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A New Mexico man recently released from jail reportedly stabbed and decapitated another man in a Las Cruces park Sunday. The suspect, Joel Arciniega-Saenz, 25, confessed Monday that he murdered and decapitated James Garcia, 51, in Apodaca Park, Las Cruces, and then dragged his body…
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The bodies of two young girls were found in a South Florida canal behind a condo complex on Tuesday. Shortly after 12 pm on Tuesday, police received a 911 call reporting a body floating in the water close to the condo complex. Around 8:45 p.m.…
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Police in Florida are looking for a man who was captured on camera shoving a woman to the ground in line at a Smoothie King. The altercation happened at a Smoothie King location in Pembroke Pines in late April, however, police released this video of…
Read More Florida Man ‘Not Smooth’ Smacks And Shoves Woman At A Smoothie King
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – On Monday night at approximately 10:45 pm, officers with the Tarpon Springs Police Department responded to a call of an in-progress vehicle burglary in the 700 block of Driftwood Ln. PCSO K9 and an air unit assisted officers, and a 17-year-old…
Read More “Hiding In The Bushes” Three Florida Teens Arrested After Vehicle Burglaries, Stolen Gun
TAMPA, Fla. – A Florida man is behind bars after a genealogy DNA match led investigators to the suspect in a 2007 sexual battery cold case. On January 27, 2007, an unknown male, offered to assist the victim in getting home, where she was then…
Read More Florida Man Arrested In 2007 Sexual Battery After Familial DNA Match
SPRING HILL, FL. – On Sunday, a manager from CubeSmart Self Storage located at 4867 Commercial Way in Spring Hill, contacted the Sheriff’s Office after discovering a lock on a storage unit that was supposed to be vacant. Deputies say, upon locating the lock on…
Read More Hernando County Couple Jailed On 19 Construction Burglaries, Over 200 Items Stolen
A Tampa man is in custody after a mass shooting that left one person dead and 10 people injured during a Father’s Day event in Wildwood, deputies said. According to Chief Deputy Chris Haworth, the incident began when two people from Tampa “came upon each…
Read More Florida Man Shoots Ten People At Fathers Day Event, One Dead
An Oregon man, suspected of killing three people, forced a woman to drive him for 33 hours to Wisconsin, before turning himself in, according to the Associated Press. Oen Evan Nicholson held Laura Johnson, 34, at gunpoint, as she was returning to her parking spot from…
Read More Oregon Triple-Murder Suspect Forces Woman Into Driving Him To Wisconsin Before Turning Himself In
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – 49-year-old Tracey Bentley is wanted by Polk County Sheriff’s Office for the shooting of a woman on Saturday night, according to investigators. On Saturday, June 19th, around 10 pm, deputies responded to the area of Demille Road in Polk City due…
Read More Polk County Sheriff Searching For Man Who Shot A Woman Saturday Night
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in connection to a death investigation connected to a missing person case in Hillsborough County. Fred Williams, 55, is facing a charge of Tampering with Physical Evidence. He has been booked into…
Read More 55-Year-Old Man Arrested In Connection With Town ‘N’ Country Missing Person Case