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August 14, 2020 By: Staff Report HAINES CITY, Fla. – The Haines City Police Department is looking for the public’s help in identifying a man who stole three cases of beer from a local supermarket. On Aug. 3, the man pictured walked into Winn-Dixie, 36019…
Read More ‘Stole Three Cases of Beer’ Haines City Police Needs Your Help
August 14, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR AURORA, Co. – The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Aurora Police Department, and Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office need your help identifying the “Double Dipper” Bandit. The banks where the robberies occurred are: KeyBank20290 East Smokey Hill…
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August 14, 2020 By: Staff Report HOLIDAY, Fla. – UPDATE* The Pasco County Sheriffs’ office said, “Ashley and Solidad have been located and are safe. Thank you to everyone who shared this post!” Earlier Friday, a missing person alert was posted saying that Pasco Sheriff’s…
Read More Missing Pasco Mom and Daughter Located Safe According to Sheriff
August 14, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock SACRAMENTO, CA. – Discussed today is, Austin (Texas) police fatally shooting Mike Ramos after failing to comply with police and Sacramento police shooting and killing Jeremy Southern while he pointed his gun at them. Also, an…
Read More Were Sacramento Police Slow To Act During 90 Second Drawdown? – LEO Round Table
August 14, 2020 By: Staff Report Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Jason Cory (47, Jacksonville) with three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. If convicted, he faces up to 20…
Read More Former CEO Charged With Wire Fraud And Money Laundering
August 13, 2020 By: Staff Report LAKELAND, Fla.- Update to this story here. Lakeland Police Detectives have made an arrest in the homicide investigation of two people found on Sunday, August 9, 2020. Felix Noel Molina, age 42, has been arrested and will be charged…
Read More Lakeland Double Homicide Arrest Made, 2-Counts First Degree Murder
August 13, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock TAMPA, Fla. – We talk about cities across the nation from Portland (Oregon) to New York City being dismantled by its own governments and inhabitants. Also mentioned: Portland Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, ESPN radio host Paul Gallant…
Read More Defacing The Nation’s First Major City “Back The Blue” Mural
August 13, 2020 By: Staff Report, FBI PR HOUSTON, TX—He was not faster than a speeding bullet, nor did he leap tall buildings in a single bound, but a man dubbed the “Justice League Dropout,” wore a gray baseball cap emblazoned with the Superman emblem…
Read More “Justice League Dropout” Robs West Houston Bank, Publics Help Needed
August 13, 2020 By: Staff: Report TAMPA. Fla.- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging eight members of a drug trafficking organization with offenses related to the distribution of cocaine and heroin. According to court records, this investigation targeted illegal drug…
Read More Tampa Gang Members And Associates Indicted For Drug Trafficking Violations
August 12, 2020 By: Staff Report PLANT CITY, Fla. – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Wilmer Rosales (22, Plant City), a/k/a “DoubleU,” and Joel Sierra (25, Plant City), a/k/a “Jojo,” with conspiring to traffic in controlled substances, conspiring to…
Read More Plant City Man Indicted For Murder In a Park Near Elementary School