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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”
August 11, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO PR TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a man who burglarized a Wendy’s in Tampa. On Sunday, August 2, 2020, at 11:00 p.m., a man, identified as Kelvin Barnes,…
Read More ‘We Have Clear Video Of The Suspect’ HCSO Looking for Tampa Wendy’s Burglar
August 11, 2020 By: Staff Report LAKELAND, Fla.- The Lakeland Police Department is continuing to investigate traffic crash that occurred during the early morning hours after the driver of a stolen vehicle collided with another car near the 1000 block of George Jenkins Boulevard. On…
Read More 10-Month Old Infant Lifeflighted After George Jenkins Blvd Crash Lakeland
August 11, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging support for law enforcement as officer deaths spike nationwide. Attorney General Moody today issued a statement regarding the drastic increase in line-of-duty deaths urging Floridians to support those who have sworn an…
Read More Line-of-Duty Deaths Increase Surpassing Total Officer Deaths During All of 2019
August 10, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO PR PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s Aviation Unit’s assistance in a cross-county stolen vehicle pursuit provided precise and valuable information that ultimately put a stop to the runaway suspects. On Sunday, August 9, 2020,…
Read More HCSO Aviation Pilots & Pasco Deputies Catch Runaway Suspects VIDEO
August 10, 2020 By: Staff Report LAKELAND, Fla.- The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 41-year-old Tampa woman on Sunday, August 9, 2020, after she left the scene of a crash wherein two people were critically injured. Nancy Norwood was located quickly by deputies, and…
Read More Critically Injured 2, Tampa Woman Arrested For DUI in Lakeland
August 10, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla – Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man and a woman for beating a man with a machete. On Thursday, August 6, 2020, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the victim went to a woman’s home…
Read More “Savage Attack” 2 Arrested in Machete Attack Town ‘N’ Country
August 9, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Hillsborough County deputies arrested a Seffner man, Brandon Venable, 34, Saturday, after he allegedly struck a man in the head and arm with an ax. According to deputies, Venable was found with an ax and sledgehammer in hand…
Read More ‘Struck a Man With an Ax’ Seffner Man Behind Bars
August 9, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. -On May 31, 2020, during civil unrest, several unknown suspects were captured on camera looting thousands of dollars in merchandise from T-Mobile at 2918 N. Himes Av. Tampa Police Tweeted out the video below. On May 31,…
Read More T-Mobile Looting Suspects Sought by Tampa Police
August 9, 2020 By: Staff Report BRANDON, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an early morning shooting that occurred on Tealwood Drive in Brandon. At approximately 4:30 a.m. on August 9, 2020, HCSO received a 911 call in reference to shots fired…
Read More Brandon Deadly Shooting Overnight, HCSO Investigating