Dustin Shane Sandiford (31, Citrus Springs) has pleaded guilty to using a minor to produce child sex abuse images. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison. He had been indicted on June 30, 2021. His sentencing hearing is scheduled forContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced John Robert Cooney (54, Orlando) to 12 years in federal prison for receiving images of children being sexually abused using an online social media application (app). The court also ordered Cooney to register as a sex offender and forfeit the electronicContinue Reading
U.S. Marshals announced the rescue of 8 “highly endangered” missing children in Indiana over the weekend, bringing their total children rescued in Operation Homecoming to 72. “From August 31- September 4, federal investigators coordinated with IMPD and NCMEC to recover eight highly endangered missing children resulting in one arrest ofContinue Reading
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office arrested a St. Petersburg area couple, Samantha Smith and Cody Corbin, charging them with child abuse, hiding the 6-year-old boy’s injuries and scars with makeup. Smith, 26, was charged with one count apiece of aggregated child abuse with great bodily harm and child neglect. Corbin, 31,Continue Reading
NEWS TALK with Brandon & Bob debuted this week and Robert Herriman, editor-in-chief of Outbreak News Today broke down a new story proposing the ban on homeschooling with Brandon Jones. Herriman reads portions of the article as Brandon refutes the security argument of public education before sharing his personal experienceContinue Reading
Pinellas County detectives arrested and charged Zachary Hoyt yesterday for capital sexual battery on a child less than 12 years old. Hoyt, 31, confessed to the accusations that he placed his hand under the girl’s clothing and said it was possible his DNA would be found on the victim. AtContinue Reading
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports that Steven Tromblee was arrested Monday on a charge of aggravated child abuse after striking a 7-year-old girl and causing her to suffer a head injury. Officers detailed the girl’s account, confirming that she’s related to Tromblee. Tromblee became angry at the girl because sheContinue 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
Florida detectives are investigating the death of a toddler who was in foster care and about to be adopted. 17-month-old Aedyn Agminalis died last Sunday after being taken off life support and now the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has opened a criminal investigation. The boy suffered from bleeding on the brain,Continue Reading
St. Petersburg Police arrested and charged a 22-year-old woman with aggravated child abuse Friday after two young children were allegedly found in “deplorable conditions.” Chyanne Davis was taken into custody after police officers and a child protection investigator found a 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl in her apartment “ull of rotting garbage, soiledContinue Reading
A babysitter working with Care.com has been arrested for showing a 10-year-old boy in his care how to set off chemical acid bombs, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says. Identified as Joshua Stephen Lapin-Bertone, the Tampa man has been charged with four counts of Making/Placing/Discharging a Destructive Device and four counts of Child AbuseContinue Reading
