlando Man Arrested For $800,000 Scam Targeting Elderly Sun City Center Resident
Otiz Swinton Jr.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) has apprehended a 37-year-old Orlando man in connect [...]
Indiana Woman Sentenced For Filing Nearly 400 False Tax Returns In Multi-Year Scheme
Jail Bars, TFP File Photo
Christina Moles, also known as Tina Lashley, 50, of Redkey, Indiana, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison f [...]
Three Decades Behind Bars For Kowanko In Citrus County Drug Trafficking Case
Robert Paul Kowanko
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - Robert Paul Kowanko, 50, will spend the next 30 years in the Florida Department of Corrections after bei [...]
5 Florida Conspirators Sentenced For Defrauding Elderly School Employees’ Retirement Accounts
View Of Hallway From Jail Cell (File)
Five individuals have been sentenced in federal court after being convicted for their roles in a conspiracy [...]
Gulf War Veteran Facing Execution In Florida Today For 1998 Quadruple Murder
Jeffrey Hutchinson (FDOC)
Jeffrey Hutchinson, a 62-year-old Army combat veteran, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. today a [...]