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A federal grand jury has charged a police officer in Kansas, who managed an anti-crime nonprofit, for misusing more than $300,000 in donations for personal purposes. Aaron Wayne McKie, 46, of Kansas City, was charged in a 16-count indictment returned under seal on Tuesday, April…
Read More Cop In Kansas Indicted By Federal Grand Jury In $300K Charity Fraud Scheme
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested and charged a 17-year-old for a shooting at an after-prom party that happened early Sunday. The teen is accused of shooting four teens, one fatally. The teen is charged with one crime of felony murder, three charges…
Read More Georgia Teen Arrested For Shooting 4 Teens, Killing 1 At After Prom Party
Dustan Kyle Mohr, a former high school coach, and Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder has recently been sentenced to nine years in prison for child sexual abuse charges. This shocking case has garnered significant attention due to Mohr’s background in sports and the severity of…
Read More Former MLB Player Gets 9 Years In Prison After Sexually Abusing Indiana Softball Player He Coached
A Florida man has been charged in the carjacking and brutal death of 31-year-old Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas. Jordonish Garcia Torres, 28, Orlando, faces a maximum penalty of death or life imprisonment. On April 11, a masked man in a hoodie emerged from a vehicle…
Read More Florida Man Caught On Camera Carjacking, Murdering Woman Now Faces Death Penalty
SARASOTA, Fla. – Allen R. Jenkins, 68, Sarasota, has pleaded guilty to theft of government property. Jenkins faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, Jenkins, a United States Railroad…
Read More Sarasota Man Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Railroad Retirement Board Disability Benefits
Four Florida teenagers lost their lives during a high-speed police chase in a stolen SUV that ended in a rollover and collision into a concrete utility pole. On April 20th, deputies were alerted to a stolen Honda CRV in Gainesville, Florida. Deputies from Bradford County…
Read More 4 Florida Teens Killed After High-Speed Chase In Stolen SUV: FHP
A 29-year-old Louisiana man has been charged in the grisly death of a 19-year-old woman he met online. On January 24, a hunter made a chilling discovery in the Ouachita River in Catahoula Parish. Human remains were found, the torso of a woman, raising alarm…
Read More Louisiana Man Charged In Grisly Murder, Dismemberment Of 19-Year-Old Woman He Met Online
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects in the murder of 15-year-old Nykeria Simmons. According to the FBI, Simmons was shot and killed on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at approximately 12:20…
Read More FBI: Reward Offered In Florida Unsolved Murder Of Innocent 15-Year-Old Nykeria Simmons
The Tampa Free Press will publish the LEO Round Table talk show five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday. Warning: The video below contains scenes of violence and language. If you are in an app and the video isn’t displayed below, please click here on Cops and Crime to watch. 00:00 Intro01:52 A discussion…
Read More Bad Guy Grabs The Wrong Gun And Pays For It, LEO Talk Show
Apparently liberals from outside the Sunshine State have not yet learned that when Gov. Ron DeSantis declares Florida a law-and-order state, he means it. The latest example comes courtesy of a liberal from upstate New York who was recently busted in Florida for keying a…
Read More New Yorker Busted In The Florida Keys For Keying A Truck With “Let’s Go Brandon” Bumper Sticker