Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office detectives are encouraging the public to be on alert to recent phone scams occurring in Pinellas County. The suspects are calling residents in Pinellas County identifying themselves as a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office sergeant or a Duke Energy employee. In the case of the Sheriff’s OfficeContinue Reading
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of 38-year-old Angelo Bisbini and 37-year-old Michelle Frankford for selling fentanyl. Detectives began their investigation on February 20 when Bisbini agreed to meet undercover detectives to sell them heroin. When Bisbini arrived, Frankford was in the passenger seat. Bisbini agreed to sell heroin toContinue Reading
Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 14-year-old Dakota Hall of Lakeland Tuesday for one count written threat to kill or injure others. Hall, who was recently expelled from Lakeland Christian School (LCS), posted two threats via Snapchat indicating he would shoot and kill numerous students. According to the arrest affidavit,Continue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) released the photo of murder suspect, 38-year-old McKinsie Alexander Lyons Monday. Lyons, known to frequent Ruskin and Wimauma, is wanted for the murder of Juanita Donna Solorzano, Alexis Martinez and Solorzano’s unborn child last month. On January 24, 2018, at approximately 11 am, deputies responded to 2611Continue Reading
Hillsborough County Deputies say a husband and wife are dead in Apollo Beach after an argument lead to a murder-suicide. Police identified the couple, explaining that Miroslaw Rosa shot and killed his wife, Beata Rosa and then shot and killed himself. Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 1000 block ofContinue Reading
Florida Neo-Nazi group leader Brandon Russell was sentenced to 5 years in prison on weapons charges. Russell, 22, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Tampa. U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew expressed concern for public safety when she sentenced Russell. Russell has been charged with storing explosives and having aContinue Reading
Lakeland Veterinarian Dr. Gail Nichols and her husband/co-defendant, Paul Smith, have been arrested again on an animal cruelty charge. Smith was arrested Wednesday, November 1, and Nichols was arrested Thursday, November 2. The charge is as a result of the subsequent medical discovery of an untreated horse that suffered under their careContinue Reading
On Wednesday, two Newsome High School students, both juveniles, were arrested and charged with threat to bomb, a felony charge. On the afternoon of March 6, 2017, while both students were inside the McDonald’s restaurant located at 16701 Fishhawk Blvd they created a drawing of the Newsome High School courtyard area.Continue Reading
United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced Thursday that 23-year-old Jordan Tito of Tampa has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft. He faces a mandatory penalty of two years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, in September 2016, aContinue Reading
A 26-year-old Lake Wales man has been arrested in connection with a homicide that occurred in October, police say. Detectives with the Lake Wales Police Department have linked Julian William Bird to the shooting death of Mohammad Allam. Police say that Bird and another man robbed Allam on October 27, then shotContinue Reading
Investigators with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office have issued an arrest warrant in connection with last month’s murder of a Tampa Bay area woman whose body was found in a ditch. Evelyn Woodham’s body was found in a ditch in Palm River, the first of November. The woman’s body wasContinue 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
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Lakeland man for the death of a 74-year-old woman was hit and killed by a vehicle earlier this month. Jarvis Kendrick, 37, of Lakeland, was charged with one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death, and one count of tamperingContinue Reading
Investigators in Tennessee Monday found a 4-year-old girl who disappeared from her central Florida home on Saturday, and said the former family friend accused of kidnapping her is now in custody. Rebecca Lewis and her kidnapper, “West Wild Hogs,” were located in a vehicle near a Memphis hospital. A nurse recognized theContinue Reading
Police arrested and chared a woman with DUI early Sunday after she drove the wrong direction on U.S. 19, barely missing some of the other vehicles headed directly towards her. Anna Marie Sosa, 43, was driving north in the southbound lanes near Klosterman Road. Police released a video of the incident on Facebook. SosaContinue Reading
On Friday, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) reported being shot at while trying to execute a search warrant in Port Richey. Deputies went to a home at 8020 Congress Street to serve a search warrant. Deputies say say Kalomo Kamu Sr., 61, fired at least one round as deputies came through the doorContinue Reading
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton sentenced “YoungTorture” member, Kevin Edward Schoffman (30, Deland) to seven years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution to the victims of the offense. He pleaded guilty on June 3, 2016. AccordingContinue Reading
A second person was arrested Friday in connection to a double shooting that happened earlier this week in St. Petersburg. Michael Murray has now been arrested by police in connection to the shooting at 9th Avenue N and 37th Street. Murray, 26, has been charged with first degree murder and attempted felonyContinue Reading
The case of a former Turkey Creek Middle School teacher, Megan Connors, accused of having a sex with a 15-year-old student will not go to trial, reportedly taking a plea deal. Connors, of Brandon, accepted the plea deal, receiving five years in Florida state prison, two years of community control (GPSContinue Reading
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 58-year-old David Bryan Scott Thursday after he exposed himself to several students at a bus stop. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), on August 18, 2016 at approximately 6:30 am, deputies responded to N. Florida Ave and E. 131st Ave for a report ofContinue Reading
A former Hillsborough County teacher headed to court Monday to face allegations of having sex with her student. Megan Connors is accused of sleeping with one of Turkey Creek Middle School students, a 15-year-old boy. Connors, 31, had the sexual relationship with the teen between January and February 2015. She rejected a plea dealContinue Reading
