A 27-year-old Tampa mother was arrested Wednesday night after she allegedly sent a text message to a local news reporter threatening to blow up a child care center. The reporter contacted law enforcement officials after receiving the text. Deputies searched the premises of the child care facility, but did not…
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…
A 63-year-old Florida airboat captain who lost his hand to a 9-foot alligator in June was recently charged with unlawfully feeding that same gator. According to reports, the man was attacked in the Everglades while leading a boat tour for an Indiana family. The family claims the man was holding…
A Miami resident and a Mexican national were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for allegedly trying to sell a $3 million Henri Matisse painting to undercover FBI agents. The duo is accused of attempting to sell Matisse’s “Odalisque in Red Pants” to undercover agents for $740,000 in a…
A Canadian judge declared a mistrial Wednesday morning in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend due to comments posted by one of the juror’s on a Facebook site. The man’s family apparently visited some Facebook pages after the 12-person jury was selected and cross-referenced…
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.…
Two Citrus County men were arrested Tuesday after Citrus County Sheriff’s deputies claim they purchased items consistent with the manufacture of methamphetamine. Deputies arrested the men after allegedly witnessing them purchase lye, Ephedrine, fertilizer and camping fuel, which are the components known to be used in what is called one-pot…
An 18-year-old Gainesville man was arrested early Saturday morning on charges related to carjacking. The man is accused of battering a friend with whom he had allegedly been doing drugs and then stealing the friend’s car. Later, a motorcyclist apparently spotted the man on top of a car that was…
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s office arrested a 29-year-old Port Charlotte man Wednesday after he allegedly sent a comment to his “friends” alerting them of a bomb at Town Center Mall. One of the man’s “friends” called CCSO immediately. Deputies and Charlotte County Fire/EMS went to the mall and began evacuating…
A 31-year-old Largo man was arrested Friday night after he allegedly brought his 8-month-old son with him to buy drugs. Police caught up with the man after his wife was pulled over for driving fast and erratically in Clearwater. She was apparently rushing to get to a home where she…