A 71-year-old retired Tampa police captain accused of shooting a man that was texting during a Mark Wahlberg war movie will be arraigned on a second-degree murder charge Tuesday in a Florida court. The ex-Florida law enforcement officer is charged with gunning down the 43-year-old man and his wife with…
A 44-year-old Largo woman was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday for defrauding student financial aid and filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service. Additionally, the Court also ordered her to pay restitution to the IRS, in the amount of $110,971, and to the Federal Stafford…
Police arrested two men on Thursday for allegedly trafficking cocaine and a slew of other charges following a routine traffic stop. Members of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Investigations Unit apparently witnessed a driver not utilizing proper signals in the 4000 block of West State Road 40. Police claim…
Law enforcement officers in Daytona Beach continued their crack down on celebratory New Year’s Eve gunfire this year. For the eighth year in a row, men and women from the department were out in full force detaining those suspected of firing weapons. This year, police arrested two men who allegedly…
Two former Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies are now facing criminal charges in separate cases. One is accused of stealing money meant for the family of a deputy that was killed and the other is accused of stealing taxpayer dollars. Both Deputy Michael Glatfelter and Sergeant Joseph Reid resigned before they…
A Jacksonville insurance salesman pleaded guilty to a 15-year scam in federal court Friday. Reports suggest that more than 50 people were bilked out of nearly $5 million. Prosecutors claim that the investments the man promised large returns on were actually a Ponzi scheme that he used to buy commercial…
An Alachua County kindergarten teacher was arrested last week after police allegedly found a pound of marijuana in her home. Police claim they uncovered the marijuana throughout several rooms of the woman’s home, according to an arrest report. Police allegedly found hash oil stored in their freezer as well as…
A 19-year-old Lake Worth man’s Instagram selfies caught the eye of a Palm Beach County Sheriff and eventually lead to his arrest. The officer noted that the man had a criminal record that included grand theft, burglary and felony possession of a firearm, so the deputy apparently decided to look…
A 40-year-old Florida Atlantic University employee is accused of secretly filming other men with his iPhone while they urinated in campus bathrooms, then posting the videos to pornographic websites, according to Palm Beach County police. The university library staff member allegedly filmed the exposed genitals of 13 males as they…
A 56-year-old St. Petersburg property owner was recently indicted on charges that he failed to make tenants aware of the dangers of lead paint in their apartments, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa. The Tierra Verde man has been charged with four counts of failing to provide approved…