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A Central Florida man was arrested last week for attempting a terrorist attack and seeking to kill Elon Musk at the billionaire’s Tesla Cybertruck event in Texas. According to the Daily Mail, authorities apprehended Paul Ryan Overeem on Wednesday, the day before Musk’s event, in…
Read More Florida Man Busted In Texas For Threatening “Mass Casualty” At Elon’s Cybertruck Bash
The charge of armed robbery against USPS letter carriers has been brought against five people in Florida. On September 5, 2023, Jordan Michelle Brown, 20, Tampa, Jordan Murray, 19, Tampa, and Darine Underwood, 18, Tampa, robbed a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier at gunpoint when…
Read More 5 From Florida Charged In Multiple Armed Robberies Of Mail Carriers
A Florida man was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2023, in the District of Columbia after he pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Zachary Johnson, 34, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was sentenced by U.S.…
Read More Florida Proud Boy Sentenced For Role In Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
This week, while conducting enforcement efforts on I-75 in Sumter County, Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Troopers conducted a traffic stop for excessive speed and a tag violation on a 2018 Cadillac Escalade. The driver, Yajaira Martinez, 39, of Riverview, Florida, advised Troopers that she had…
Read More Troopers Arrest Former Florida Car Dealer For 2 Stolen Cadillac Escalades During Traffic Stop
TAMPA, Fla – Two suspects wanted for felony battery following a Nado Wick concert at Club Skye in Tampa turned themselves in to the Tampa Police Department. Zachary L. Benton, 34, is charged with Felony Battery in connection with the incident. Edward A. Hamlett, 15,…
Read More Suspects From Nardo Wick Concert At Club Skye Who Sucker-Punched Fan Arrested
A woman set herself on fire in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, Georgia, police confirmed Friday. Police responded to the location Friday afternoon after the woman, who draped herself in a Palestinian flag, doused herself with gasoline and lit herself on fire, ABC…
Read More Woman Sets Herself On Fire In Front Of Israeli Consulate In Georgia
TAMPA, Fla – A 22-year-old woman has been arrested after posing as a student and having a relationship with a minor. On November 24, 2023, Tampa Police arrested 22-year-old Alyssa Zinger following tips provided to detectives of Zinger’s inappropriate relationship with a male victim between…
Read More Tampa Police Arrest Woman Posing As A Student, Having Relationship With Child
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss the airport holiday rush but no air marshals due to deployment, a migrant tent city officially beginning construction in Chicago, a struggle for the gun does not end well for the bad guy on video and much more. The…
Read More Struggle For Gun Does Not End Well For Bad Guy On Video, LEO Round Table
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Police detectives are seeking assistance in identifying a suspect who fraudulently used a credit card after stealing it from a victim’s mailbox. The suspect was captured on surveillance footage and is a bald white male with facial hair. To avoid becoming…
Read More Tampa Police: Suspect Sought After Stealing, Using Credit Card From Victim’s Mailbox
LAKELAND, Fla – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office detained a substitute English teacher at New Beginnings High School, a charter school in Lakeland, on suspicion of having sexual contact with two of his female students. 33-year old Jerron Dunn of Lakeland is being charged charged…
Read More Lakeland Substitute Teacher Charged With Sex Offenses Against 2 Students On Snapchat