A 32-year-old former Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime lab analyst was arrested Tuesday on charges of grand theft, 12 counts of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and nine counts of trafficking illegal drugs. Investigators allege the man replaced prescription pain pills with over-the-counter medications while processing drug cases. The former…
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…
New Port Richey, FL – Pasco County deputies caught up with a man believed to be a suspect in an armed robbery of an Achieva Federal Credit Union branch just minutes after the robbery occurred on State Road 54. According to a sheriff’s office media release, a man entered the…
Holiday, Florida – Pasco deputies and federal agents raided a synthetic marijuana laboratory last month seizing 440 pounds of materials, including 100,000 packages of alleged synthetic pot. The raid was conducted as part of a national investigation with the Drug Enforcement Administration focusing on the synthetic drug industry. Pasco Sheriff…
New Port Richey, Florida – Last November, two men accused of running two prescription drug rings were arrested after a two-year investigation allegedly revealed the men and their suspected crews had shipped tens of thousands of oxycodone pills from Florida to Tennessee and Kentucky. On Friday, U.S. Attorney Robert E.…
A former Florida resident was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison on Thursday for mail fraud in connection with a $30 million Ponzi scheme. His original charges also included wire fraud and conspiracy, crimes that often get charged in conjunction with mail fraud cases. The…
A Zephyrhills, Florida man is being sought on a charge of attempted second-degree murder by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office for his supposed involvement in an alleged playground shooting in Wesley Chapel. This marks the third shooting to occur in the Wesley Chapel, FL area within about a week. According…
A 17-year-old male was arrested Wednesday by Pasco County police for involuntary sexual battery on a teenage girl. The alleged rape occurred at Fivay High School in Hudson, Florida. The girl told police that the teenage male sent her a text in November to meet him near a boy’s restroom…
A 24-year-old Land O’ Lakes man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with robbery by sudden snatching, according to the Pasco County Sherriff’s Office report. A 77-year-old Land O’ Lakes woman told police she was out shopping at a Kmart store on Feb. 11 when the robbery happened. She walked…
Cross dressing isn’t a crime, but violating probation can be. Tampabay.com is reporting that Dade City Police Department arrested a 44-year-old man dressed in a black tank top and blue denim skirt Sunday morning after he tried to run from police. According to the report, a patrol car was making…