August 9, 2020 By: Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Governor DeSantis awarded nearly $1 million ($990,565) in Community Planning Technical Assistance (CPTA) grants to 22 local governments and four Regional Planning Councils to assist Florida communities. Administered by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), the CPTA…
August 7, 2020 By: Staff Report MIAMI, Fla. – The owner of a Florida talent management company, two Northeast Ohio men, and six others have been charged via criminal complaint in federal court for their alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications…
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Free Press has been posting cold case files in the Tampa Bay area over the last couple of months, and trying to help keep these missing people and people that were lost to violence, in the public eye. This morning, I…
August 4, 2020 By: Staff Report, DOJ PR SAINT CLOUD, Fla.- A Florida man was arrested today and charged with seeking sex with a minor and inducing her to send him sexually explicit images, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Andrew Drechsel, 31, of Saint…
July 31, 2020 Opinion By: Chris Ingram Incumbent Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister is up for reelection. In his first election in 2018, after being appointed by the governor to succeed retiring Sheriff David Gee, Chronister barely defeated an unknown and underfunded candidate by just…
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report HOLIDAY, Fla. – On Wednesday, July 29th at 6:45 PM, a suspect drove his blue Ford truck to Camping World at 2112 US 19 in Holiday to plan his camper trailer theft. The suspect then left Camping World to…
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – A man accused of looking through the windows of multiple homes overnight between June and July was arrested early this morning by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies. At midnight on Thursday, July 30, detectives began conducting…
July 28, 2020 By: Staff Report FBI PR SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Rashawn Wynn, age 43, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 92 months in prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as part of the 110 Gang, announced United States…
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report and PCSO PR FROSTPROOF, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested the father of gunman in the Frostproof Massacre Tony Wiggins, and 3 others for environmental hazards at the compound. On Friday, July 24, 2020, PCSO Environmental Crimes detectives…
July 27, 2020 By: Drew Kesse and Brian Burns ORLANDO, Fla. – The Free Press has been posting cold case files in the Tampa Bay area over the last couple of months, and trying to help keep these missing people and people that were lost…