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Teen Arrested for Hillsborough Circle K Robberies
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested a teen who robbed two convenience stores and tried to flee from deputie [...]
Pasco County Drug Dealer Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Federal Prison
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced William Johnson (31, Holiday) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for p [...]
Florida Man Get 10 Years in Prison for Dealing Fentanyl
U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Kwame’ Leon Weaver (31, Clearwater) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a mixture of fenta [...]
FBI: Political Scientist Author Charged With Acting As An Unregistered Agent Of The Iranian Government
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, also known as Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, with [...]
Hillsborough Community Remembers and Honors Master Corporal Brian LaVigne
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Master Corporal LaVigne's visitation and funeral will take place today, Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at Idlewild Baptist Ch [...]
18-Year-Old Florida Woman, Robbed, Kidnapped, Found Safe 1000 Miles Away
Over 1,000 miles and 24 hours after an 18-year-old woman was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Florida, her alleged kidnapper was arrested and the young [...]
Florida Man, Registered Sex Offender, Gets Life in Prison For New Child Sex Crimes
Travis M. Butler, of Pensacola, was sentenced Friday to life imprisonment on federal charges of enticing a minor for sexual activity and producing ch [...]
Florida Department of Law Enforcement Arrests Criminal Defense Attorney for Purchase of Adderall
Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents, with assistance from the Tri-County Narcotics Task Force and the Florida Highway Patrol, arrested crimi [...]
Florida Woman Throws Her Dog Off a Balcony, Police Arrest – Dog Survives
Florida woman throws her German Shepherd off a second-floor balcony. I'm literally shaking my head.
Motel staff had called police to report that t [...]
FBI: Peter Tuccio, Associate of Gambino Organized Crime Family Pleads Guilty to Arson in Queens
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Peter Tuccio pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione to using fire to co [...]