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A Florida man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for distributing, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Jesse James Bertetto, 30, Webster, was also ordered to register as a sex offender and pay $74,500 in restitution. A federal jury found…
Read More Florida Man Gets 27 Years For Multiple CSAM Charges, $74K In Restitution
RIVERVIEW, Fla. – A male subject was arrested on Sunday after the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received calls about someone climbing a cellular tower. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Aviation unit was dispatched to support deputies in the 13000 block of Rhodine Road on February 24, 2024,…
Read More Subject Arrested In Riverview After Climbing Cell Phone Tower, Streaming It On Social Media
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Brian Healion, 33, of Upper Darby, is scheduled for sentencing on June 13, 2024. According to court documents, Healion, a…
Read More Pennsylvania “Proud Boy” Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge For Actions During J6
A Maryland man has been charged after stabbing a 73-year-old woman to death with a glass cutter and pocket knife and assaulting a 17-year-old girl. On February 22, 2024, at 2:42 pm, Bel Air Police responded to a residence in the 700 block of Bedford…
Read More Maryland Man Charged After Stabbing Elderly Woman 25 Times With Glass Cutter, Pocket Knife
The public is being asked to assist the Newark FBI, the Mountain Lakes Police, and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office in finding a man who is wanted in relation to a bank robbery that occurred in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Tony Winst, 46, is the…
Read More FBI Offers Reward For Man Wanted In New Jersey Bank Robbery
This is a cancellation of the Florida AMBER Alert that was activated on Sunday for CHRISTIAN SIMEUS. The child is safe, authorities say. A Florida Amber Alert was issued for 7-year-old Christian Simeus, last seen in Riviera Beach, Florida. Officials say he was wearing a…
Read More Florida Amber Alert Canceled For 7-Year-Old Christian Simeus, Child Found Safe
TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) has arrested a man after a traffic fatality that happened Sunday at Waters Avenue and Himes Avenue. According to deputies, on Sunday at 6 a.m., HCSO received a 911 call in reference to a vehicle crash.…
Read More “Reckless Actions” Man Arrested After Crashing Vehicle Multiple Times In Tampa, Killing A Woman
A registered sexual predator in Florida is back behind bars on new charges after a follow-up investigation led to the discovery of child pornography on an unregistered phone. Brad A. Perry, 35, Deland, was the subject of an investigation by Volusia Sheriff’s detectives following a…
Read More Florida Sex Predator Arrested After Investigation Found He Was At It Again
An Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after hacking a government auction website and purchasing vehicles and jewelry for $1. According to court documents, between February 25 and March 6, 2019, Evan James Coker, 41, participated in a scheme to defraud the General…
Read More Oklahoma Man Hacks US Government Auction And Pays $1 For Vehicles And Jewelry
Jann Jousten Aponte-Rivera, 27, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was sentenced last week to 50 years in prison for the drug-related murder of Shantay Myisha Butler, 42, of Frederick, MD. Aponte-Rivera was convicted after a jury trial on November 8, 2023, of all three counts…
Read More Drug Trafficking Murderer Who Gunned Down Maryland Woman In Ambush, Gets 50 Years