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Fentanyl Floodgates Shut: California Operation Nets More Than 1,600 Pounds Of Deadly Drug
Fentanyl Floodgates Shut: California Operation Nets 1,600 Pounds Of Deadly Drug
A massive multi-state operation has dismantled a sophisticated tra [...]
Crash Leads To Chaotic Chase, Arrests, And ICE Detainers In Bizarre Florida Incident
Victor Alexander Perez-Ruiz and Enrique De Jesus Cante-Gomez (MCSO)
A seemingly routine traffic accident spiraled into a chaotic scene involving f [...]
“Three Felonies” Boasted Suspect: New Hampshire Man Nabbed In Massachusetts Gun Trafficking Ring
Handcuffs, TFP File Photo
A New Hampshire man faces federal charges after allegedly trafficking nine firearms, including two semiautomatic rifles, [...]
Georgia Mom Sentenced To Prison For Killing 2-Month-Old Son Found Dead In Couch Cushion
Jennifer Cooper
A 34-year-old woman will serve several years in prison after pleading guilty to the death of her 2-month-old son, who was found de [...]
Honduran National Sentenced In Florida To 2 Years For Illegal Re-entry, Fourth Offense
Inside of Jail. TFP File Photo
TAMPA, Fla. - Jose del Carmen Sanchez-Garcia, a 42-year-old Honduran national, has been sentenced to two years in f [...]
Biting, Kicking, Cocaine: Illegal Alien’s Traffic Stop Turns Violent In Davenport, Polk County Sheriff Notifies ICE
Esteban Fernandez Uriostegui
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A routine traffic stop turned violent Wednesday evening in Polk County when a Mexican national at [...]
Former Sheriff In Virginia Sentenced To 10 Years For Bribery Scheme
Emergency Lights (FIle)
Scott Howard Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison fo [...]
Maryland Man Indicted On Charges Of SNAP Fraud, Identity Theft
Prison Yard, TFP File Photo
Brendyn Andrew, 33, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges related t [...]
Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced To Nearly 5 Years For $20 Million Fraud Scheme
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The owner of a South Florida tax preparation business has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison and one [...]
Lakeland Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Woman With Chainsaw
Richard Pitts (PCSO)
LAKELAND, Fla. – Richard Pitts, 55, of Lakeland, was arrested on Thursday, March 20th, by the Polk County Sheriff's Office (P [...]