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TAMPA, Fla. – Baruch Roche II, 33, Tampa, has been charged with one count of attempted possession of a firearm in a federal facility. Roche faces a maximum penalty of one year in federal prison if convicted. According to the indictment and criminal complaint, on…
Read More Florida Man Attempts To Enter MacDill Air Force Base With Loaded AR-15 Declaring He’s “Captain America”
A 43-year-old Florida man has pleaded guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to kill a United States Supreme Court Justice. Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, Fernandina Beach, faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According…
Read More Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss how prosecutors attempt yet again to convict an officer, a bad guy drags a cop by handcuffs on video, a woman with a knife fatally shot by officer, and much more. The Tampa Free Press will publish the LEO…
Read More Bad Guy Drags Deputy By Handcuffs On Video, LEO Round Table
A California man was sentenced Monday to one year and a day in prison for his role in defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). According to court documents, Philip Abod, 57, of Calimesa, was a school certifying official at a school that offered VA-approved…
Read More California Man Sentenced In $105 Million VA, Post-9/11 GI Bill Fraud Scheme
A 37-year-old Arizona man was arrested on Friday after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of threats against a federal official and three counts of making interstate threats. According to court documents, from May 2021 through November 2023, while living in Colorado and…
Read More Arizona Man Arrested After Using Social Media To Threaten Federal Agents, Employees
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man with multiple felony convictions has been arrested after fleeing from deputies. According to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), on Monday at 6:50 a.m., Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies were conducting a traffic stop when Anthony Courtois, 23, fled…
Read More Florida Man, With Multiple Felonies, Attempts To Flee From Deputies Into Winn Dixie
A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison with a 20-year minimum mandatory for adisturbing case that unfolded on I-75 in June of 2020. Miguel Espinosa Navarro, while driving a black Ford F150 Raptor on I-75, recklessly discharged a firearm at passing vehicles.…
Read More Video: Florida Man Who Randomly Shot At Vehicles On I-75 Gets Life In Prison
Authorities said a convicted sex offender serving life without parole was apprehended in Texas on Monday after escaping jail with the help of his mother the day before. Robert Yancy Jr., 39, was apprehended at 8:05 a.m. in Matagorda County after two civilians recognized him…
Read More Texas Mom Arrested After Helping Her Son, Who Is Serving Life For Child Sex Crimes, Escape From Prison
No neighborhood is completely devoid of crime, and the series of articles published in the Citrus County Chronicle wrongfully portrayed the Derby Oaks Community in Floral City as crime-ridden. The amount of neighborhood-reported crime in Derby Oaks has actually dropped over the past three years,…
Read More Letter: Citrus County Sheriff Prendergast Responds To Articles About Derby Oaks
LAKELAND, Fla. – Two Lakeland men, 59-year-old Nelson Newman and 27-year-old Ronald McCain, were arrested and charged Saturday for burglary, theft, and tampering with evidence. Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives determined they were the two men who broke into an outbuilding at Christ Memorial Baptist…
Read More 2 Florida Men ‘Pedal Off’ After Stealing “Lactaid” Ice Cream, Meat, Gatorade From Church