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FDLE Arrests Sheriff’s Deputy for Official Misconduct, Falsifying Records, and Battery
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation resulted in arrest warrants charging Steven Osburn on one count each of [...]
Pasco County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Awarded ‘Chief Fire Officer’
LAND O' LAKES Fla. - Pasco County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief of Operations Brian Swartout has been awarded Chief Fire Officer credentials by the Commis [...]
Habitat Pasco Ground Breaking for New Home
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Mike and Charlotte Arnold gathered with Habitat staff and friends to break ground on their new Habitat home on December 10, 2020 [...]
Arrest Made in Emma Street Homicide in Lakeland
LAKELAND, Fla. – On Monday, December 14, 2020, at approximately 5:01 p.m., Lakeland Police officers responded to the 600 block of Emma Street in refe [...]
Phony Brandon Immigration Attorney, Files Over 215 Fraudulent Asylum Applications Pleads Guilty
TAMPA, Fla. - Elvis Harold Reyes, 56, of Brandon, today pleaded guilty to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme where [...]
Deadly Pasco County Motorcycle Crash Monday
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 61-year-old Hudson man was killed Monday, at 4:40 p.m., when a tractor-trailer made a U-t [...]
Charlotte County Hit and Run, Suspect Sought
Port Charlotte, Fla – On November 16, 2020, Troopers responded to aserious injury hit and run crash on US 41 and Dahlgren Avenue. In the crash, the v [...]
Full Lane Closure on West Euclid Avenue in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. - Beginning at 9 a.m. today, West Euclid Avenue will be closed between South MacDill Avenue and South Waverly Court while the Tampa Water [...]
Murder in Seffner on Bogdonoff Drive, Sheriff Investigating
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded to a homicide that occurred earlier this evening on the 5000 block of [...]
Illegal Alien Sentenced To 5-Years In Prison After Assaulting A Family With A Firearm
TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jose Luis Sanchez-Lule, 37, to five years in federal prison for posse [...]