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A New Jersey school custodian has been charged with multiple offenses after officials say he videotaped himself defecating in school food. On October 31, 2023, the New Jersey State Police was contacted by school authorities who had received multiple anonymous tips in reference to a…
Read More New Jersey School Custodian Charged After Putting Urine, Feces, And Bleach In Kids’ Meals
An Oklahoma man was sentenced Monday to 21 years and ten months in prison for advertising and distributing child sexual abuse material on the dark web. According to court documents, Austen Peppers, 36, of Lawton, sold and offered to sell images of minors being sexually…
Read More Oklahoma Man Gets More Than 21 Years For Selling Child Sexual Abuse Material On Dark Web
An illegal pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of participants out of over $10 million was the subject of an indictment returned yesterday against a couple from Texas. According to court documents, LaShonda Moore, 35, and Marlon Moore, 37, co-founded and ran an illegal pyramid scheme…
Read More Texas Couple Charged In ‘Blessings In No Time’ Pyramid Scheme
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss a report that explains why the Secret Service isn’t too crazy for Biden, a cop found not guilty in Elijah McClain’s death, a suspect steals an officer’s gun and vehicle leading to a shootout, and much more. The…
Read More Suspect Steals Officer’s Gun And Vehicle Leading To Shootout, LEO Round Table
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released body-cam and surveillance footage from today’s violent attack of two deputies in Brandon. According to deputies, on Thursday, the HCSO Communications Center received a call at 7:44 a.m. from a woman stating that she was in fear of her…
Read More Watch: Body-Cam Video Released Of Crazed Florida Man Crashing Into Deputies
An inmate in a Florida jail has been charged with threatening to kill three people, including his defense attorney and a judge. Jerome Sanders, 44, of Miami, Florida, has been charged with threatening to kill a Florida Keys judge, his defense attorney, and a state…
Read More Florida Man Charged After Threatening To Kill Judge In A Letter From Jail
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a Death Row inmate convicted of killing two Seminole County residents and their 11-year-old daughter in 1998. Justices unanimously turned down a motion by inmate Michael Gordon Reynolds for additional DNA testing. Reynolds was convicted…
Read More Florida Death Row Inmate’s Appeal In 1998 Brutal Triple Murder Rejected
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss the Nashville shooter’s manifesto released by Steven Crowder, an officer charged after shooting a fellow officer during a drinking incident, an Intense standoff with a gunman inside a dealership on video, and much more. The Tampa Free Press…
Read More Intense Standoff With Gunman Inside Dealership On Video, LEO Round Table
Two suspected Florida identity thieves are in jail after a hotel employee alerted deputies when the pair tried to make a reservation with fraudulent IDs. “This is a terrific example of how we partner with our community and work closely with local hotel and motel…
Read More Michigan And Texas ID’s Discovered On Florida Couple Charged With Identity Theft
Ten members and associates of the Gambino Crime family are accused of committing union-related offenses, extortion, witness retaliation, and racketeering conspiracy in an effort to control the demolition and carting industries in New York, according to a 16-count indictment that was unsealed today in federal…
Read More 10 Members, Associates Of The Gambino Crime Family Arrested In Coordinated Takedown