PASCO COUNTY, FL. – A 59-year-old New Port Richey woman suffered serious injuries after crashing into the side of a school bus early Wednesday morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a Pasco County school bus with no children aboard, was traveling northbound on Old Tampa…
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PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – A 32-year-old Apollo Beach man was injured overnight after crashing into a flatbed tractor-trailer on I-275. According to Florida Highway Patrol, an International flatbed straight truck, was traveling northbound, in the inside center northbound lane of I-275 near Milepost 30. Troopers…
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – Taphonie Prince, 25, Brandon, has pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 14 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing…
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LAKELAND, FL. – Be a part of the Memorial that honors fallen officers who lost their lives while serving the citizens of Lakeland by sponsoring a personalized brick that will be included in the foundation of the Lakeland Police Fallen Heroes Memorial. For one month…
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POLK COUNTY, FL. – Daniel Brooke, 49, Winter Haven, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for theft of government funds. As part of Brooke’s sentence, the court also ordered Brooke to pay $84,139 in restitution…
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A Florida man was arrested in a human trafficking operation and brought a stuffed Pikachu with him to meet a child. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Theodore Ryan Jones, 27, of Satellite Beach, believed he was communicating online with a 14-year-old girl. He…
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PASCO COUNTY, FL. – Pasco County firefighters are at the scene of a collapsed building that injured three construction workers Tuesday afternoon, according to officials. Pasco Fire Rescue, the workers were flying trusses over the structure, which was located off Community Drive, when it collapsed,…
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL. – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Leon Grant, Jr., 40, St. Petersburg, to 14 years and 2 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance…
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Florida Highway Patrol released the dashcam footage from the Oct. 16 incident in a Twitter post that called the trooper a hero. The video shows Trooper Reginald Mathieu arriving at a scene with three cars pulled over on the side of the interstate, good samaritans who stopped…
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POLK COUNTY, FL. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred in Auburndale Friday evening, October 22, 2021. At around 5:50 p.m. a black Chevrolet Impala was traveling eastbound on Derby Avenue. As the Impala approached the Jersey Road intersection,…
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