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Tampa Man Gets More Than 24 Years For Possession, Distribution Of Meth
Christian Perez-Seda (HCSO)
TAMPA, Fla. - Christian Perez-Seda, 38, Tampa, was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for distributi [...]
St. Pete Police Chief Issues Warning On ‘Gel Pellet Guns’ After Patrol Horse Shot, 3 Arrested
One gel pellet struck a Police Mounted Patrol horse, Storm, in the neck and eye. (SPPD)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Chief of St. Petersburg Police Anth [...]
Former Bartow Cop Picks Up Additional Charges
24-year old Markanthony Fernandez (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The former Bartow police officer who remains in Polk County Jail for his arrest on Ma [...]
Florida Mom Charged After Feeding 13-Month-Old Baby Bleach
Melissa Barnes (HCSO)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has arrested a mother for giving a relative bleach to f [...]
Arizona Man Extradited From Ukraine To Face Charges Of Robbery, Murder Of Florida Couple
View Of Hallway From Jail Cell (File)
The United States Attorney's Office has announced the extradition of Craig Austin Lang, a former U.S. milita [...]
Virginia Animal Breeding Firm To Pay $35M Fine For Egregious Welfare Violations, Environmental Crimes
Beagle (File)
In a landmark case that has shocked the animal research industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that [...]
Florida Felon Popped During I-75 Traffic Stop With 1 Gram Of Deadly Fentanyl
Michael Wesley Palmer (CCSO)
A traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Florida on Thursday resulted in the arrest of a convicted felon on a felony narcot [...]
Brevard County Man Faces 10 Years In Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Offense
Jackie Jamal Hines (Previous Booking Photo From OCJ)
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - Jackie Jamal Hines, 46, Melbourne, pleaded guilty to possession with i [...]
Winter Haven Man Gets 18 Years In Prison For Fraud, Sexually Exploiting A 15-Year-Old Girl
Jail Cell, TFP File Photo
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Billie Harold McDuffie, Jr., 37, Winter Haven, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison Monday f [...]
Maryland Court Suspends Sentence, Ignores ICE Detainer For Illegal Immigrant Convicted Of Child Sex Crimes
ERO Baltimore arrests Guatemalan national convicted of sex crimes against Maryland minor (ICE)
Maintaining public safety and upholding the rule of [...]