House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, will hold a news conference Wednesday to address what his office describes as a “fatherhood crisis” in the state, as the House prepares to take up a bill that includes an initiative

Florida House Speaker Sprowls, Senate President Simpson Plans To Invest in Florida’s Infrastructure

Today Florida House of Representatives Speaker Chris Sprowls and Senate President Wilton Simpson announced their plan to fund key infrastructure programs by restructuring the distribution of documentary stamp tax dollars currently allocated for the Sadowski Trust Fund.  Under the three-part infrastructure plan, one-third of the…

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Lee Ray Boykin Jr.

Former Texas State Trooper Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Women While On Duty

Authorities are seeking potential victims following the arrest of a 32-year-old Spring man on federal civil rights violations, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Lee Ray Boykin Jr. is a former State Trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety. The criminal complaint, filed…

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Hazard

Latin Gang Member Who Led Firebomb Attacks on African American Homes, Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison

A senior member of the Big Hazard street gang was sentenced on Tuesday morning to 192 months in federal prison for orchestrating and executing the nighttime firebombing of African American families at the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle Heights in 2014 in order to…

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Cancer Drug Indian Company

Indian Cancer Drug Manufacturer to Pay $50 Million, Concealing and Destroying Records in Advance of FDA Inspection

Indian drug manufacturer Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited (FKOL) was sentenced to pay $50 million in fines and forfeiture after pleading guilty to concealing and destroying records prior to a 2013 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plant inspection. In criminal information previously filed in federal…

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Rebekah Jones Raid

‘No Gun In Her Face’ Rebekah Jones, FULL Body-Cam Video Florida Department of Law Enforcement

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released the full video of body-worn cameras during the Rebekah Jones ‘raid’, which wasn’t much of a raid at all, as shown by the videos below. In a statement today, FDLE said, “The actions of Florida Department of Law…

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