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July 5, 2020 By: Staff Report APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – A man was found bleeding from his head on Parkshore Drive, in the Waterset community Sunday in Apollo Beach. A passing motorist said, “We were driving out of the neighborhood and saw the man lying…
Read More Apollo Beach Man Found Lying Injured in the Street -Waterset Community
July 5, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – Tampa Police Department is seeking your help identifying a person of interest in a homicide that occurred June 29, 2020, near E. Waters Ave. and N 14th st. Video captured the victim walking with this man…
Read More Tampa Police Need Your Help, Homicide – Person of Interest on Video
July 5, 2020 By: Staff Report SEATTLE, Wa. – According to KIRO 7 in Seattle, one protester has died and another is in serious condition after being hit by a car that plowed into a crowd on I-5 near the Olive Way overpass. A spokesperson…
Read More Seattle Protester Dies, Driver of Car in Police Custody
July 5, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla- Independence Day 2020 appeared to be complete chaos on Dale Mabry Hwy and Palmetto Streets Saturday. Protesters and Police clash as the protest spilled into the street. There were reports that 9 people were arrested at the…
Read More 4th of July Protests Turn Into Unrest and Arrests in Tampa
July 4, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – During the protest on Dale Mabry earlier today, there were some scenes that ended in arrests. Victoria Cierra Bates, 31, from Lakeland, was arrested at the crossroads of Dale Mabry and Palmetto Streets. Bates, 31, was charged…
Read More Lakeland Woman Arrested at Dale Mabry Protest in Tampa
July, 2, 2020 By: Staff Report NEW HAMPSHIRE – British socialite and former Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested after largely disappearing from the public eye following the disgraced financier’s arrest and death by suicide in August 2019. Maxwell will appear in court…
Read More FBI – Jeffrey Epstein’s Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested Indictment Attached
July 1 , 2020 By: Staff Report and Presser WINTER HAVEN Fla. – Wednesday Polk County Sheriff’s fraud detectives obtained an arrest warrant and took 62-year-old Sharon McClelland Bradley of Lakeland into custody. Charges against McClelland are as follows: Grand theft over $100,000 (F1)Fraud (F1)Criminal use of…
Read More Sheriff Grady Judd Says, “It’s a good thing I ain’t Jesus” $768,000 Church Embezzlement Investigation
July 1, 2020 By: Staff Report SEATTLE WA – CHOP Protesters have been disbursed from the Autonomous Zone in Seattle. “Since demonstrations at the East Precinct area began on June 8th, two teenagers have been killed and three people have been seriously wounded in late-night…
Read More Police Move In – Seattle Mayor Issues Emergency Order to Disperse Protesters CHOP CHAZ Area
June 26, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – On May 10, 2019, at approximately 5:53 PM, a homicide occurred in the 6200 block of 43rd Street North in Tampa. The victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died as a result of their injuries. Two…
Read More Reward: Tampa Most Wanted 2nd Degree Murder & Felon in Possession of a Firearm
June 26, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – A Tampa man accused of trying to help ISIS carry out a mass shooting, possibly at Honeymoon Island, has been indicted on terrorism charges. Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari, 23, is facing charges of attempting to provide material…
Read More Tampa Man Indicted for Assisting ISIS and Firearms