Category: Cops and Crime
Tampa Free Press - Your Source For Tampa Area Local Breaking News, National Stories, Politics, Sports, Florida Agriculture, Legal, Cops and Crime
Tampa Man Arrested In Dover Fatal Pedestrian Hit And Run Crash
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. - Detectives within the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division, along with the U.S. Marshals [...]
Florida Woman Arrested After Stealing $14,000 From 80-Year-Old Victim
A 56-year-old Florida woman has been arrested after stealing more than $14,000 from an 80-year-old Poinciana woman with dementia. Vaughn was the vict [...]
Man Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting After Stabbing Deputy In The Head
POLK COUNTY, FL. - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deputy-involved shooting in unincorporated Davenport involving three deputies [...]
Florida Man Shot And Killed By Polk County Deputies After Smothering His Mom, Stabbing Deputy In The Head
POLK COUNTY, FL. - The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deputy-involved shooting in unincorporated Davenport that happened this aftern [...]
Connecticut Mom, Teacher, Leaves Children Home Alone To Vacation In Florida
A Connecticut woman, who is also a teacher at Waterbury Public Schools, is accused of leaving her two children home alone over a November weekend so [...]
Pasco Sheriff Searching For Missing-Runaway 15-Year-Old Boy, Last Seen In Bayonet Point
PASCO COUNTY, FL. - Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Antonio Monteiro, a missing-runway 15-year-old.
Deputies say that Montei [...]
Florida School Bus Driver, Rambow, Arrested After Damaging Bus Video System, “Did Not Want To Get In Trouble At Work”
A Florida man has been arrested for damaging hard drives on a school bus.
47-year-old Vernorris Rambow of Kissimmee, a Polk County Public Schools [...]
Sarasota Man Arrested For Stolen Vehicle With Altered VIN
SARASOTA, FL. - The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Sarasota man Tuesday in connection with a stolen high-performance sports car with a r [...]
Florida Man Arrested For Human Smuggling At Canadian Border, Family Of Four Frozen To Death
Authorities arrested a Florida man for human smuggling after a border patrol agent discovered two undocumented foreign nationals were discovered with [...]
Florida Woman Gets 14 Years In Federal Prison, Slapped With $14M In Restitution As Leader Of Fraud Ring
A Florida woman has been sentenced for her role as the leader of an international fraud and money laundering ring.
Mary Kathryn Marr, 42, was sent [...]