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A New York school bus driver was indicted last week for allegedly raping and kidnapping a Valley Stream student who used his bus route between January and July 2023. According to the Nassau County DA’s Office, Giovanny Campos, 50, from Jamaica, Queens, was arraigned Thursday…
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TAMPA, Fla. – Brandale Swails, 29, Tampa, has been charged with Hobbs Act Robbery. If convicted, Swails faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. According to the complaint, on October 15, 2023, Swails entered a gas station, pointed a firearm at the…
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On today’s LEO Round Table, we discuss how a judge rules Marsy’s law does not shield the names of victims and officers, a sergeant shot and suspect killed during an ambush, a bad guy claims this was an accidental shot on video, and much more.…
Read More Bad Guy Claims This Was An Accidental Shot On Video, LEO Round Table
A 44-year-old Florida woman was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of stabbing her boyfriend in the eye with rabies vaccination needles during an argument. The arrest affidavit, originally reported by WPLG-TV, says that Sandra Jimenez and her longtime partner were out on Saturday, November…
Read More Florida Man Stabbed In The Eyes With Rabies Needles After Looking At Other Women
A 40-year-old Florida woman with a 1-year-old baby was arrested Sunday after drugs were found in her possession. Shanna Kay Ferguson, 40, was charged with child neglect, possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of Adderall without a prescription. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office…
Read More Florida Woman Arrested With Drugs And 1-Year-Old Baby In Passenger Seat Of SUV
A Central Florida man was arrested last week for attempting a terrorist attack and seeking to kill Elon Musk at the billionaire’s Tesla Cybertruck event in Texas. According to the Daily Mail, authorities apprehended Paul Ryan Overeem on Wednesday, the day before Musk’s event, in…
Read More Florida Man Busted In Texas For Threatening “Mass Casualty” At Elon’s Cybertruck Bash
The charge of armed robbery against USPS letter carriers has been brought against five people in Florida. On September 5, 2023, Jordan Michelle Brown, 20, Tampa, Jordan Murray, 19, Tampa, and Darine Underwood, 18, Tampa, robbed a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier at gunpoint when…
Read More 5 From Florida Charged In Multiple Armed Robberies Of Mail Carriers
A Florida man was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2023, in the District of Columbia after he pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Zachary Johnson, 34, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was sentenced by U.S.…
Read More Florida Proud Boy Sentenced For Role In Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
This week, while conducting enforcement efforts on I-75 in Sumter County, Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Troopers conducted a traffic stop for excessive speed and a tag violation on a 2018 Cadillac Escalade. The driver, Yajaira Martinez, 39, of Riverview, Florida, advised Troopers that she had…
Read More Troopers Arrest Former Florida Car Dealer For 2 Stolen Cadillac Escalades During Traffic Stop
TAMPA, Fla – Two suspects wanted for felony battery following a Nado Wick concert at Club Skye in Tampa turned themselves in to the Tampa Police Department. Zachary L. Benton, 34, is charged with Felony Battery in connection with the incident. Edward A. Hamlett, 15,…
Read More Suspects From Nardo Wick Concert At Club Skye Who Sucker-Punched Fan Arrested