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August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report CLEARWATER, Fla. – A Clearwater man faces multiple charges after barricading himself in his apartment for more than seven hours, threatening to shoot his wife and police officers. James Halterman was charged with threatening communications or threats of a…
Read More ‘Threatened to Slit Her Throat’, 7.5 Hour Standoff With Police Ends Peacefully
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – Max Chambers, 21, from St. Petersburg, and a former University of Central Florida student, pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of a machine gun. He faces a maximum penalty of 10-years in federal prison. A sentencing…
Read More St. Pete Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Machine Gun
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Sheriff Chris Nocco has ramped up resources and messaging for those dealing with substance abuse and mental health issues. “It’s okay not to be okay. That’s what we say to our own members within the…
Read More Pasco County Sheriff Ramps Up Efforts To Help Those Dealing With Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On Saturday the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the unincorporated area of Auburndale. Preliminary information so far is as follows. During the late evening hours of Friday, August…
Read More Sheriff Grady Judd, “You Just Should Have Left” PCSO Investigating Shooting
August 22, 2020 By: LEO ROUND TABLE, Chip DeBlock MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Today we discuss an off duty cop ingeniously tricking an armed robber and then taking him out. We also discuss the University of South Florida officer Presley Garcia being fired after an…
Read More Armed Suspect Demands Cash, ‘Victim’ Pays With Bullets
August 21, 2020 By: Staff Report BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – On Wednesday Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies responded to 15301 Peach Orchard Road in Brooksville to serve civil process (Injunction for Protection). During the process, deputies were met with resistance. The suspect, Michael Snyder, barricaded himself inside…
Read More Brooksville Man Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound, Shoot-out With Deputies
August 21, 2020 By: Staff, PR PLANT CITY, Fla. – A man died Friday morning after police say he was shot in the head in the 1800 block of East Alabama Street in Plant City. Plant City officers discovered a subject who had sustained a…
Read More Plant City Man Dies of Gunshot Wounds, $5,000 Reward for Information
August 21, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – The owner of a home on the 6700 block of Surfside Blvd in Apollo Beach was alerted through surveillance cameras that someone had entered his home around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 20. Herid Betancourt, 47,…
Read More Apollo Beach Burglar Arrested on Body-Cam Video
August 21, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock RENO, NV- Discussed today concerns body cam video released by Reno (Nevada) Police Department showing an officer accidentally shooting a man after a fellow officer struck that officer unintentionally with his taser. We also discuss Lodi…
Read More Reno Police Officer Accidentally Shooting a Man – LEO Round Table
August 21, 2020 By: Staff Report HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – Crime Stoppers is offering a CASH reward for information that leads to the location and arrest of Chester Dzikowski, 40. Dzikowski is a registered sexual predator and has failed to report vacating his permanent residence. Anyone with any…
Read More Registered Sexual Predator Wanted by Hernando County Sheriff’s Office