TAMPA, Fla. – On April 2, 2021, the Reversible Express Lanes (REL) on the Selmon Expressway will maintain normal operation at 6:00 AM, with all traffic moving in the westbound direction from Brandon to the downtown area. At 10:00 AM, all traffic will be reversed…
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U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Jason Brian Goff, 45, Starke, to 20 years in federal prison for the attempted use of children to produce sexually explicit videos. Goff was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and to register…
Read More Florida Man, High School Janitor Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison, Filming Students In Girls’ Locker Room
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding beachgoers they can help protect nesting sea turtles by practicing some simple tips. Each year, thousands of sea turtles nest on Florida’s beaches. Because our state is so important to these special animals, beachgoers can…
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be holding three virtual workshops to gather public input about the short-term management of snook, redfish, and spotted seatrout in southwest Florida. Beginning in August 2018, the FWC made a series of temporary, precautionary regulation changes…
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POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The third family member in the Lowes fraud case has bee arrested in Pasco County. Susan Highlander Bailey was arrested by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office on March 27, 2021, on the Polk County warrant. Bailey has been charged with: Obtaining…
Read More Pasco County Sheriff Arrests Third Family Member in Lowes Fraud Case On Polk County Warrant
U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Justin Latronica (31, Orange Park) to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a child under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity. Latronica was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of…
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BRANDON, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Friday morning, March 26, in Brandon. At approximately 11:30 a.m., deputies were called to a shooting at a home on the 1800 block of Princeton Lakes Drive, inside the Park…
Read More One Man Killed in Brandon Shooting, Park at Portofino Apartments
A superseding indictment was returned yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Oscar Flores-Mejia, an associate of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, with murder in-aid-of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder in-aid-of racketeering in connection with the April…
Read More MS-13 Gang Associate Indicted for Murder of 17-Year Old Boy
LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. – Pasco County Animal Services (PCAS) is being formally recognized for inspiring positive change and helping pets and people in our community. “We are proud to announce that Human Animal Support Services (HASS) has named PCAS a Tier 1 shelter! This…
Read More Pasco Animal Services Achieves ‘Top Tier’ Status
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County’s state of local emergency enacted in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is extended for another seven-day period. Hillsborough County Administrator Bonnie Wise today signed an extension of the declaration under authority authorized by the County’s Emergency Management Ordinance…
Read More Hillsborough COVID-19 State of Local Emergency Extended Through April 1