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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
August 12, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock TAMPA, Fla.- Discussed today are concerns that police officers across the country are being targeted by thugs with a lot of times on their hands. Also mentioned: Puyallup (Washington) Police Chief Scott Engle and Wauwatosa (Wisconsin)…
Read More Warning: Police Officers, Family And Property Are Being Targeted, LEO Round TableAugust 12, 2020 By: Staff Report DAVENPORT, Fla.- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Daniel John Ferrer (29, Davenport) has pleaded guilty to making a false statement while attempting to purchase a firearm. Ferrer faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal…
Read More Polk County Man, Pleads Guilty Federal Firearms Case
August 12, 2020 By: Staff Report FROSTPROOF, Fla.- U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven, on Tuesday, sentenced Mario Alberto Rivas. 50, Frostproof, to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. …
Read More Frostproof Methamphetamine Trafficker, 10-Years In Federal Prison
August 12, 2020 By: Staff Report MARION COUNTY, Fla. – According to the Ocala Star-Banner, a Gannett owned Newspaper, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told his employees they are not to wear masks at work and visitors coming into the Sheriff’s Office can’t wear masks…
Read More Florida Sheriff Bans Deputies From Wearing Masks
August 12, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Update here, Sheriff Releases Arrest Video and Mugshots. Sheriff Chronister and Attorney General Ashley Moody held a Press Conference on Wednesday to update the public on ‘Operation Small Talk’, a 3- day online operation that involved…
Read More ‘Extreme and Vulgar Actions’, 16- Arrested in Operation Small Talk
August 11, 2020 By: LEO Round Table- Chip DeBlock TAMPA, Fla. – Discussed today, safety pointers for retired LEO’s whose lives may still be in danger from aggressors. A great lineup of show panelists: Chip DeBlock (Host and retired police Detective) Bret Bartlett (retired police…
Read More Law Enforcement Safety After Retirement: Blocking Info, CCF, LEO Round Table
August 11, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO PR TAMPA, Fla.- CLICK HERE FOR AN UPDATE TO THIS STORY. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office identified 16 men who solicited sex with undercover detectives they believed were minors online and on various social media platforms. With the assistance…
Read More Sexual Predators 16-Men Arrested in Online Sting “Operation Small Talk”