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NEW ORLEANS, Fla. – Kidus Awlachew, 33, a New Orleans, Louisiana resident, pleaded guilty Friday after being charged in a one-count bill of information with international parental kidnapping. According to court records, Awlachew and his girlfriend began dating in about 2018. Soon after, the man’s girlfriend…
Read More Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping Girlfriend’s Daughter, Taking Her To Ethiopia
A 59-year-old Florida man has been arrested on multiple counts of child sexual abuse that spanned over multiple years, according to police. On March 8, Ocala Police Detective Drake arrested Stevie Irizarry, 59, for one count of sexual battery on a child under 12, and…
Read More Florida Man Charged With Multiple Counts Of Sexual Child Abuse That Spanned Over Years
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – A 63-year-old Weeki Wachee man was killed in a crash around 6:47 pm on Saturday. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the Weeki Wachee man, driving a pickup truck, was traveling northbound on Sunshine Grove Road, approaching a stop sign at the…
Read More Weeki Wachee Man Killed, Brooksville Teen Seriously Injured In Pickup Collision
A defendant who took part in multiple carjackings that resulted in the murder of a Tulsa man in 2016 pleaded guilty in federal court, according to the Department of Justice. Emmitt Graywolf Sam, 24, pleaded guilty to carjacking resulting in death. In his plea agreement, Sam…
Read More Oklahoma Man Convicted In 2016 Carjacking Resulting In Death
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – The Northbound lanes of I-275 will be CLOSED tomorrow morning, March 12th, from 3:30 AM until 11:00 AM due to the annual Armed Forces Skyway 10K Race. 8,000 runners will transit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Northbound motorists will be detoured from…
Read More Armed Forces Skyway 10K To Close Northbound Lanes Of Skyway Bridge, I-275 Sunday
A 43-year-old Houston woman has been charged for conspiracy to commit and committing health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Rose Davies is made her initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena H. Palermo at 2 p.m. on Friday. A federal grand jury…
Read More Texas Home Health Owner Set To Appear On Fraud Charges
A Kentucky man was sentenced Thursday to 151 months in prison for trafficking in methamphetamine. According to court documents, on October 7, 2021, Jason P. Elder, 43, of Henderson, Kentucky, possessed with the intent to distribute 164.95 grams of methamphetamine. When Elder committed this offense,…
Read More Kentucky Drug Dealer Gets 151 Months In Prison In Meth Trafficking Case
TAMPA, Fla. – Cedric Durham, Jr., 22, Tampa, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Durham pleaded guilty on November 28, 2022. According to court documents, on March 6, 2022, a shooting occurred at the…
Read More Tampa Pin Chasers Shooter Gets 4-Years In Prison
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation in Ruskin. On Friday, just before 10:00 p.m., deputies responded to the report of a shooting in the 300 block of Manatee Drive. Once deputies arrived, they discovered a male victim with…
Read More One Man Dead In Ruskin Shooting
The man convicted of killing 19-year-old Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus more than 25 years ago, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe rejected defense motions to toss out Paul Flores’ first-degree…
Read More Paul Flores Sentenced 25 Years To Life In 1996 Murder Of Kristin Smart