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A Texas drug trafficker was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, according to U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. In September 2023, after five days of trial, a federal jury convicted Mandis Charles Barrow, 45, Amarillo, of one…
Read More Violent Texas Drug Trafficker Gets Life In Prison
A Florida man has been charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) after sending chilling messages on the internet, threatening a mass casualty event. Alexander Lightner, 26, Venice, FL, has been charged with interstate transmission of a threat to injure and unlawful possession of a silencer.…
Read More Florida Man Charged Posting Chilling Messages Threatening ‘High Score’ In Mass Casualty Attack
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a teen for threatening to conduct a school shooting on social media. On January 18, 2024, HCSO’s STAR team investigators responded to Wharton High School after the school resource deputy reported a threat made…
Read More 16-Year-Old Arrested For Threatening Shooting At Wharton High School On Social Media
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 00:00 Intro01:57 Journalists with unbiased facts should be acknowledged09:54 Canadian police warn not to post pictures of thieves19:52 Naked suspect shot…
Read More Officer Charged With Battery For Use Of Force Incident On Video, LEO Round Table
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office conducted an undercover gang operation, resulting in the arrest of a seven-time convicted felon. Over the past six months, HCSO’s Gang Unit investigation led to the arrest of Lavanda Tillman, 38, a seven-time convicted felon and…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Gang Unit Arrests 7-Time Convicted Felon
A Texas man was sent to prison following his conviction for conspiracy to commit hostage-taking following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from the Mission Police Department. Gilbert John Montez, 24, of Edinburg, was sentenced on Jan. 16 to 200 months…
Read More Texas Man Who Organized Kidnapping, Human Trafficking Of 4-Year-Old, Gets 200 Months
A 45-year-old Florida man is now facing life in prison for crimes he committed just three days after being released from prison. Assistant State Attorney Tucker O’Neill, last week, with the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office secured a guilty verdict for a series of…
Read More Florida Man Faces Life For Crimes He Committed 3 Days After Getting Out Of Prison
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – The Pinellas Park Police Department SWAT team carried out a pre-planned operation Wednesday, executing a narcotics search warrant in the 4700 block of 88th Ave N, the residence of Alfred Spearman. “This action was the culmination of an extensive investigation led…
Read More Pinellas Park Police SWAT Team Arrests Fentanyl Dealer While Executing Search Warrant
Florida man Fidel Fletcher is wanted by the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Department and the United States Marshals Service (USMS) for the murder of his wife. Investigators say he may be riding a black BMX-style bicycle. Marshals say he is possibly wearing blue jeans and an…
Read More U.S. Marshals Searching For Ft. Myers Man Who Murdered His Wife, He May Be In Tampa
The Tampa Free Press will publish the LEO Round Table talk show five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday. 00:00 Intro10:11 LAPD Chief Michel Moore announces retirement15:50 Naked man takes on cops with multiple weapons in wild confrontation27:38 City of Phoenix says no to DOJ’s consent decree37:02 Armed…
Read More Naked Man Takes On Cops With Multiple Weapons In Wild Confrontation, LEO Round Table