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Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of theft of trade secrets in relation to a scheme to steal proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology information from Google LLC. According to the indictment, returned on March…
Read More Chinese National, Residing In California, Arrested In New Jersey For Theft Of Google ‘AI’ Secrets
A Vermont man pleaded guilty to manslaughter after his 2-year-old son tragically drowned in a brook. The father, Darel A. Galorenzo, attempted to flee the scene of a car crash on foot with his child but lost him in the process. Darel A. Galorenzo, 35,…
Read More Vermont Man Sentenced In The Drowning Death Of His 2-Year-Old Son In A Brook
LARGO, Fla. – The parents of three children, who were the subject of a Florida Missing Alert Tuesday, have been arrested, and the children returned to protective custody. On Monday, the Largo Police Department received a call from a Family Care Manager attempting to list…
Read More Parents Arrested After Florida Missing Child Alert Issued For Their 3 Children
A federal jury in New York returned a guilty verdict against a man on all counts of a superseding indictment charging him with murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and fraudulent use of identification relating to a scheme to fraudulently obtain life…
Read More New York Pimp, Inspired By ‘Dexter,’ Guilty Of Cutting Up Woman With Saw For Insurance
A federal criminal complaint was unsealed Monday in Arizona charging Abraham Chol Keech, 44, of Utah, and Peter Biar Ajak, 40, of Maryland, with conspiring to purchase and illegally export millions of dollars worth of fully automatic rifles, grenade launchers, Stinger missile systems, hand grenades,…
Read More Utah And Maryland Man Charged With Attempting To Export U.S. Weapons To Sudan
A California man was arrested and charged with smuggling greenhouse gases into the United States from Mexico and then selling them for profit. This is the first prosecution in the United States to include charges related to the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020…
Read More California Man Arrested For Smuggling Greenhouse Gases Into The US From Mexico
On today’s LEO Round Table, Supreme Court allows Trump to run in Colorado ballot; cop’s split-second decision saves woman’s life during hostage situation and much more! The Tampa Free Press will publish the LEO Round Table talk show five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday. Warning: The video below contains scenes…
Read More Cop’s Split-Second Decision Saves Woman’s Life In Hostage Situation, LEO Round Table Talk Show
A grand jury indicted a 72-year-old Florida man for repeatedly threatening the Council on American-Islamic Relations (“CAIR”) Michigan Chapter. According to the Department of Justice, Michael Shapiro, 72, of West Palm Beach, Florida, placed three separate phone calls to CAIR’s office located in Canton, Michigan,…
Read More 72-Year-Old Florida Man Charged With Hate Crimes Against Michigan “CAIR” Chapter
In a new analysis of California crime statistics, San Joaquin County has been identified as the state’s most dangerous county in terms of violent crime rates. The study, conducted by Simmrin Law Group using data sourced from the California Department of Justice’s crime statistics portal,…
Read More Assault, Robbery, And Homicide: The Californian Counties With The Most Violent Crime
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – During an eight-day undercover human trafficking operation that began on Thursday, February 22, 2024, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit arrested 228 suspects for illegal acts such as soliciting prostitutes, offering to commit prostitution, or aiding and abetting prostitutes. Those…
Read More 21 Illegal Immigrants Among 228 Arrested In Polk County, Florida, “Operation March Sadness 2024”