In an indictment unsealed Monday, a federal grand jury in Miami charged a Florida medical doctor and three others for their roles in an alleged scheme to falsify clinical trial data. According to court documents, Dr. Martin Valdes, 64, of Coral Gables, Florida, Fidalgis Font,…
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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Science is sprouting in the Pasco County Library System during NASA’s “Plant the Moon” Challenge at the following library: Hugh Embry Library – 14215 4th St., Dade City “Our libraries team embarked on a ten-week challenge in February to examine how…
Read More Pasco Libraries Accepts NASA’s ‘Plant the Moon’ Challenge
TAMPA, Fla. – Calvin Engram, 49 years old, was walking from his residence to a nearby gas station to get coffee, a daily activity before being picked up for work in the morning. Shortly before 5:00 AM on November 4, 2020, gunshots were heard on…
Read More Reward Increased For Tips in the Murder of Calvin Engram
A corrections officer at the Jackson County Detention Center was charged in federal court today for taking bribes to smuggle illegal drugs to inmates of the facility. Daniel Coach, 26, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City,…
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Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announced the return of an indictment charging Henry Lee White, III, 26, Orlando, with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, transportation of an individual in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution, coercion, and enticement, and being a…
Read More Florida Man Indicted On Federal Human Trafficking Charges
LAKELAND, Fla. – On Thursday, March 4, 2021, at approximately 7:00 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving a single vehicle on Sikes Boulevard. According to reports, a 2004 silver Acura was traveling northbound, approaching the 500 block of Sikes Boulevard, when the driver…
Read More Lakeland Crash Claims the Life of 19-Year-Old, Police Investigating
TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office has indicted Tyrone Covington for first-degree murder. With this decision, Covington can now be prosecuted for the intentional murder of an 8-year-old boy on October 22, 2020. Prosecutors presented the case to the Hillsborough County grand jury,…
Read More Florida Man Who Murdered 8-Year-Old Boy With a Belt, Indicted on First-Degree Murder Charge
HILLSBOROUGH, Fla. – Thirty-two Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office cadets will be deputized during a graduation ceremony for Law Enforcement Class 20-03 later today. Following an extensive 32 weeks of in-depth training and classroom learning, graduates will receive their badges as they begin their journey to…
Read More 32 Set to Graduate From HCSO’s Law Enforcement Class 20-03
PLANT CITY, Fla. – In 2021, the City of Plant City’s Solid Waste Department will launch an automated collection system they named Cart-To-Curb. After much planning and receiving feedback from Plant City residents, details about Phase One of the new program have been released: Phase…
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The Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is issuing a community alert and asking for anyone to come forward with information about a heinous crime, in which a victim was kidnapped, raped, and left on the side of the roadway. On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, MCSO…
Read More Florida Woman Kidnapped and Raped, Left On The Side Of The Road