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Tampa Man Arrested After Plane Brawl, Anti-White Slurs And Threat To “Take This Plane Down”
Shail Patel (HCSO)
Authorities arrested a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Tampa International Airport following a racist rant and a [...]
Virginia Doctor Who Flooded State With Oxycodone Pills That Killed 3, Gets 10 Years In Prison
Pharmaceutical, Pills Source: TFP File Photo
A Virginia woman convicted of illegally prescribing and distributing over a million oxycodone pills w [...]
Seattle Man Found Guilty After ‘Exposing’ Himself For 20 Minutes On Flight To North Carolina
Plane Landing. Source: Unsplash
A federal judge found Evan Thomas Carter, 46, of Seattle, Washington, guilty of indecent exposure on an aircraft f [...]
South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty To J6 Charges Of Assaulting Law Enforcement Officer
Jan 6 (Unsplash)
A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday, to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 [...]
Arizona Elementary School Principal Tried To Get Teen Girls To Go Skinny-Dipping At His Home
Karl Judd Waggoner (PCSO)
A 59-year-old Arizona elementary school principal was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly placing online advertising reque [...]
Wisconsin Man Convicted After Traveling To Michigan For Sex With Child
Jail Cell, TFP File Photo
A 59-year-old Wisconsin man was convicted Friday on three counts relating to sexual predation of a minor.
A jury con [...]
Man Pleads Guilty In Michigan Kidnapping And Murder Of 2-Year-Old Wynter Cole-Smith
Wynter Cole-Smith (Facebook)
A Michigan man has pled guilty to the kidnapping and murder of a precious 2-year-old child.
Rashad Trice, 27, was [...]
On Video: Tampa Police Officers Rescue 81-Year-Old Man From Smoke-Filled Home
On Video: Tampa Police Officers Rescue Elderly Man From Smoke-Filled Home
TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Police officers rescued an elderly man from a smoke- [...]
Wimauma Convicted Felon Gets 8 Years For Brandon Road Rage Shooting
James Eugene Smith, 44, Victim's Car (DOJ)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - James Eugene Smith, 44, Wimauma, has been sentenced to eight years in feder [...]
Florida Couple Sentenced To Prison For Dealing 140 Guns, 24 Of Them Found At Crime Scenes
Handgun and Ammo Source: Unsplash
A Florida couple has been sentenced to federal prison for dealing in firearms without a license, making a materi [...]