July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO PR LUTZ, Fla.- The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a homicide that occurred early Wednesday morning. Through investigative work and interviews with witnesses, Brandon Jerelle Howard, 29, was identified as the suspect linked to…
Read More House Party Murder, Valrico Man Arrested and ChargedCategory: Cops and Crime
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Drug Dealer Arrested for DUI Manslaughter & Child Neglect
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report BARTOW, Fla.- The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit responded to a two-vehicle crash on the evening of Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Winter Haven. The crash killed 35-year-old Michael Sweet of Winter Haven who was driving a…
Read More Drug Dealer Arrested for DUI Manslaughter & Child NeglectUniversity Of Arkansas Professor Indicted For Wire Fraud And Passport Fraud
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report, DOJ PR Fayetteville, Arkansas – Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas David Clay Fowlkes, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Diane Upchurch of the FBI Little Rock…
Read More University Of Arkansas Professor Indicted For Wire Fraud And Passport FraudMinneapolis And Philadelphia Police Leaders Eat Their Own
July 29, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Discussed today, Minneapolis lawmakers voting to ban chokeholds and “warrior-style” training tactics practiced by law enforcement and Philadelphia officer Richard P. Nicoletti being charged by District Attorney Larry Krasner for pulling protesters masks…
Read More Minneapolis And Philadelphia Police Leaders Eat Their Own‘Start Getting Ready’ Hillsborough County Sheriff on Hurricane Preparedness
July 29, 2020 By: Staff Report and HCSO PSA TAMPA, Fla. – With a potential tropical storm in the Atlantic and the state of Florida in its forecast path, Sheriff Chad Chronister is reminding Hillsborough County residents to stay prepared for severe weather. “We never…
Read More ‘Start Getting Ready’ Hillsborough County Sheriff on Hurricane Preparedness6 Sex Traffickers, 81 Years in Prison
July 29, 2020 By: Staff Report, DOJ PR ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Six defendants have been sentenced to a combined 81 years in prison for their respective roles in the sex trafficking of a minor victim and an adult victim at multiple locations in Northern Virginia…
Read More 6 Sex Traffickers, 81 Years in PrisonOne Dead in Lutz House Party Shooting, Investigation Underway
July 29, 2020 By: Staff Report LUTZ, Fla.- At approximately 3 a.m. on Wednesday, deputies were called to a home on the 14000 block of N 30th Street for reports of shots fired. The incident appears to have occurred during a house party. When deputies…
Read More One Dead in Lutz House Party Shooting, Investigation UnderwayFlorida Man Gets 60 Years For Sexually Exploiting Children
July 28, 2020 By: Staff Report, DOJ PR ORLANDO, Fla. – Todd Joseph Simmerman (30, Titusville) has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two minors and committing the offenses while required to register as a sex offender. The court also…
Read More Florida Man Gets 60 Years For Sexually Exploiting ChildrenJersey Man Nets More Than $17 Million in Illicit Profits
July 28, 2020 By: Staff Report, DOJ PR NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey-based securities trader today admitted orchestrating a massive, long-running market manipulation scheme and tax fraud that netted more than $17 million in illegal profits between 2014 and 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito…
Read More Jersey Man Nets More Than $17 Million in Illicit ProfitsPortland Leaders Want War with Feds – LEO Round Table
July 28, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock PORTLAND, OR. – Portland being condemned by Mayor Ted Wheeler and commissioners for destruction by the protesters. Also mentioned: Chad Wolf, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Commissioner JoAnn Hardest; Deputy Director of Operations Richard…
Read More Portland Leaders Want War with Feds – LEO Round Table