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A Connecticut man was sentenced Thursday to 144 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents and statements made…
Read More Connecticut Man Gets 144 Months In Prison For Attempting To Travel To Fight For ISIS
A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in prison for his role in a nationwide scheme to illegally distribute at least $16.7 million of adulterated HIV drugs that were ultimately dispensed to unsuspecting patients throughout the country. According to court…
Read More Florida Man Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Over $16M Of Adulterated HIV Medication
WINTER HAVEN, Fla – A Polk County Sheriff’s Office civilian member who works in the jail food services section was arrested and charged with one count battery/domestic violence. He was suspended upon his arrest, and the investigation is ongoing, deputies say. Deputies say Marquarious Gaskins…
Read More Polk County Sheriff Civilian Employee Charged With Battery During Background Check To Become Deputy
A 50-year-old Florida man has been charged with using his cellphone and the internet to attempt to entice an 11-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, William Rand Paige, Jr., 50, Fernandina Beach, faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to…
Read More 50-Year-Old Florida Man Charged After Attempting To Meet 11-Year-Old For Sex
A 58-year-old New York man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Egbert Philip, 58, New York, faces a minimum mandatory term of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has…
Read More New York Man Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cocaine Into Florida From Panama
A Wisconsin man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months and one day in prison for violating the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act. Kenneth J. Herrera, 40, of Soldiers Grove, had previously pleaded guilty for creating, selling and distributing an ‘animal crushing’ video. Animal…
Read More Wisconsin Man Sentenced In Horrific ‘Animal Crushing’ Video Case
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss how Colorado disqualifies Trump from the ballot, Texas allows cops to arrest illegal border crossing suspects, SUV doing donuts rolls over with people hanging on the side on video, and much more! The Tampa Free Press will publish the…
Read More SUV Doing Donuts Rolls Over With People Hanging On The Side On Video, LEO Round Table
Pointing to what he called “disproportionately long sentences,” President Joe Biden on Friday commuted prison sentences of 11 people, including two Florida men. One of the Florida men, Esaias Tucker, 35, of Tallahassee, was sentenced in 2013 to 20 years in prison on charges of…
Read More Biden Commutes Prison Sentences For 2 Florida Men
RIVERVIEW, Fla. – Ashley Flournoy of Riverview was sentenced to two years in federal prison for to conspiracy to commit tax fraud and aiding or assisting in the preparation of false income tax return documents. The Court previously sentenced codefendants Jamica Nelms, Capriesha Cummings, and…
Read More Four Tampa Bay Area Tax Preparers Sentenced To Federal Prison
A Florida woman has been charged with animal cruelty after deputies discovered abhorrent conditions and multiple species of animals abused. On Thursday morning, December 21, 2023, a Polk County deputy sheriff responded to a home on Fazzini Drive in Frostproof to complete a welfare check…
Read More Florida Woman Charged After 309 Cats, Dogs, Ducks, Chickens And Peacocks Found In Her Trailer