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A Tennessee man is accused of strangling and biting off a piece of the ear of a Memphis Police officer during a traffic stop on November 14. Investigators say that at around 5:00 a.m., an officer saw Marcus Johnson traveling in a 2002 Ford F-150…
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Two Texas men were convicted at trial on Nov. 15 on charges of attempting to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), conspiracy to violate IEEPA, and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with their attempt to transact in sanctioned Iranian petroleum and…
Read More Two Texas Men Found Guilty Of Conspiracy To Sell Sanctioned Iranian Petroleum
A Florida man pleaded guilty to two counts of Lacey Act Trafficking after a search warrant uncovered 120 turtles that the man possessed unlawfully. Kevin Olbrych, 48, Spring Hill, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. According to the plea agreement, in…
Read More Florida Man Who Trafficked Ornate Diamondback Terrapins Pleads Guilty
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Police arrested 57-year-old Jimmie Gardner of Georgia on Friday following a report from a juvenile that she had been engaged in sexual acts with Gardner. At approximately 1:43 a.m., Gardner ‘made contact’ with the 16-year-old female victim and invited her back…
Read More Stacey Abrams Brother-In-Law From Georgia, Charged With Human Trafficking In Tampa
The state of Texas executed David Renteria, a 53-year-old man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 5-year-old girl from Walmart in 2001. After receiving an injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville Thursday for the murder of 5-year-old Alexandra Flores, David Renteria, 53, was declared…
Read More Texas Executes Man Who Kidnapped, Murdered, And Burned Body Of 5-Year-Old Girl
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss an officer’s case declared a mistrial for a fatal shooting: a cop battles bad guys at a subway station on video, a man armed with a knife shot by police officers, and much more. The Tampa Free Press…
Read More Cop Battles Bad Guys At A Subway Station On Video, LEO Round Table
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has successfully arrested two men who were selling stolen appliances from new construction homes within Hillsborough, Pasco, Manatee, Sarasota, Osceola, and Polk counties. Through investigative means, detectives confirmed that CHV Multihome Appliances, located at 4115 Gunn…
Read More 2 Florida Men Busted Stealing Appliances From New Construction Homes, Reselling Them
SARASOTA, Fla. – The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) has arrested Payton Robinson, 18, of Tampa, and Haley Aldridge, 20, of Orlando, on charges of Attempted Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle. This incident correlates with ongoing statewide and nationwide trends of Dodge Challenger/Charger thefts.…
Read More Tampa Man And Orlando Woman Arrested In Sarasota On Attempted GTA Charges
A Missouri woman is accused of killing her 8-year-old son with a tablecloth, according to police, and leaving his lifeless body in the car for several hours while she ran errands. According to Miami-Dade Police officials on Thursday, Shaneka Ann McKinzie, 36, is charged with…
Read More Missouri Mom Kills Son With Tablecloth In Florida, Ran Errands With The Boy’s Body In Car
On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss sovereign citizens schooled by cops during traffic stops on video: a judge rules the ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag ban by the township unconstitutional, a fatal shooting of a gunman after an intense standoff with police, and much more.…
Read More Sovereign Citizens Schooled By Cops During Traffic Stop On Video, LEO Round Table