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Land O’ Lakes Man Arrested For Sexually Exploiting Minor After Online Contact
Michael Durshimer
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Michael Durshimer, 31, of Land O' Lakes, has been arrested on multiple felony charges related to the sexual [...]
ICE Chicago Deports Guatemalan Fugitive Wanted For Rape After Illegal Re-entry
Cecilio Lopez Vasquez
CHICAGO, Ill. - A 40-year-old Guatemalan man, Cecilio Lopez Vasquez, wanted for rape in his home country, has been deported [...]
New Jersey Man Admits To Selling Arsenal And Narcotics To Undercover Cops
Handcuff (File)
Carlo M. De Leon De Jesus, 28, of Newark, New Jersey, has admitted to multiple firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses, U.S. A [...]
Ohio Man Sentenced In Mississippi To 15 Years For Fentanyl Trafficking: MBN, ATF
Prison, TFP File Photo
Bryant Antonio Hester, 55, of Cleveland, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and possessi [...]
Florida Executes Edward James For 1993 Double Murder, Marking State’s 2nd Execution Of 2025
Edward James
More than 31 years after the brutal murders of a Seminole County woman and her 8-year-old granddaughter, Edward James, 63, was execut [...]
Repeat Offender, Deported Fentanyl Trafficker Arrested In Pennsylvania By ICE, Marshals, ATF
Virginia Basora-Gonzalez (ICE)
A 36-year-old Dominican Republic citizen with prior drug trafficking convictions, Virginia Basora-Gonzalez, was arr [...]
Port Canaveral Cellphone Search Lands Wimauma Man 8 Years In Federal Prison
View Of Hallway From Jail Cell (File)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - James Falzone, 56, of Wimauma, has been sentenced to eight years and one month i [...]
Monroe County Sheriff Warns Of Surge In LEO Impersonation Scams Targeting Florida Keys
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay (Center)
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is issuing an urgent warning to residents abou [...]
Jackpot Justice: Illegal Casinos In Florida Shut Down, ICE Detains 3 Suspects
Police Lights (File)
A multi-agency operation led by the Florida Gaming Control Commission and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in th [...]
Border Patrol’s 24-Hour Blitz: $784K In Drugs Seized In California
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego have dealt a significant blow to drug smuggling operations, seizing over $784,000 worth [...]