The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested a former school bus driver named Hector Cabrera after he planned to meet with a young girl. Cabrera, 32, attempted to have sex with a detective posing as a 14-year-old girl, exchanging messages and agreed to meet at 1:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. When CabreraContinue Reading
Florida Highway Patrol and the Plant City Police Department arrested Alex Antunez in connection to the fatally shooting of a man with a black AR-15 style rifle. Antunez, 26, reportedly was outside of his home in the 100 block of South Forest Street with the unidentified victim and witness. PoliceContinue Reading
Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a pair for racing their sports cars across the Courtney Campbell Causeway as fast as 130 mph Saturday night. Abraham Othman Yacoub and Mohammad Bages Elghassal were both arrested and told the trooper that they were fasting that day and were trying to quickly getContinue 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
Lakeland police report two brothers have been arrested after a man died from an apparent gunshot wound. Roberto Rodriguez, 31, and his younger brother, Reynaldo Rodriguez, 30, were arrested on Sunday in connection to the Friday evening murder near the 400 block of Cornelia Avenue. Officials explained that the pairContinue Reading
A 5-year-old boy died yesterday afternoon at All Children’s Hospital from a gunshot wound, according to St. Pete Police. Ja’cari Ellis, was found by officers at the 3738 18th Ter. S residence after responding to a 911 call in the afternoon, around 2:27 p.m. The boy had been shot andContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) reported today that a deputy was injured and transported to the hospital early Sunday morning following a crash on I-275. At approximately 2:10 a.m., the deputy was sitting inside a marked Ford Explorer blocking a lane of traffic on I-275 South, just before E Floribraska AvenueContinue Reading
On Monday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne, pastor of The River at Tampa Bay Church for intentionally and repeatedly hosted church services with hundreds of members in attendance, despite knowing he was in violation of orders set in place by the President, the Governor of Florida,Continue Reading
The University of South Florida Police Department (USFPD) received notification of several vehicle burglaries that occurred in USF parking lot 5A (near Student Health Services and the Marshall Student Center) between March 21st at 1:00 A.M. and March 22nd at 3 P.M. The unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the vehiclesContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of scammers posing as deputies. In this scam, the caller claims victims have missed a recent court appearance and attempts to extort money out of them. The scammer’s phone number may even appear as the HCSO non-emergency line, 813-247-8200, or appear toContinue Reading
Florida’s three United States Attorneys today joined with Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to warn scam artists that they will vigorously pursue anyone trying to capitalize on the coronavirus pandemic by cheating Florida consumers, especially the state’s vulnerable elders. The federal law enforcement team is now actively collaborating and cooperatingContinue Reading
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Hillsborough County Jails, 164 non-violent inmates in the Orient Road Jail and the Falkenburg Road Jail are being released from custody. “As your Sheriff, there is nothing I take more seriously than publicContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) report investigating a shooting at the St. Joseph’s Hospital South located at 6901 Simmons Loop in Riverview. According to officials, just before noon on Friday, March 13, 2020, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received two 911 calls in regards to a shooting that had occurredContinue Reading
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 34-year-old Todd Michael Jackson for the double murder of a Haines City couple. On Friday, Raymond Mark Cline, 33, and his wife, Crystal Ann Cline, 37, were found in a swamp behind their home at at 3500 Windy Hill Road. AuthoritiesContinue Reading
Earlier this week, 39-year-old Heidi Kalous of Dunedin, FL pleaded guilty to conspiring and distributing a substance that contained a mixture of heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl, causing the death of an individual. She faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet beenContinue Reading
29-year-old Tampa man, Andron McKinney, has been sentenced to seven years and eight months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. McKinney had pleaded guilty on November 29, 2019. According to court documents, subsequent to a traffic stop, law enforcement officers searched the carContinue Reading
Sheriff Chad Chronister is pleased to announce that, once again, crime rates are down in Hillsborough County, despite the population increasing. As the population rose in Hillsborough County from 964,883 to 985,681 between 2018 to 2019, there were 1,260 fewer crimes in 2019. “In the last 13 years, I’m veryContinue Reading
23-year-old Palm Harbor man, Cody Robert Schoh was sentenced to 7 years and 11 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. According to court documents, the FBI began an investigation after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone at Schoh’sContinue Reading
This week, former St. Petersburg police officer, 34-year-old Matthew Enhoffer pleaded guilty to distribution and possession of child pornography. According to court documents, agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual had distributed child pornography on aContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a gun on the campus of Glenn Barrington Middle School in Lithia today. At 2:14 p.m., a 911 dispatcher received a phone call from a male who claimed he was in a bathroom inside Barrington Middle School and his friendContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a student who was caught with a loaded gun on campus at Armwood High School, located at 12000 U.S. Highway 92 in Seffner. On Tuesday morning, a teacher at Armwood High detected the odor of marijuana coming from 17-year-old student. TheContinue Reading
