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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 [...]
Florida Man In State Prison, Indicted For Threatening To Kill A Federal Judge
FBI Agent, Source: FBI
A Florida man in state prison has been charged with three counts of mailing threatening communications and three counts of [...]
Hillsborough County Sheriff Charges 2-Time Felon For Drug Trafficking
Nicholas Davis, 34 (HCSO)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - An undercover operation by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office turned up a stolen gun a [...]
Married North Carolina Man, In Florida For Birthday Party, Arrested For Human Trafficking
Edmundo DaSilva Arrested By Polk County Sheriff's Office
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A North Carolina man, on his way to a birthday party in Florida, find [...]
Polk County Sheriff Charges 8 Suspects With Child Sex Crimes, Dunedin Man Wanted
Operation Child Predator V (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Auburndale Police Department, Davenport Po [...]
Minnesota Mom Drowns Her Baby, Placing The Body In A Backpack And Tossing In A Dumpster
Esperanza Rae Harding (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office)
A 20-year-old Minnesota mom is facing charges for the alleged drowning of her own child a [...]
Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett Found Dead In His Truck At South Carolina Hotel Parking Lot
John Barnett, 62 (ABC News)
After a pause in depositions for a lawsuit alleging retaliation against Boeing, whistleblower John Barnett was discove [...]