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A 69-year-old man was missing and a daughter’s call to law enforcement was answered from the ground and the air. On Tuesday at 5:11 p.m., Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Lake Lindsay Road in reference to a report of a missing…
Read More WATCH: Florida Sheriff’s Aviation Locates Missing And Injured 69-Year-Old Man
On Wednesday, a federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale sentenced 31-year-old Justin David Alban to 70 months in federal prison and 15 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Over 18 months between 2019 and 2020, Alban used an online peer-2-peer network to obtain…
Read More Florida Adventure Park Zookeeper Gets 70-Months Federal Prison For Possessing Child Porn
A Florida woman has been arrested and charged with the killing of a dog after an argument with her husband. Deputies say, Sherry Ann White, 51, was arguing with her husband and stabbed the dog, named Jake, nine times. Investigators say White woke up her…
Read More “I Was Mad At You” Florida Woman Arrested After Stabbing Husbands Dog To Death
Two Florida teens and some parents were arrested after one teen posted selfies online of himself with a gun. According to investigators, on Monday, December 6, 2021, the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that David Howell, 14, posted a “selfie” of himself possessing…
Read More Florida Teens, Parents Charged After Child Takes Gun From Dresser Drawer, Loans It To Friend
A welfare check on a Florida man turned deadly when deputies entered his home on Tuesday morning. A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Deputy was forced to use deadly force Tuesday morning after an encounter with an armed subject inside of the Riverview home. On Tuesday, at…
Read More Deputy-Involved Shooting: Florida Man, 88, Threatens To Shoot Deputy During Welfare Check
On Friday, 30-year-old Stuart, Florida resident Juan Antonio Garcia appeared in United States magistrate court in Ft. Pierce to face a federal charge that he attempted to produce pornography of a 15-year-old boy. Garcia is a law enforcement officer with the Sewall’s Point Police Department.…
Read More Florida Police Officer Charged Attempting To Sexually Exploit 15-Year-Old Boy
POLK COUNTY, FL. – On August 27th, Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call regarding a person in distress off of Old Bartow Eagle Lake Road. A father called authorities out of concern that his son, a Gulf War Veteran, may be having a…
Read More Sheriff Honors Former Lakeland Ledger Executive And Others With Commendation
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Charles Poole, 49, Hudson, to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing images depicting the sexual abuse of children. Poole was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised…
Read More DOJ: Pasco County Man Gets More Than 17 Years For Possessing Images Of Sexual Abuse Of Children
LAKELAND, Fl. – Traffic Homicide detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office have obtained security of the van suspected of fatally striking a bicyclist on Sunday, December 5, 2021, on 1st Street NW (Near Stroud Road) in the Kathleen area of Lakeland. 36-year old Antonio…
Read More Polk County: Sheriff Releases Footage Of Van From Lakeland Deadly Hit And Run
Deputies inside the courtroom had to deploy a taser after a Florida man jumped the gallery bar and attempted to make contact with the defendant, his wife, on Friday. On Friday during a criminal sentencing proceeding was taking place at the Charlotte County Justice Center…
Read More Florida Man Tased After Jumping Railing In Court During Wife’s Sentencing