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Florida Nurse Arrested, Sexually Assaulted a Patient
On January 6th, 2021, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) was contacted in reference to the alleged sexual assault of a patient by a staff memb [...]
Tampa Police Release Bodycam Footage of Shooting Christmas Morning with Barricaded Man
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Police Department has released body-worn camera footage of the gunfire exchanges that took place during a 21-hour standoff wi [...]
Haines City Police Arrest Former Ohio Police Officer for Online Threats of Violence in D.C.
HAINES CITY, Fla. - A Haines City man was arrested on Tuesday for making threatening remarks online about carrying out violence in the nation's capit [...]
Brooksville Man Wanted in Pasco County, Receives 18-Stitches Trying to Outrun a Deputy K-9
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - On Monday at 6:45 p.m., Hernando County Sheriff's deputies responded to 600 Darby Lane in Brooksville to assist Pasco Sheriff's O [...]
Former Federal Agent and Others Indicted in Florida
A South Florida federal grand jury indicted a former federal agent and three other Miami-Dade residents for their alleged roles in an operation that [...]
Hillsborough County Sheriff Investigating Deadly Tampa Shooting
TAMPA, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating the circumstances that led to a deadly shooting Sunday night in Tampa.
On [...]
71-Arrested in Hillsborough County Human Trafficking Sting
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - On January 11th, National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Sheriff Chad Chronister announced the results of a month-long [...]
Florida Man Jailed, Accused of Mutilating and Burning Three Little Girls
A Florida man is behind bars on a multi-million dollar bond after investigators say he punished three children in a grotesque manner.
Kevin Jean, [...]
After 2-Years of Running, Tampa Murder Suspect Arrested in Gibsonton
TAMPA, Fla. - For two years, Tampa Police Homicide Detectives have been working to locate and arrest suspects in the January 2019 shooting and murder [...]
Florida Man Gets Life in Federal Prison, Child-Sex-Trafficking Ring
LAND O' LAKES, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Christopher John Streeter, 63, Land O’Lakes, to life in [...]