The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) reported on the arrest of a St Joseph’s Hospital physical therapist for sexually assaulting a patient. Detectives were called to St Joseph’s Hospital South located at 6901 Simmons Loop in Riverview late Monday night, February 10. According to a nurse working at the timeContinue Reading
A Brandon man reported missing was arrested outside the White House on Saturday afternoon after making a threat against the president of the United States. On Saturday, February 8, a relative of Roger Charles Hedgpeth II, 25, contacted the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office to report that Hedgpeth had left his homeContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Ruskin man on child pornography charges. On February 7, 2020, detectives executed a court-authorized search warrant at a home on Charr Island Street in reference to a child pornography investigation. Detectives found more than 100 images of child pornography. William Luciano, 67,Continue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is reporting the arrest of five individuals upon completion of two undercover human trafficking investigations on Thursday. In addition, a true human trafficking victim being was rescued in the actions. On December 4, 2019, detectives came in contact with an 18-year-old human trafficking victim duringContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) reported today on a Tampa woman who is facing charges after getting caught by store security attempting to build an explosive device in a Walmart store. Just before 6 p.m. on January 11, deputies responded to the Walmart located at 2701 Fletcher Avenue inContinue Reading
A Winter Haven man has been arrested for felony animal cruelty after Polk County Animal Control found five neglected dogs, including an adult dog with skin growing around a chain. Last Wednesday, detectives arrested 51-year-old Fernandez Gunter. An anonymous tip on December 8, 2019 to the Polk County Sheriff’s OfficeContinue Reading
Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) report the investigation of a murder that appears to have started over an ongoing dispute regarding an alleged theft of a horse. 24-year-old Henry Fernandez-Soto of Lakeland was shot Wednesday evening, January 8, 2020, at 1735 Oakland Road East in Lakeland. The PCSO Emergency CommunicationsContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office report investigating a shooting on Saturday night in a church parking lot in Plant City. Around 8 p.m.on Saturday, January 4, deputies were called to a church located at 5100 Horton Road in Plant City. Two juveniles were in the parking lot, and one hadContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a daycare worker in Brandon was arrested on Friday for two counts of Aggravated Child Abuse. On December 18, the parents of an infant, who is under the age of six months, took their child to a pediatrician when the infant turned pale in color and beganContinue Reading
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Robbery & Homicide Unit reported on the arrest of 59-year-old St. Petersburg man, Wilbert Henderson. According to officials, on January 2, 2020, at about 10:30 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a private residence in unincorporated St. Petersburg, for a reported burglary and sexual battery. TheContinue Reading
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of two 19-year-old men for armed robbery on New Year’s Day. At approximately 5:20 a.m., on January 1, 2020, deputies responded to an armed robbery that had occurred at the CVS located at 30387 US Highway 19 North in unincorporated Clearwater. AccordingContinue Reading
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reported that a Sheriff’s Office Detention Deputy was arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI), then was subsequently fired. On Sunday evening, Clearwater Police Department officers responded to a single vehicle crash at 26200 US Highway 19 North, where 24-year-old Brittany O’Leary had driven her 2019Continue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an ATM explosion that occurred early Sunday morning at the Pilot Bank located at 12471 W. Linebaugh Avenue. At 3:11 a.m. December 22, 2019, a male suspect spray painted the exterior video surveillance cameras black, including the drive-up ATM camera. Later, at 4:25 a.m, there wasContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) announced the recent conviction of a sexual attacker from a crime committed in 1988. On November 15, 1988, the victim fell asleep on the couch. She was awoken in the middle of the night by an unknown male who was holding a knife to herContinue Reading
Detectives from the Lakeland Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit have made an arrest in a 38-year-old cold case involving the murder of Linda Patterson Slaten. Joseph Clinton Mills, age 58, was recently arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail, charged with First Degree Murder, Sexual Battery, and Burglary withContinue Reading
On Friday, 30-year-old Joshua David Jordan of Seffner was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for arson and for discharging a firearm during and in relation to attempted carjackings. The court also ordered Jordan to pay $82,200 in restitution to the victims of his crimes. Jordan had pleaded guiltyContinue Reading
Two pharmacists, a physician, and two marketers have been sentenced for conspiring to pay and receive health care kickbacks for prescriptions for compounded creams billed to TRICARE. On December 17, 2019, U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Dr. Anthony Baldizzi (56, Treasure Island) to one year and a dayContinue Reading
City of Tampa police announced the arrest of 50-year-old Ralph Perkins of Tampa for making violent threats on social media. According to police, on Tuesday evening they were made aware of a concerning conversation a complainant had on a dating app. After being rejected for an offer he made forContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest yesterday of Emmanuel Camacho Contreras, 29, and Carlos Spindola-Abreau, 26, for several package thefts over the course of the previous weekend. It was determined that the two were also fraudulently renting an apartment in the Brandon area. Detectives observed the suspects leaving theContinue Reading
Polk County Sheriff’s Office is reporting the arrest of 36-year-old Mary Whitehead and her husband, 41-year-old Antonio Whitehead of Lakeland for drug possession. On Friday, December 13, 2019, undercover narcotics detectives served a search warrant at 1133 North Swindell Avenue in response to tips received about possible drug activity at the home. DuringContinue Reading
Tampa police announced today of the arrest of 42-year-old Roy Dean for the November 26 shooting death of 48-year-old Alex Stephens. According to police, on Nov. 26 Dean got into an altercation with Stephens inside the residence of 4012 Ohio Ave, where Dean sustained a minor injury to his face.Continue Reading
