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Detectives in Florida work to ID a woman who took a lost wallet and family keepsake. The woman in the video below found a wallet in a Walmart parking lot on Narcoossee Rd on January 26th. Police say the wallet had an old Suffolk County…
Read More Florida Woman Finds a Wallet With $2,000 in Cash and Family Keepsake, Police Seek to ID Her
ORLANDO, Fla. – George Poulo, 27, Orlando, has been sentenced to 170 years in federal prison for using a minor to produce sexually explicit conduct and distributing child pornography. Poulo was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release and register as a…
Read More “Monster” 27-Year-Old Orlando Man Going Away For 170 Years, Horrific Child Sex Crimes
BRADENTON, Fla. – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bradenton, Florida, man convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Money Laundering was sentenced on February 22, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier. Kent Duane Anderson, age 50, was sentenced to…
Read More Bradenton Man Sentenced for Money Laundering, 51-Months and $15 Million Fine
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – On Saturday, February 20, 2021, Pinellas Park Police patrol units responded to a private residence to meet with a 13-year-old juvenile female regarding a sexual battery allegation. A Pinellas Park Police Detective responded to the scene and took over the investigation…
Read More Port Richey Man Jailed for Sexual Battery of 13-Year-Old Granddaughter
SPRING HILL, Fla. – Detectives with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crimes Unit recently completed an investigation into organized fraud, taking place at a Spring Hill, Florida, McDonald’s. The investigation led to the arrest of McDonald’s employee, Brittany Robinson. Deputies say the initial investigation…
Read More Florida McDonald’s Employee Busted Stealing Customer Credit Cards
United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Donnell Salethian Woodard, a/k/a “Tank,” age 33, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court to 25 years imprisonment after pleading guilty in September 2019 to conspiracy to sex traffic minors and benefiting…
Read More South Carolina Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking of Minors
On today’s show, we watch the video and discuss Riverside (California) police officers shooting suspect, Jesse Clayton Gibson after he attempted to run over officers during a pursuit. Also, a discussion on the legality of “flipping off” a police officer, and ghost gun maker Polymer80,…
Read More Suspect Shot After Trying to Run Over Police in California
Prince Bixler, 41, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Wier to 36 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $333,100 in restitution to three sex trafficking victims. In September 2020, a…
Read More Kentucky Man Sentenced to 36 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Multiple Victims
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – On Monday, February 22, 9:30 p.m., St. Petersburg police officers responded to a call for a person shot at the Saint Charles Row Apartments at 1175 Pinellas Point Dr. Police say, Faye Swain, 53, was arguing with her wife and shot…
Read More Florida Woman Arrested For Shooting Her Wife
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced today that crime is down in Hillsborough County, despite the population increasing. Between 2019 and 2020, the population grew from 988,250 to 1,012,384, while the crime rate continued to decrease, down 21% in 2020, as…
Read More Sheriff Chronister Reports Downtick in Hillsborough County Crime