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United Way Insider In Massachusetts Pulled $6.7M Tech Heist, Gets Prison Time
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
A Massachusetts man was sentenced Friday in federal court for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme aga [...]
Postal Worker’s Pilfering Pays Price: Virginia Woman Sentenced For Mail Theft
United States Postal Service (“USPS”)
The price of betrayal has been delivered. Kiesha L. Brown, 32, of Hampton, learned her fate yesterday, recei [...]
Tampa Woman Faces Decades Behind Bars After Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree
Leanna Bryant (HCSO)
TAMPA, Fla. - Leanna Bryant, 28, of Tampa, has admitted her role in a pair of convenience store robberies last August, pleadi [...]
Georgia Woman Found Guilty In North Carolina Kidnapping, Robbery Of Elderly Victim
Handcuff (File)
A federal jury in Asheville delivered a guilty verdict late yesterday against Stephanie Miranda Neace, 32, of Blairsville, Georgia [...]
Sole Survivor? Bartow Man’s Alleged Rampage- Car Attack, Gun Threats Lead to Arrest
Christopher Kayon Mathis
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A 54-year-old Bartow man, Christopher Kayon Mathis, found himself behind bars after a bizarre and vio [...]
“Mummified” Indiana Man Accused Of Starving Elderly Mother To Death
Randy Halton
A Greencastle man who served as his elderly mother's caregiver is under suspicion after his mother was allegedly starved to death. R [...]
Ohio, Kentucky Roots Lead To Florida Arrest In Polk County Burglary
Matthew S. Young
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A business burglary in Babson Park, Polk County, has landed a 40-year-old man with a criminal history spanni [...]
Indian River County Man Arrested In Polk County After Road Rage Shooting
Indian River County Man Arrested In Polk County After Road Rage Shooting
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A 43-year-old man from Fellsmere in Indian River Coun [...]
Florida Man’s Wild Ride Ends With Motorcycle Crashing Into House
Florida Man's Wild Ride Ends With Motorcycle Crashing Into House (MCSO)
A reckless motorcycle ride in Florida came to a dramatic halt on Wednesday [...]
Michigan Man Gets 5 Years In Maryland For Multi-State Tax Refund Money Laundering Scheme
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
Jerome Brown, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to five years in federal prison [...]