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Florida Model Murdered While On Facetime With 3 Friends
Kelvi Latrice McCray, an 18-year-old model (Facebook)
In a murder-suicide on Wednesday night, a Florida man shot his ex-girlfriend and then turned [...]
Florida Appeals Court Rejects Arguments By Man Who Smuggled 2 Teens From Texas Border
US Border Patrol
A state appeals court Wednesday rejected arguments by a man who pleaded no contest to charges of human smuggling after a traffic [...]
Tampa Man Who Hid Fentanyl In An Air Fryer Gets More Than 12 Years In Prison
View Of Hallway From Jail Cell (File)
TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa man has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for conspiracy [...]
Florida Man Who Embezzled $22 Million From The Jacksonville Jaguars Gets 6 Years
Amit Patel (31, Jacksonville)
A former Jacksonville Jaguars has been sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison for committing wire f [...]
Ohio Man Guilty After Killing His Child’s Mother And Saying It Was Suicide
Dallas Lowery (FCPA)
A 33-year-old Ohio man has been convicted of murder and other charges in the 2022 death of Heather Chapman. His daughter's mo [...]
Multiple Cops Attempt To Box In Car Thief And Finally Make The Arrest, LEO Talk Show
LEO Round Table
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss LEOs's file of a massive lawsuit against LexisNexis, an officer shoots a man who tried to k [...]
Florida AG Ashley Moody Warns Spring Breakers About The Dangers Of Deadly Fentanyl
Fentanyl in candy packages. (AG)
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning spring breakers about the serious consequences of using illicit [...]
12 Arrested In Florida Multi-Day Child Sex Crime Operation: FDLE
Police Lights (File)
Following a multi-agency investigation, 12 suspects were arrested and charged with seducing a minor to engage in sexual condu [...]
IRS Criminal Investigation Warns U.S. Taxpayers About ‘Money Mule’ Networks
IRS Logo (TFP File Photo)
In order to evade law enforcement, criminal enterprises use networks of people to transfer illicit funds between bank ac [...]
Colorado Man Guilty, Strangling His Co-Worker To Death After Extradition From Connecticut
Miles Tovar (5th JDA)
A Colorado man was found guilty by a jury for the strangling death of co-worker Brendan Rye in 2019.
Miles Fernando Tovar [...]