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On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss AI being used to determine if cops were rude on bodycam footage, an ex-police chief sentenced in a Capitol riot trial, an unhinged man stabbing an officer in the head before getting shot on video, and much more.…
Read More Unhinged Man Stabs Officer In The Head Before Getting Shot On Video, LEO Round Table
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – The Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office secured a guilty verdict Tuesday in the fatal hit-and-run case against 37-year-old Mark Anthony Wieder. Jurors deliberated for nearly 45 minutes before finding Wieder guilty on charges of failing to stop at a crash…
Read More Florida Man Found Guilty In 2021 Deadly Hit-And-Run
A South Carolina and a Florida man have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine. Jason Laquwan Callum , 43, Jamestown, SC, faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. Rodney Leandro, 49, Jacksonville,…
Read More South Carolina, Florida Men Plead Guilty To Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Kavon Jackasal, 34, St. Petersburg, has been guilty of the distribution of fentanyl, resulting in death, and possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute it. Jackasal faces a minimum mandatory 20 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing…
Read More St. Petersburg Man Found Guilty Of Distributing Fentanyl That Killed Tampa Woman
DETROIT, Mich. – Following a six-week trial, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted a leader of the Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang of 22 counts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, and related firearms offenses. Billy Arnold, 37, was convicted of…
Read More Leader Of Detriot’s ‘7-Mile Bloods’ Convicted Of RICO Conspiracy And Murder
BRADENTON, Fla. – Terrence Johnson, Jr., 28, Bradenton, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Johnson had pleaded guilty on June 26, 2023. According to court documents, deputies from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office responded…
Read More Bradenton Convicted Felon Gets 7 Years In Federal Prison For Having 10 Guns
A woman was arrested Saturday after allegedly driving her car through a religious group of protesters in Montana, injuring one, according to a statement from the Billings Police Department (BPD). The woman, Genevienne Rancuret, 55, allegedly drove her car repeatedly through a group of protesters,…
Read More Police In Montana Arrest Woman Who Drove Car Into Israeli Christian Protest
A pair of retired New York City cops may have stopped a possible race-baiting hoax that could have destroyed the historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, city police arrested Laneisha Shantrice Henderson, a 26-year-old U.S. Navy veteran,…
Read More Report: Woman Arrested In Georgia For Trying To Burn Down MLK Birth Home
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss A case where a frisk was not justified, an ex-cop acquitted of murder for shooting a handcuffed man, a female felon takes multiple officers on a wild pursuit, and much more. The Tampa Free Press will publish the LEO…
Read More Female Felon In Ohio Takes Multiple Officers On Wild Pursuit, LEO Round Table
A Rhode Island man has been charged with false information and threats regarding the possession of an explosive on an airplane. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. According to court documents, on December 5, 2023, Evan Sims, 41,…
Read More Rhode Island Man Charged With Making Fake Bomb Threat On Airplane Leaving Florida