St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and Chief of Police Anthony Holloway announced this week some major changes to police response in the city starting October 1. The City of St. Petersburg Police Department will create a new division within the police department called the Community Assistance Liaison, to expand ourContinue Reading
A federal judge sentenced a Tampa man to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for sex trafficking of minors, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Luis Berrios-Trinidad, 30, of Tampa, was also ordered to forfeit a Glock 19 9mm handgun and cellular phone,Continue Reading
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled about half of Oklahoma belongs to Native Americans, recognizing this part as a reservation. The justices decided 5-4 in the Jimcy McGirt 1997 child rape case, that Oklahoma’s eastern portion, including Tulsa, will now fall under federal jurisdiction for criminal prosecution and that theContinue Reading
Tampa Bay Technical High School coach Reginald Lawrence will now face more charges of Battery and Exposure of Sexual Organ as new victims have come forward after the man’s initial arrest, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office stated. Lawrence, 48, a girls’ varsity basketball coach at Tampa Bay Tech was arrested Tuesday andContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man, Jose Manuel Zayas, accused of shooting a man in the leg and the story goes viral because of his Pikachu tattoo. Zayas, 30, faces charges of resisting an officer without violence, false name to law enforcement officer, attempted murder in theContinue Reading
Washington D.C. police are offering $25,000 for information leading to an arrest in connection to the shooting death of Davon McNeal of Southeast D.C., an 11-year-old boy murder on Fourth of July. Davon’s grandfather, John Ayala, spoke to WUSA9 about the horrifying shooting, finding Davon dead. “He was just gettingContinue Reading
A Spring Hill woman. Monica Gluck, was arrested for setting a house on fire with a blow torch, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Gluck, 35, of Spring Hill, was charged with one count each of arson to a dwelling and burglary to a dwelling. Police responded to aContinue Reading
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Samuel Friedman (47, Pasco County) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, Friedman owned andContinue Reading
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Jonathan Michael Rouffe (47, Boca Raton) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, in 2018,Continue Reading
ABC News was harshly criticized Sunday for whitewashing the story of a Black Lives Matter protester Summer Taylor, who was killed while demonstrating on a Seattle highway over the weekend. ABC News reported, “A young protester has died from injuries she suffered when a luxury car plowed into her and anotherContinue Reading
Tampa police detailed the arrest of seven protesters who blocked Dale Mabry yesterday as two vehicles were damaged. Police also issued Notices to Appear to two other demonstrators. Police officials said the protest had grown from 40 to nearly 100 and had blocked traffic for nearly an hour. The protestersContinue Reading
The Fourth of July weekend is not over and Chicago has already endured 13 deaths, 54 injured, with nine minors hurt and 2 children killed in different shootings. Police listed the first fatal killed Thursday night, 9:30 p.m., in the 4100 block of West 27th Street. A 27-year-old man was walkingContinue Reading
Petaluma police identified the man and woman found dead Thursday morning at a Petaluma home in the San Francisco area as Debbie Ann Passanisi, killed by her husband, Mark Richard Passanisi, in a murder suicide. Debbie, 54, had been shot more than once and was found in a common area ofContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Jeffrey Saylor (48, St. Petersburg) to 30 months in federal prison for the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. Saylor had pleaded guilty on February 11, 2020. According to court documents, Saylor acquired oxycodone prescriptions at a local pain management clinic, filledContinue Reading
St. Petersburg Police Department announced that a Clearwater man, Sean Peter Brewer, has been arrested for attempting to lure a 15-year-old girl into having sex with him. Brewer, 32, was charged with one count each of Luring or Enticing a Child, Traveling to Meet a Minor, and Unlawful Use of aContinue Reading
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner confirmed that Mark Jackson has been arrested and changed with second-degree murder of St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn during a George Floyd riot. Jackson, 22, faces second-degree murder, robbery, burglary, stealing charges, along with three counts of armed criminal action in connection theContinue Reading
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office charged a man, Jachob “Jake” Dean Bradley, for the June 18 Ridge Manor shooting which injured one woman. Bradley, 19, was charged with one count each of Shoot/Throw Deadly Missile Into Vehicle, Discharge Firearm in Public Place/Right of Way within 1000 Feet of a Person,Continue Reading
A Tampa man, Muhammad Al-Azhari, is being indicted for assisting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and violating the U.S. firearm laws. Al-Azhari, 23, charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, Islamic State, and violating the National Firearms Act, a ccordingContinue Reading
A Polk County middle school teacher, Leslie Bushart, was arrested Thursday for having sexual relations with a juvenile, after the boy’s parents notified the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on June 16. Bushart, 49, confessed to another person at a graduation party on June 6 that she performed oral sex onContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Antonie Latimore (36, Winter Haven) to 10 years and 10 months years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine base. Latimore had pleaded guilty on March 6, 2020. According to court documents, the FBI received information that Latimore, spelled in someContinue Reading
A shocking video went viral on social media of a man who threw fireworks on a sleeping homeless man, setting the man on fire. Now NYPD announced the details, offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. The video shows a man throwing the litContinue Reading
