Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for Manatee County in response to the Piney Point phosphate leak and possible breach. DeSantis said, “Due to a possible breach of mixed saltwater from the south reservoir at the Piney Point facility, I have…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency, Piney Point Phosphogypsum Stack
Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Julio Lugo (44) and Rosenide Venant (37), both of Davenport, with conspiracy and making false statements to a financial institution. Lugo has also been charged with an illegal monetary transaction relating…
Read More Polk County Couple Charged With $5.8 Million In COVID Relief Fraud
On Thursday, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging a California man for his assault of Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone, as well as other crimes, during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 that disrupted…
Read More California Man Indicted for Assaulting MPD Officer During U.S. Capitol Breach
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an Executive Order on Friday, prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Passports. Last week DeSantis said the idea of vaccine passports was a nonstarter – and promised an executive order to ensure it would not happen. “We’re not supportive of that. I think…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Executive Order Prohibiting COVID Passports
Florida man, Chip Hawthorne, is on a mission for a great cause, helping those in need. Chip Hawthorne from Main Street Mower, a mower dealership with locations in Winter Garden and Clermont, is about to embark on this one-day journey, all to benefit West Orange…
Read More Florida Man To Drive Mower Across The State For Charity, Titusville To Spring Hill
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – With large-scale celebrations and gatherings canceled across the globe throughout the pandemic, the Pinellas County Tax Collector’s Office found a way to give personalized recognition to local fifth-grade students. The 2020-2021 school year marks the sixth year for the Kids Tag…
Read More Kids Tag Art Gets Creative with Mini Award Presentations
Customs and Border Protection officials rescued an injured migrant from the Arizona mountains, the agency announced Thursday. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations airlifted a migrant out of the Baboquivari Mountains near Sasabe, Arizona, after the man sustained a severe broken leg…
Read More WATCH: Air and Marine Operations Rescues an Injured Migrant from the Baboquivari Mountains
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – At its March 23, 2021, regular meeting, the Board of County Commission (BOCC) adopted a Resolution implementing May 2021 as Code Compliance Month, per Hernando County Ordinance, Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-57. The Board adopted this Ordinance as a mechanism…
Read More Hernando County, Reduction Of Liens During Code Compliance Month Multiple death threats, including repeated threats to FBI agents and a former United States Attorney, earned a Dewitt man 40 years in federal prison. Clayton Jackson, 35, whose legal address is in Minnesota but who was living in Dewitt when the original threats were made,…
Read More FBI: Minnesota Man Gets 40 Years In Prison, Making Threats To U.S. Attorney and FBI Agents In Arkansas
NEW YORK, NY. – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert Costello, 53, of Bethlehem, PA, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., to all five counts of child pornography offenses with which he…
Read More Assistant Commissioner of NYC Probation Department Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Faces 90 Years