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PANAMA CITY, FL -A handful of teenagers in Panama City, it appears, have some questions to answer and most likely not just to police after their 28 pounds of marijuana …

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – Two defendants were sentenced last week in federal court for their roles in an international firearms trafficking ring. On Monday, January 11, 2021, Naomi Natal Haynes, …

TAMPA, FLORIDA  – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Kwame’ Leon Weaver (31, Clearwater) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a mixture of fentanyl, acetylfentanyl, and …

SOUTH BROOKSVILLE, FL – A man was shot on Martin Luther King Boulevard on Martin Luther King Day in South Brooksville according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.  The HCSO …

CLEARWATER, FL –  The Clearwater Police Department has found the members of the Clearwater Mailbox Baseball team that went on a hitting streak last month. “Remember the suspects who went …

AVON PARK, FL – Jacob Waldron Graham, 28, of 4717 Shad Drive in Avon Park, was initially arrested on Dec. 30 and charged with four counts of transmitting information harmful …

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Federal law enforcement agents today arrested Daniel Baker of Tallahassee for transmission, in interstate commerce, of communication containing a threat to kidnap or to injure. Baker issued …

MIAMI, FLORIDA – South Florida federal prosecutors have charged two U.S. Virgin Islands police officers and four others with drug trafficking crimes after federal agents discovered more than 300 kilograms …

TAMPA, FLORIDA – Christopher Buonocore (34, Hicksville, NY) has pleaded guilty to six counts of cyberstalking. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison on each count. …

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Travis M. Butler, of Pensacola, was sentenced today to life imprisonment on federal charges of enticing a minor for sexual activity and producing child [censored]ography. Butler pled …

PONCE DE LEON, FL—One person has been reported dead in a home fire in Ponce De Leon, Florida overnight.  A 911 call promptly dispatches first responders to a fatal residential …

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald J. Trump’s time in office is winding down and while Joe Biden is being inaugurated, the outgoing President is planning an ‘outgoing’ event at Andrews …

STUART, FL – A Martin County photographer has been arrested after his lover found a hidden camera under a towel recording their romantic adventures.  He met his victim on the …

BOISE, IDAHO – Alvin Willie George, 25, of Cross City, Florida, pleaded guilty to two counts of cyberstalking, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. George was indicted by a …

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Jermica Jerri Dominick Brooks (37, Orlando) a/k/a “Jermica Jerri Dominick Sykes” to six years and nine months in federal …

LAKE CITY, FL –  A Lake City woman is recovering from her injuries after being hit in the head with a concrete block while she was being robbed. On Tuesday, …

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – William Brown, Ronald Williams, and McLane Ricardo Haddocks III have been sentenced for trafficking and conspiring to trafficking fentanyl and heroin. The three were long-time Florida drug …

INDIAN RIVER  COUNTY, FL – During the COVID-19 pandemic, dollar stores have turned dangerous and in some cases, even deadly.  Another attempted murder has been reported at an American dollar …

VERO BEACH, FL –   A Vero Beach man said it was only a “light throw” when he threw a cup of water at a store manager who wanted him to …

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL –  A memorial fund has been setup for fallen Hillsborough Sheriff’s Department officer Brian LaVigne. “We have set up a memorial page on our website for Master …

CAPE CORAL, FL –  The Cape Coral Police Department responded to a call of a male brandishing a handgun and pointing it at two adults and a juvenile in the …

MARION COUNTY, FL -The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is once again asking the public for assistance to help identify a man who robbed a milk man at gunpoint in September. …

OCALA, FL – A scenario that unfolded in Marion County could have taken a turn for the worse, perhaps even fatal, but the calm and cool response by a Sheriff’s …

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Guy Anthony Folta of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute over …

MIAMI , FLORIDA – On Friday, the former Procurement Director for Broward Health appeared in Ft. Lauderdale federal court to face charges accusing him of awarding lucrative government contracts to …