A convicted felon stole a deputy’s cruiser and caused a fatal accident Thursday, claiming her life and the lives of two innocent people and critically injuring a third. During a press conference on Friday, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods was as direct with media outlets…
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Florida Man Charged In Deaths Of Trooper And Semi Truck Driver
Following a traffic homicide investigation led by the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), Michael Anthony Addison, 30, of Lauderdale by The Sea, was arrested for his involvement in the deaths of FHP Trooper Zachary Fink and the driver of the semi-truck who also perished when Addison…
Read More Florida Man Charged In Deaths Of Trooper And Semi Truck DriverTexas Man Poses As Child To Meet Sexual Predator, Then Kills Him
Charges have been filed against a 22-year-old suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a man found on May 29, 2023. The suspect, 22-year-old James Spencer III, posed as a minor child and set up a meeting with the adult victim for sex but intended…
Read More Texas Man Poses As Child To Meet Sexual Predator, Then Kills HimUtah Woman Ordered To Pay $6.4 Million After Serving Her 72 Months In Jail For Romance Scam
A Utah woman was sentenced earlier this week to six years’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervised release, after a federal jury found her guilty of one count of money laundering conspiracy and two counts of money laundering in an online romance scam. Nelly Idowu,…
Read More Utah Woman Ordered To Pay $6.4 Million After Serving Her 72 Months In Jail For Romance ScamKentucky Man Gets 30 Months For Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Kentucky man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Clayton Ray Mullins, 54, of Magnolia, Kentucky, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release by U.S.…
Read More Kentucky Man Gets 30 Months For Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol BreachTennessee Man Sentenced After Assaulting Flight Attendant In Texas
A Tennessee man was sentenced in a federal court in Texas to six months in prison for simple assault on an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. According to court documents, on March 20, 2022, Michael Goins, Jr., 35, of Spring…
Read More Tennessee Man Sentenced After Assaulting Flight Attendant In TexasTexas Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Prison
A Texas man was sentenced in a federal court Thursday to 130 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, Gary Everett Rinker, 56, El Paso, sold approximately 200 pills containing 19.8 grams of fentanyl to a buyer at…
Read More Texas Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In PrisonNorth Carolina Man Sent Nudes To FBI Agent He Thought Was 9-Year-Old Child In Virginia
A North Carolina man, who sent a nude photograph to a Federal Bureau of Investigation employee, whom he thought was a 9-year-old girl, pled guilty in court Thursday to federal child pornography charges. William “Willy” Alexander Korthals, 30, of Beaufort, NC, waived his right to…
Read More North Carolina Man Sent Nudes To FBI Agent He Thought Was 9-Year-Old Child In VirginiaRiverview Man Charged With Recording Victims In Restroom At Marijuana Facility
RIVERVIEW, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged a Riverview man for unlawfully recording people in a unisex restroom at a marijuana facility. According to investigators, on June 30, 2023, HCSO received a call for service from the Verano Grow Facility reporting…
Read More Riverview Man Charged With Recording Victims In Restroom At Marijuana FacilityDeath Penalty Sought For Florida Mall Shooter Albert J. Shell Jr.
MARION COUNTY, Fla. – State Attorney Bill Gladson announced Friday the filing of a death penalty notice in the case against 39-year-old Albert J. Shell Jr. Last week, Shell was indicted by a grand jury in a significant development related to the Paddock Mall Homicide…
Read More Death Penalty Sought For Florida Mall Shooter Albert J. Shell Jr.