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A 54-year-old resident of Fort Meade, Florida, has been ordered to federal prison after he agreed to drive a tractor-trailer full of undocumented aliens from Laredo to San Antonio, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Joseph Winslow pleaded guilty on March 5. Today, U.S.…
Read More Polk County Florida Man Sentenced After Transporting 149 Illegal Immigrants In A Packed Trailer
A Florida man was sentenced yesterday in connection with a scheme to defraud his former employer, a Massachusetts-based uniform supply company, by falsifying invoices. Richard Ritz, 58, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 21 months in prison and two…
Read More Florida Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Defraud Massachusetts Uniform Supply Company
CITRUS COUNTY, Fl. – A 52-year-old Zephyrhills man was killed in a crash that happened around 6:30 pm Saturday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was traveling northbound on US-41, north of East Pemberton Path in Citrus County. Troopers say the driver lost…
Read More 52-Year-Old Zephyrhills Man Killed In Citrus County Crash
TAMPA, FL. – A 30-year-old Tampa was struck and killed while walking on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd overnight. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a car driven by a 28-year-old Tampa man was traveling eastbound on SR-574, approaching Williams Road. Troopers say the 30-year-old man…
Read More 30-Year-Old Tampa Man Hit And Killed Walking On MLK Jr Blvd. Overnight
Three men from Florida and Georgia pled guilty to aggravated identity theft and fraud charges stemming from compromised servers. Alessandro Doreus, 28, North Miami, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy to possess 15 or more access devices with the intent to defraud and…
Read More Florida And Georgia Trio Plead Guilty To Fraud And Identity Theft
TAMPA, FL. – Tampa Police Detectives are working on two separate unrelated homicides that happened on Friday and Saturday. According to police, on Friday, just after 2 PM, units responded to a report of shots heard in the area of the 2900 block of N.…
Read More Two Dead In Separate Tampa Shootings, Police Investigating
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – A 28-year-old Seffner man was killed in a crash that happened overnight on I-4 at the I-75 interchange. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was traveling westbound on I-4 approaching the I-75 interchange at a high rate of speed when…
Read More Seffner Man Killed In Overnight I-4 Pickup Truck Crash
WINTER HAVEN, FL. – A 74-year-old Port St. Lucie woman was killed in a crash that happened Friday afternoon in Winter Haven, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say the woman traveling eastbound on SR-544, approaching Old Lucerne Road. Vehicle-2 was traveling westbound when she…
Read More 74-Year-Old Woman Killed In Winter Haven Crash Friday
Former Florida Department of Corrections Officer Terrance Reynolds, 31, was sentenced Wednesday to 33 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Reynolds was convicted following a fourteen-day trial for conspiring to assault youthful offender inmates at the South Florida Reception Center, a prison…
Read More Former Florida Department of Corrections Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders
A federal court in the Southern District of Florida has permanently enjoined a West Palm Beach tax return preparer from preparing federal income tax returns for others and from owning, operating, managing, assisting or working at any tax return preparation business in the future. According…
Read More Justice Department Seeks To Shut Down Florida Return Preparer