Five Tampa Bay area residents are facing charges due to an alleged billion-dollar telemedicine scheme. Starting in 2015, the men and their pharmacy companies are accused of setting up an elaborate scheme that fraudulently solicited insurance coverage information and prescriptions from tens of thousands of consumers across the country, according…
Pinellas County deputies have been on a mission to arrest contractors accused of operating without licenses. In a sting conducted from Saturday through early Monday called “Operation Flush Out,” 30 people were arrested after pitching electrical, drywall and other construction services to undercover detectives. The three-day sting produced a combination…
Two teenage girls were charged after deputies said they stole packages from the front porch of a home in Riverview. The alleged incident occurred on Dec. 19 around 6:15 p.m. at a home on Palmetto Pine Street. The two teens are accused of entering into the neighborhood on a golf…
About 20 unlicensed contractors accused of scamming Pinellas County residents were taken into custody Tuesday. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies began rounding up the contractors at 5 a.m. during “Operation Nailed.” The men, roofers, painters and construction workers are accused of scamming residents out of thousands of…
Florida authorities said three teenagers – one 14-year-old and two 16-year-olds – stole a sport utility vehicle, sped away from officers and died in a fiery, violent crash early Sunday morning. The 4:30 a.m. crash happened in Pinellas County. A fourth teen in the SUV, who is 14, survived and…
St. Petersburg police arrested a 25-year-old man and charged him with two counts of kidnapping and one count of sexual battery with a deadly weapon. Police claim the incidents involved teenage boy. Police said the first incident happened June 29 when the man posed as a teenage girl on Facebook…
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler was arrested on charges of simple battery and criminal mischief Tuesday night. Police say Fowler was driving in the Trellis at the Lakes apartment complex Tuesday night when a man walking nearby criticized his driving. Fowler allegedly got out of his car, exchanged words…
A Dunedin man was arrested last week on charges of sexual battery on a minor. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office alleges that a 15-year-old girl was in the care of the 32-year-old man when he engaged in sexual activity with her on at least two occasions. The teen apparently told…
A St. Petersburg police officer has been charged with domestic battery. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, the man was arrested Monday following an altercation with his live-in girlfriend. The alleged incident occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The man was arrested Sunday. The man has been placed on…
A Largo man has been charged with possessing child pornography, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The 69-year-old was arrested at his home on 126th Avenue Wednesday morning. According to detectives, the investigation began in April after they received information that the man had child porn in his possession.…