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July 17, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- 72-year-old Luther Lassiter, is being held with no bond in Hillsborough County Jail. Tampa Police Department arrested Lassiter Thursday at his home on Beauchamp Road in Plant City, on multiple sexual battery and molestation charges, with a…
Read More Tampa Police Arrest Man, Sexual Abuse, Under 12 Years Of Age
July 16, 2020 By: Staff Report PR CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Tammy Newsome, 54, of Ashland, Kentucky, entered a guilty plea to mail fraud for her role in a scheme to defraud Toyota of more than $4.3 million, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Newsome joins three…
Read More Kentucky Woman Pleads Guilty in $4 Million Warranty Fraud Scheme
July 16, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock AURORA Co. – In this episode, hundreds of Los Angeles (California) police officers calling in sick on the 4th of July in protest over the mistreatment of officers and Los Angeles City Council imposed budget cuts.…
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July 15, 2020 By: LEO Roundtable, Chip DeBlock NEW YORK, Ny. – In this episode, New York Police Department official Sgt. Mary Francis O’Donnel reporting a retirement surge that quadrupled the rate from 2019. Also mentioned: NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio; Chris Monahan, president of the…
Read More What We Demand Before Having The Police Reform Discussion – LEO Round Table
July 15, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is working to identify two young women who pepper-sprayed an elderly woman in Tampa. On July 11, 2020, the two female suspects used a water gun to pepper spray a victim…
Read More Elderly Women Battered and Pepper Sprayed, Suspects on Surveillance
July 15, 2020 By: Staff and HCSO Release TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects who used stolen credit cards to make fraudulent purchases. On June 12, 2020, the unknown suspects entered two lockers in the…
Read More HCSO Needs Help Identifying Credit Card Fraud Suspects
July 15, 2020 By: FBI PR KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Kansas priest who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The defendant also was ordered to pay $5,000 under the Justice…
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July 15, 2020 By: Jake Grissom PLANT CITY, Fla. – 59-year-old Darryl Lowery was arrested today on 10-counts of child pornography by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Charged with ten 2nd degree felonies, Lowery is being held on a $75,000 bond by Hillsborough County…
Read More Plant City Man Jailed On Possession of Child Porn
July 15, 2020 By: DOJ PR OCALA, Fla. – Malcolm Straughter (35, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Straughter was…
Read More Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearm Offense
July 14, 2020 By: LEO Roudtable, Chip DeBlock WASHINGTON, D.C. – In this episode, The LEO Roundtable discusses “Abolish Absolute Immunity for public officials if Qualified Immunity is abolished for law enforcement officers” https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti… “Request DOJ investigate improper prosecution of Atlanta Police officers by DA Paul…
Read More Do We Need To Increase Quantity And Quality Of Police Training? – LEO Round Table