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Deadly Dose Off The Streets: Hernando Deputies Bust Fentanyl Traffickers
Deadly Dose Off the Streets: Hernando Deputies Bust Fentanyl Traffickers
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. - Detectives with the Hernando County Sheriff's Off [...]
Eviction Rage Turns To Inferno: Lakeland Man Accused Of Torching Home With 5 Inside
Eddie Thomas
LAKELAND, FL – A Lakeland man is behind bars facing multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree arson after all [...]
Illegal Alien Busted In Florida For $2 Million Tax And Wire Fraud Scheme
US Currency (File Photo)
A Honduran national, illegally residing in the United States, has been handed a significant federal prison sentence and [...]
Miami Man Busted In Florida Keys Multi-Golf Cart Theft Scheme
Handcuff (File)
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. - A 28-year-old Miami man is behind bars after being implicated in a scheme to steal three high-value golf car [...]
Cops Use Pepper Spray And Taser To Disarm Elderly Knife-Wielding Amputee – LEO Talk Show
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Routine Davenport Traffic Stop Leads To Arrest Of Kissimmee Murder Suspect
Melvin Rafael Pardo Acevedo
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A seemingly minor traffic infraction in Davenport led to a significant arrest Wednesday when a rou [...]
Lake County Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Violent Roadside Attack
Travis Lee Kaley
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - Travis Lee Kaley, 35, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday after a jury found him guilty of Burgl [...]
Brooksville Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography, Molestation; Gets 25 Years
Michael Ray Groves
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. - A recent sentencing has concluded a disturbing case involving Michael Ray Groves, 58, who pleaded guilt [...]
Fugitive Wanted For Threatning To Kill New Jersey Governor Nabbed In Florida
Russ Semeran (WCSO)
A 53-year-old New Jersey man, wanted for allegedly making terroristic threats against New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, was app [...]
RapTor’s Roar: Global Sting Hunts Down Dark Web Predators, Nets 270 Arrests
Incognito Market homepage (DOJ)
In a monumental international crackdown on dark web illicit activities, the Department of Justice’s Joint Criminal [...]