The University of Florida’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has been suspended and is currently under investigation for hazing by campus police. According to the University of Florida spokeswoman, the fraternity was suspended after a student suffered severe injuries over the weekend from what investigators believe was hazing. The UF Vice…
Search warrants were served at homes in Orlando, Apopka, Sorrento and Kissimmee and a total of nine people were arrested Tuesday as a number of Central Florida police agencies dug further into an investigation into an alleged large-scale Mexican marijuana distribution ring labeled the “Gulf Cartel.” The FBI, ICE’s Homeland…
A 46-year-old Tallahassee doctor was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for his involvement in a prescription pill trafficking operation. The man was also ordered to pay a $500,000 fine and investigative and prosecutorial costs. According to the Florida Office of the Attorney General, the illegal operation was to…
A Seminole County contracting firm owner is accused of racketeering and insurance fraud after State Farm Insurance claims the company billed for work that was never done and charged for products that were never used in order to fix homes damaged by sinkholes from Orlando to Tampa Bay. Although the…
A 52-year-old Columbian man was arrested in the Orlando area Saturday morning for having $6,500 in counterfeit U.S. currency in his possession. A Kissimmee police officer pulled the man over Saturday morning driving a dark blue BMW with a tinted front windshield. The officer apparently instructed him to pull over…
A 39-year-old Royal Palm Beach, Florida man has been charged with one count of filing a false personal income tax return for 2008 for himself and seven counts of filing false tax returns for his clients. He is also charged with fraudulently claiming the First-Time Home Buyer Credit and other…
Ex-Orlando Magic point guard Darrell Armstrong was arrested in California Tuesday on an outstanding warrant stemming from an alleged unpaid $37,500 debt at a Las Vegas Strip casino. The 43-year-old current Dallas Mavericks assistant coach is accused of writing a worthless check and theft deriving from casino markers or IOUs…
A Florida Ave Maria law school student is being held on $1 million bond after police claim he supposedly pointed a gun at his ex-girlfriend and fired shots at his roommate. The 25-year-old student was charged Friday with attempted murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to the…
Florida authorities believe that a 12-year-old boy may have been critically wounded on New Year ‘s Eve following a celebratory gunshot supposedly fired into the air miles away. According to reports, the boy and his family were outside their home enjoying the fireworks display around 1 a.m., when the boy…
Six Citrus County, Florida residents have been arrested and are facing various drug charges after investigations conducted by the Sheriff’s Office and the CCSO’s Tactical Impact Unit and Pharmacy Diversion Unit revealed illegal dealings of prescription narcotics. The arrests ranged from doctor shopping to hydrocodone trafficking. Several of the supposed…