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RIVERVIEW, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a double shooting that occurred early Monday morning, in Riverview. Jordan Jaime Silver, 20, is facing felony charges of First Degree Attempted Murder Premeditated with a Firearm and Second Degree Murder with…
Read More Riverview Double Shooting Monday, Jordan Silver Arrested
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report, DOJ PR Ocala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Carlos Eduardo Hampton (23, Cocoa) to eight years and one month in federal prison for robbery and for possessing a firearm as a convicted…
Read More Rural King Robber Sentenced To More Than 8-Years In Federal Prison
July 27, 2020 By: Staff and HCSO PR TAMPA, Fla.- The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after he burglarized a local church, stealing a safe and laptop during the crime. A suspect was seen on surveillance video burglarizing the ALTAR Church located at…
Read More Tampa Man Burglarized Church, Arrested
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Rochester, Ill., man, Randall E. Tarr, today entered a plea of guilty to making a threat against U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis. Tarr, 65, of the 200 block of E. Mill St., Rochester, Ill., entered his…
Read More Illinois Man Pleads Guilty, Threatening to Shoot U.S. Congressman
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report and PCSO PR FROSTPROOF, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested the father of gunman in the Frostproof Massacre Tony Wiggins, and 3 others for environmental hazards at the compound. On Friday, July 24, 2020, PCSO Environmental Crimes detectives…
Read More Frostproof ‘Massacre’ Gunman’s Father and 3 Others Arrested
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report DOJ PR TAMPA, Fla. – Senior U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington has sentenced Luis Michael Quercia (54, Bradenton Florida) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered…
Read More Florida Man Sentenced To 15-Years, Possessing Firearm & Ammunition
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report, DOJ PR Ocala, Fla. – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Jeron Cantrell Martin (38, Belleview) to three years and eight months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court…
Read More Armed Felon Sentenced To Over 3-Years In Federal Prison DOJ
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Jasmine Wynne (30, Ruskin) with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, five counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of…
Read More St. Petersburg Postal Clerk Indicted For Stealing Mail Passport Applications To Commit Bank Fraud
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report RIVERVIEW, Fla. – The person of interest is in police custody after an shooting left a woman dead and another person injured in Riverview Monday. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide, which happened in the 13000 of…
Read More Riverview Homicide, Person of Interest is in Custody
July 27, 2020 By: Staff Report JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Richard Earl Jenkins, Jr. (43, Jacksonville) with three counts of production of child pornography. If convicted, Jenkins faces a minimum mandatory term of…
Read More Jacksonville Man Indicted For Production Of Child Pornography