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July 27. 2020 By: Staff Report, PR PCSO LAKELAND, Fla.- Polk County Sheriff Homicide Detectives arrested 29-year-old Robert Patrick Gibson of Lakeland for the fatal hit and run of a pedestrian on Combee Road in Lakeland on July 21st, 2020. Gibson was arrested and transported…
Read More Fatal Polk County Hit and Run, Suspect Arrested
July 26, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO PR TAMPA, Fla. – A Hillsborough County man has been arrested after he made online threats to shoot protestors. Saturday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office that Alex Bancroft, 30, from…
Read More ‘That’s Right. I Killed African Children’ Man Threatens To Kill Protesters
July 26, 2020 By: Staff, FBI PR PHOENIX, AZ. – Jill Marie Jones, 35-years-old, from Chandler Arizona, was arrested for attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, a designated foreign terrorist organization. John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael Bailey, the…
Read More ‘Rifles That Would be Used by al Qaeda to Kill American Soldiers’ Woman Arrested
July 26, 2020 By: Staff Report LARGO, Fla. – Christopher Michael Zdrodowski, a 42-year-old man from Largo, was charged with manslaughter after a woman was found dead from a gunshot wound in Largo Saturday night. According to reports, the shooting happened at the Ranchero Village…
Read More Largo Man Shoots and Kills Woman Saturday Night
July 25, 2020 By: Staff Report LAND O’ LAKES, Fl.- Pasco County Sheriff Deputies, arrested 25-year-old, Michael Lumpkin, from Land O’ Lakes on Friday. Lumpkin, 25, is being held on a $50,000 total bond in Pasco County Jail tonight. Charged with 10-counts of Possess/Control/View Materials…
Read More 10 Counts of Child Porn, Land O’ Lakes Man Jailed
July 25, 2020 By: LEO Round Table, Chip DeBlock DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Discussed today are Georgia detectives calling the coroner after mistaking a sex doll for a dead body. Also, from Delta Township Michigan, an officer-involved shooting from an Eaton County Sheriff’s Office Deputy…
Read More Sheriff Deputy Attacked with Knife on Video, Shoots Suspect
July 25, 2020 By: Staff Report and HCSO FB SPRING HILL, Fla. – Hernando County Sheriff’s Office busted 2 crooks that stole children’s play equipment in Spring Hill. On July 18th at 6 a.m., employees at A Brighter Future Preschool located at 2977 Commercial Way…
Read More Busted, 2 Men Steal Children’s Play Equipment Arrested
July 25, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.. – Tampa Police Department is seeking the publics help in identifying a suspect in a burglary. Can you identify the man seen here? On July 15th, 2020, between the blocks of Inman Ave W. and Morrison Ave…
Read More Tampa PD Seeks Your Help In Identifying a Thief
July 25, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR BARTOW, Fla. – On July 23, 2020, PCSO Computer Crimes detectives arrested 36-year-old Steven Lacy DeVane of Fort Meade charging him with 3 counts using a child to engage in sex acts (F-2) and 70 counts possession of…
Read More Fort Meade Man Arrested on 70 Counts Possession of Child Pornography
July 25, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO PR TAMPA, Fla. – From criminal pursuits to search and rescue missions, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit provides critical services in emergencies where every second counts, and an eye from above can make all the difference.…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit Scores National Award