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Northeast High Student Arrested For Threatening To Detonate Device On Campus In St. Petersburg
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A 16-year-old student at Northeast High School has been arrested after making threat [...]
Texas Man Pleads Guilty In Utah To Sneaking Onto Delta Flight, Hiding In Lavatory
Flight (File)
A Texas man has admitted to a felony charge after he illegally boarded a Delta Airlines flight and hid in a lavatory in an attempt t [...]
Lakeland Felon Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Illegal Ammo Possession
Solomon Smith
LAKELAND, Fla. - Solomon Smith, 22, of Lakeland, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a co [...]
Man Charged With Arson, Shooting After Setting Fire To The “Pink Pony” In Tampa
Arvin Solimanpoor
TAMPA, Fla.- A 29-year-old man, Arvin Solimanpoor, is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly setting fire to a multi-bus [...]
Alabama Woman Sentenced To Over 11 Years For Arson Attack At Apartment Complex
Jail Cell, TFP File Photo
An Alabama woman has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for placing an incendiary device outside an apartmen [...]
Prisoner In Florida Pleads Guilty To Threatening Federal Judge, Courthouse In Miami
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
Marcus Pratt, 39, of Crestview, has pleaded guilty to mailing threatening communications and influencing, impeding, [...]
Virginia Payroll Manager Admits To $419K Embezzlement Scheme
Cash Photo Source: TFP File Photo
A former payroll manager has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after embezzling over $419,000 from her employer, a se [...]
Tarpon Springs AR-15 Threat: Felon Gets Decade-Plus Sentence
James Patrick Sychowski
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – James Patrick Sychowski, 48, of Tarpon Springs, has been sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in fede [...]
Man Arrested In Eagle Lake After Violent Altercation With Polk County Deputies
Gerardo Estrada Ariza
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A 29-year-old man, Gerardo Estrada Ariza, was arrested Tuesday night after a violent confrontation with [...]
Career Criminal With 23 Prior Felonies Gets 50 Years For Drug Trafficking In Marion County
Santini Antwain Chisholm
MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A 43-year-old man with a staggering 23 prior felony convictions has been sentenced to 50 years in p [...]