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July 10, 2020 By: Staff and LEO Roundtable MIAMI, Fla – Is Miami Cop Justified In Striking Woman At Airport On Video? The Free Press has partnered with LEO Round Table and will broadcast its Law Enforcement Program here in Cops and Crimes. LEO Round…
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July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police Chief Rick Maglione has been removed as the top cop in Ft. Lauderdale today. While he will stay on in some capacity as a city employee, that position has yet to be announced. Assistant…
Read More Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Rick Maglione Dethroned
July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report COLUMBUS, OH.- A rheumatology professor and researcher with strong ties to China has been ordered held without bond to face a charge of grant fraud for not disclosing that he was engaged in a sophisticated scheme to use approximately…
Read More Researcher Charged with Illegally Using U.S. Grant Funds to Develop Scientific Expertise for China
July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report BRANDON, Fla. – Austin Tyler Hoskins is in jail tonight and being held on a $166,000 bond. Charged with 28 felonies, all related to having and distributing child pornography. Hoskins , 18 from Brandon FL, was arrested today at…
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July 9, 2020 By: Staff and LEO Roundtable TAMPA, Fla.- The Free Press has partnered with LEO Round Table and will broadcast its Law Enforcement Program here in Cops and Crimes. Visit LEO Round Table atWebsite: http://leoroundtable.com/ Publishers Note: While The Free Press will always be free…
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July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – Mayor Rick Kriseman and Chief of Police Anthony Holloway announce significant change in police response for the City of St. Petersburg on Facebook today. The City of St. Petersburg Police Department will create a new…
Read More St. Pete Mayor Announces Social Service Agency to Respond to Non-Violent Police Calls for Service
July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report SPOKANE, WA. – William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a Federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging Clifton Frank Peter with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder,…
Read More Parker Man Indicted for Three Murders – Yakima Nation
July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report CAMERON, NC. – A U.S. Army soldier was sentenced today to life in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a minor, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon…
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July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Former Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputy Timothy Rock, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 58 months and seven days for drug charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. “The rule of law will be applied…
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July 9, 2020 By: Staff Report JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Brandi Nicole Fletcher (25, Jacksonville) to four years and nine months in federal prison for perjury and aggravated identity theft in connection with obtaining a fraudulent passport. Fletcher…
Read More Jacksonville Woman Sentenced To Over Four Years For Perjury, Passport Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft