POLK COUNTY, FL. – On Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) arrested five people during a drug trafficking investigation that began in late October. Detectives began their investigation after learning that large amounts…
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – On Friday at approximately 7:37 a.m., deputies responded to the Duke Energy easement behind the Countryside Recreation Center located at 2640 Sabal Springs Drive in Clearwater after receiving a report of a deceased person. According to detectives, construction workers found the…
CITRUS COUNTY, FL. – Ashley Renea Hilligoss, 37, Citrus Springs, has pleaded guilty to producing photos depicting a minor child being sexually abused. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing date…
TAMPA, FL. – During his postgame remarks Monday night, Lightning coach Jon Cooper noted his team has “a little bit of a gauntlet coming up this month.” Cooper was referring to a stretch of games that, starting Thursday night in Toronto, includes a pair of…
Sebastian Hughes Authorities arrested a soldier stationed in Kentucky and charged him with murder for allegedly killing his pregnant wife at a military base, FOX 17 reported on Wednesday. Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Santiago, 33, was taken into custody on Sept. 28 following the death…
TAMPA, FL. – The Tampa Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management. This highlights the Tampa Parks and Recreation Department’s commitment to public safety, keeping kids safe and active, and providing top-of-the-line spaces…
Another case of a stolen home through the creation of a fraudulent warranty deed has hit a Southlake, Texas couple who purchased a $5.75 million-dollar surfside home in Redington Shores. The incident occurred in August 2020, just three months before the former Palm Beach home…
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – In 2017, the American Tort Reform Foundation ranked Plaintiff-friendly Florida as the nation’s #1 “Judicial Hellhole.” The Sunshine State was awarded the insult for its Supreme Court’s “liability-expanding decisions and barely-contained contempt for the lawmaking authority of the legislators and the…
A former Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida has been sentenced in a child exploitation case that dated back to December of 2019. U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Travis Ryan Pritchard, 38, Green Cove Springs to 35 years in federal prison for producing an…
Ronald Reagan once noted, “Government does not tax to get the money it needs; government always finds a need for the money it gets.” And Democrats, members of the party of government, leave no stone unturned in looking for that money. Now, it seems, cryptocurrency…