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Shooting At ‘Diamond Dolls’ Gentleman’s Club Leads To Two Arrests
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. - Deputies assigned to the Patrol Operations Bureau are investigating an early-morning shooting at the Diamond Dolls gentlemen's [...]
WATCH: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Marine Unit Rescues Father And Son As Jet Ski Sinks
TAMPA, FL. - Hillsborough County Sheriff's Marine Unit rescued a father and son from the Tampa Bay waters on Wednesday.
At approximately 5:40 p.m [...]
Police Departments Say Budget Cuts Are The Reason They’ve Been Unable To Hire New Officers
Kaylee Greenlee
Multiple police departments told the Daily Caller News Foundation that recruiting officers is not an issue, but budget constra [...]
Few Fries Short Of A Happy Meal: 3 Florida Men Caught Fishing In Stolen Boat Near Victims Home
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL. - If you are going to steal a boat, it's probably not the best idea to take that boat out for a fishing trip, across the lake fr [...]
Florida Woman Arrested For Throwing A ‘Whopper’ At A Burger King Employee’s Head, Yelling Racial Slurs Over A Tomato
77-year-old Florida woman Judith Black was arrested last weekend after she admitted to an assault that took place at a Sumter County Burger King.
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Sexual Battery Suspect From 1999 Pinellas County Cold Case Arrested
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Detectives assigned to the Robbery/Homicide Unit have arrested 59-year-old Gregory Thompson for a sexual battery that occurre [...]
28-Year-Old Tampa Woman Arrested For DUI After Fiery Crash In Manatee County
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. - A Tampa woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after crashing into a fueling semi-truck in Manatee County overnight.
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‘Washed Up’ $1.7 Million Worth Of Cocaine, 62 Pounds Of Marijuana Found By Florida Boaters
Nearly $2 million worth of narcotics were found in the water near the Florida Keys over the weekend, the U.S. Border Patrol announced, the Miami Hera [...]
Three Florida Men Charged In $46 Million Health Care Fraud, Kickback, And Money Laundering Conspiracy
Three telemarketing company owners were charged for their alleged participation in a $47 million health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering sc [...]
Stolen Car Runs Stops Sign Smashing Into Jeep And Ejecting Passenger
TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa police are searching for the driver of a stolen car who ran a stop sign and wreaked havoc on innocent drivers Monday.
Accordin [...]