Tampa dentist pleads guilty to sending over 100 violent threats to public figures and election official
TAMPA, Fla. – A Florida dentist admitted Monday to sending more than 100 violent threats to public figures and an election official over a span of several years, pleading guilty in federal…
Tampa Man Arrested And Charged With Preparation Of False Tax Returns
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and unsealing of an indictment charging Thomas Johnson with 14 counts of aiding in the preparation and filing of false…
Tampa Men Sentenced For Fraud And Identity Theft In COVID Benefits Conspiracy
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Kary Stevenson (47) and Corey Quinn (35), both of Tampa, for conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft related…
Tampa Bay Area Man Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Conspiracy
Tampa, Florida – Sebastian Visicaro (62, Trinity) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not…
Tampa woman sentenced for laundering $2 million in international “child modeling” websites
TAMPA — A Tampa woman was sentenced to more than five months in federal prison for her involvement in a money laundering conspiracy in connection with an international enterprise which operated subscription-based…
Federal Jury Convicts Tampa Man Of Theft Of Government Funds And Making False Statement To U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs
Tampa, Florida – A federal jury has found Barry Wayne Hoover (50, Tampa) guilty of theft of government funds and making a false statement to a federal agency. Hoover faces a maximum…
Tampa Bay Area Medical Biller Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, And Tax Offenses
Tampa, Florida – Joshua Maywalt (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to four counts of healthcare fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of filing a false federal income tax return,…
Tampa Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Obscene Material and Letters to a Western PA Minor
PITTSBURGH – A Florida resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of transferring obscene material to a minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Robert Fike, age 50, of…
Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Two Armed Robberies
Tampa, Florida – Taphonie Prince (25, Brandon) has pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty…
Federal Court Orders Tampa Pharmacy to Close in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution
A federal court in Florida ordered a Tampa-area pharmacy shut down and prohibited two of its employees from ever owning, managing or operating any business where controlled substances are dispensed. Pursuant to…
Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Two Armed Robberies At Area 7-Eleven Stores
Tampa, Florida – Giovanni Gort (32, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to two counts of armed robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. He faces…
Tampa Man Wins $1,000 a week for Life in CASH$LIFE
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Vincent Demshar, 57, of Tampa, claimed a $1,000 a Week for Life prize in the CASH4LIFE® Draw game from the October 7, 2021 drawing…
HSI Tampa special agent honored for Hispanic Heritage award
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa Special Agent Carlos Carrasquillo was recently honored for his work in federal law enforcement at the 2021 Viva…
Tampa Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Access Device Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Antoinette Thomas (32, Tampa) to three years in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part…
Tampa Accountant Charged With Murder-For-Hire
Tampa, Florida– DeAnna Marie Stinson (50, Tampa) has been arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with soliciting a crime of violence and murder-for-hire. If convicted on all counts, Stinson faces a…
Tampa Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And Fentanyl
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Steven Echevarria (35, Tampa) to 12 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Echevarria…
Hawaiian style poke bowls coming to Tampa
Tampa, FL – Island Fin Poke, a fast casual restaurant famous for its Hawaiian style build-your-own poké bowls, is announcing the opening of its newest location in the Carrollwood community of Tampa. Located in…
Free burger in Tampa? World of Beer hosting freebies for vaccinated on April 7th
Tampa, FL – It’s no secret that this pandemic and pretty much all-things-2020 left us broken, battered and just plain black and blue. But now with a potential end in sight, World of Beer…
Four shot inside their car at Tampa banquet hall gunfight
TAMPA, FL – Four people were shot inside their car in the parking lot outside of the SD Banquet Hall in Tampa overnight. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the…
Tampa police fire school resource officer for racial slur
TAMPA, FLORIDA- A Tampa police officer has been fired after an investigation revealed that he had used racial slurs on multiple occasions. “Delvin White was terminated from employment with the Tampa Police…
Do you know him? Police say he accosted woman outside Raymond James Stadium Sunday
TAMPA, FL – Police in Tampa are searching for a white male who allegedly accosted a woman against her will outside Raymond James Stadium on Sunday night after Super Bowl LV. “Tampa…