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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 [...]
Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide After Fatal Street Racing Crash On Dale Mabry: Tampa PD
22-year-old Andy Moya Robaina (TPD)
TAMPA, Fla. - A 22-year-old man was charged in a street racing crash that claimed the life of a woman Monday.
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Scandal Rocks Georgia’s Law Enforcement After County Sheriff Charged With Sexual Battery
Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols
The state of Georgia has found itself at the center of a troubling scandal after the Georgia Bureau of Investig [...]
Wanted: Winter Haven Man Violently Beats, Strangles Woman. Now Is On The Run
Randy Leon Gillis (WHPD)
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Winter Haven Police need your help locating a man who they say is armed and extremely dangerous afte [...]