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WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – Early morning on Tuesday, Nov. 10, multiple Pasco Sheriff’s Office deputies, including STAR deputies, responded to a report of multiple juvenile subjects committing auto burglaries in Wesley Chapel. The juvenile subjects fled in a vehicle and continued to flee, with speeds…
Read More ‘100-Miles Per-Hour’ Pasco County Sheriff Deputies, K9, Bust Juvenile Auto Burglars VIDEO
SPRING HILL, Fla. – According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 50-year-old Brooksville man was killed in when struck by a car in Spring Hill overnight Friday. A 27-year-old Spring Hill man was traveling westbound on Northcliffe Boulevard, east of Cartee Avenue. The pedestrian, a 50-year-old…
Read More 50-Year-Old Brooksville Man Killed in Overnight Pedestrian Crash
LAKELAND, Fla. – On Friday, November 13, 2020, the U.S. Marshals Service Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) arrested a fugitive from justice in Polk County. According to the information received from New York, 22-year-old Raymond Jackson (DOB 6/16/98) was indicted for second-degree murder by…
Read More U.S. Marshals – New York Murder Suspect Arrested in Lakeland Friday
The Florida Lottery announced that Albert Pike, 67, of St. Petersburg, claimed a $1 million top prize from THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00. Before…
Read More Florida Man Picks Up $1,000,000 At The Grocery Store
U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Kenneth Mark Pohlmann (65, Longwood) to three years and two months in federal prison for passport fraud and identity theft. This sentence will be served consecutively to Pohlmann’s Florida state sentence for lewd act upon a child…
Read More Florida Sex Crime Fugitive Sentenced For Passport Fraud And Identity Theft
Current ConditionsThe red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in samples collected statewide over the past week. No fish kills suspected to be related to red tide were reported over the past week (please see https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/health/fish-kills-hotline). No reports of respiratory irritation suspected to be related to red…
Read More Florida Red Tide Status Update, FWC
On October 19, 2020, Anthony Banks was stabbed to death in Toledo, Ohio. On November 4, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Anne Hair for this crime. Investigators with the U.S. Marshals North Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force developed information that Hair was…
Read More U.S. Marshals Capture Multiple Murder Suspects in 2-day Period
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan took to the podium at a press conference today, to talk about the increases in gun violence in the City of Tampa. “The latest shooting occurred on East Palifox. Six people were hit by gunfire, two of…
Read More Tampa, 40 Murders 578 Gun Crimes in 2020, Chief Calls for People to Care
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Scholars Programs for students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and tribal land-grant colleges and universities. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is encouraging students attending eligible Florida institutions to apply. “With the Florida agriculture industry’s increasing need for professionals skilled in cutting-edge innovation…
Read More Florida Agriculture Commissioner Encourages Students to Apply for USDA Scholarships at Historically Black and Tribal Colleges and Universities
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lake Wales man Thursday, November 12, 2020, after he committed a series of crimes over several days, some while he was accompanied by an eight-year-old child. 36-year-old Ernest McKnight III was booked-in at the…
Read More “I Was Trying to Toughen Him Up” Lake Wales Man Crime Spree With Child