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On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss a cop suspended after kicking a suspect who mowed down a cop, a suspect with a knife fatally shot inside the house, a burglary suspect caught with his pants down by responding cops, and much more! The Tampa…
Read More Burglary Suspect Caught With His Pants Down By Responding Cops, LEO Round Table Talk Show
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss Biden’s State of the Union address; “Rust” armorer found guilty in shooting of cinematographer; two officers shot during exchange gone wrong with violent gunman on video, and much more! The Tampa Free Press will publish the LEO Round Table talk…
Read More Two Officers Shot During Exchange Gone Wrong With Violent Gunman On Video, LEO Talk Show
Police in Colorado found and detained a burglary suspect who was using the restroom, according to the authorities. The February 29th incident was captured on camera. The Lakewood Police Department released a video of the arrest. The suspect is seen on camera sitting on the…
Read More Cops In Colorado Catch Burglary Suspect With Pants Down In The Line Of ‘Doody’
Two Georgia men have been arrested and charged with multiple federal offenses related to a house explosion that occurred in 2023. Officials announced in February 2023 that Stephen Glosser, 37, and Caleb Kinsey, 34, had been taken into custody within a month following a January…
Read More 2 Georgia Men Planned To Have A Python Eat A Woman’s Child Before Blowing Up Her Home
A former deputy sheriff in West Virginia pleaded guilty Thursday to the production of child pornography. According to court documents, on or about March 2, 2023, while employed as a deputy with the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department, Jarrod Steven Bennett, 38, of Mt. Nebo, recorded…
Read More Former Deputy Sheriff In West Virginia Uses Snapchat To Make Child Porn, Pleads Guilty
A Michigan woman has been sentenced to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the distribution of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents and…
Read More Michigan Woman Acted As Courier To Deliver Deadly Fentanyl And Meth To West Virginia
An Arkansas man pleaded guilty Friday and admitted exchanging nude pictures with a minor for five years, starting when she was 12. Joseph D. Najera, 25, of Lincoln, Arkansas, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one felony count of coercion and…
Read More Arkansas Man Admits Exchanging Nude Photos With Girl On Kik Messenger Since She Was 12
TAMPA, Fla. – A leader of a drug trafficking ring was sentenced to life in federal prison for killing an FBI informant and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. A jury found Robert Lee Ward, 55, Fort Myers, guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on February 18,…
Read More Fort Myers Drug Trafficking Leader Gets Life For Killing An FBI Informant, Cocaine Charges
Florida Highway Patrol Troopers are searching for a gray or silver 2020 Honda Civic, which fled the scene of a Sumter County road rage incident along the northbound lanes of I-75. Troopers say it is unclear how the incident was initiated; however, a 52-year-old Leesburg…
Read More Honda Civic Intentionally Slams Into Motorcycle On Florida Highway, Troopers Searching For Car
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A 42-year-old registered sex offender from Brevard County was arrested for committing sex crimes in the Winter Haven area against children. Robert Miranda of Titusville, 42, was arrested on March 6, 2024, his 42nd birthday, for several felonies stemming from his…
Read More Brevard County Sex Offender Arrested In Winter Haven For Horrifying Sex Crimes Against Children, Women