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“Cowardly” North Florida Man Arrested After Stabbing Elderly Man, Stealing His Car In Polk County
HAINES CITY, FL. - A 32-year-old North Florida man was arrested and faces charges, including for attempted murder, after critically stabbing an elder [...]
Florida Man “Lo Key” And Accomplice “Monkey Man” Wanted For Beating A Woman During Armed Robbery
POLK COUNTY, FL. - Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives investigated an armed robbery that occurred in Lakeland on January 1st.
The suspect po [...]
Four Arrested In Florida After Two Sheriff’s SWAT Teams Execute Search Warrant And Find Nearly 500 Grams Of Meth
On Thursday, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, along with the support of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, executed a searc [...]
Repeat Felon Gets 30 Years For Fatal 92 MPH Crash In Plant City
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. - Convicted of third-degree murder and four other crimes, Terrell Rollins was given the maximum sentence for all five counts [...]
Incarcerated Florida Man Sends Bomb Threat To Courthouse And Attorney, With His Name As The Return Address
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL. - On Thursday at 12:08 p.m., employees at the Hernando County Courthouse in Brooksville advised law enforcement that they had re [...]
Florida-Based Moving Company Operators Indicted For Moving Fraud Scheme Worth Over $12 Million
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Matthew Pardi, 37, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Ashley Lynn Hars, of Plantation, FL, [...]
On The Border: Officers Seize $4.4 Million In Meth And Fentanyl From Arizona Man In His RV
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Port of Lukeville officers arrested a Phoenix man and seized nearly 880 pounds of met [...]
Suspects From Florida Amber Alert Arrested After Armed Kidnapping
TAMPA, FL. - The 4-year-old boy, Terry Reed, from Wednesday's Florida Amber Alert was located safe overnight. Details about what happened have been r [...]
Pasco Deputies Searching For Missing Teen Kayleen Sheridan, Last Seen In Wesley Chapel
PASCO COUNTY, FL. - Pasco Sheriff deputies are currently searching for Kayleen Sheridan, a missing-runaway 14-year-old. Sheridan is 5’05”, approx. 13 [...]
Pasco County Florida Man Arrested After Attempted Carjacking, Violence On I-75
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. - A Pasco County man was arrested after attempted carjacking's and assaulting people on I-75 Wednesday night.
According t [...]