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Tampa Man Sentenced To 28-Years After Committing Five Armed Robberies
TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Eric Lee Robinson, Jr. (29, Tampa) to 28 years in federal prison for conducting a st [...]
‘No Gun In Her Face’ Rebekah Jones, FULL Body-Cam Video Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released the full video of body-worn cameras during the Rebekah Jones 'raid', which wasn't much of a raid a [...]
Pinellas County Jail Inmate Charged in Death of Fellow Inmate
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - According to detectives, on Saturday, June 13, 2020, 54-year-old inmate Julio Vega and 20-year-old inmate Jamar Johnson had a [...]
WATCH: Florida Deputies Rescue Homeless Man Stuck in a Creek for 2-Days
At around 1:30 am on November 18th, deputies were dispatched to a call at Mike’s Mini Mart located at 57th Ave and 15th St E. in Bradenton Florida. W [...]
Body-Cam Video of The Riverview Deputy-Involved Shooting Released
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has released the body-worn camera video of a deputy-involved shooting that took [...]
Wauchula Shooting Suspect Arrested By Deputies and FDLE in Polk County
HARDEE COUNTY, Fla. - Jose Garza, the suspect responsible for the recent shooting on Osprey Lane, has been apprehended and arrested in Polk County, F [...]
U.S. Homicides On The Rise, According to CCJ and FBI
America is seeing a surge in violent crimes and homicides in 2020. A new report, by the Council on Criminal Justice, found that Homicide rates increa [...]
Tampa Murder Suspect Behind Bars in Polk County Jail
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was searching for a suspect connected to a deadly shooting in Tampa Wednesday night. According to deputies, [...]
Operation PAR Employee Arrested, Child Sexual Battery
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. - Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested an Operation PAR employee for Sexual Battery with Cust [...]
Hernando County Deputy Uses Drone to Locate and Secure Suicidal Woman in the Woods
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - On Wednesday, at 5:31 p.m., Hernando County Sheriff's deputies responded to a residence on Winter Street in reference to a suicid [...]