Nearly 100 yards from where a Brooksville, Florida woman was bludgeoned to death about a month ago, investigators shot a man in the abdomen. Five investigators approached the 60-year-old man’s home on Sept. 27 with a search warrant in tow when the man allegedly opened the door and tossed a…
Federal authorities arrested and charged a 35-year-old Jacksonville, Florida man for allegedly hacking into more than 50 celebrities e-mail accounts, as well as breaking into Hollywood starlet Scarlett Johansson’s phone and leaking nude pictures of her to the Internet. He was charged on Wednesday morning with 26 counts of accessing…
The Florida Office of the Attorney General announced the arrest of a Hernando County, FL woman who allegedly operated an assisted living facility without a license. The woman was arrested Thursday by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office assisted with…
For the past two months, detectives from the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have been pouring much time and effort into long-term investigations that have recently culminated into 41 arrests of men, women and juveniles that filled the Highlands County Jail Friday evening. The Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshal, Florida…
A 17-year-old expelled Tampa student was arrested after police allegedly found the boy in possession of bomb-making materials and a diary with step by step instructions detailing how to carry out a bomb plot supposedly planned for the first day of classes. The boy was arrested and charged with threatening…
Nearly 40 more people were arrested this month from three Florida counties in the second round of arrests from an October drug sting at a Spring Hill pain clinic called Operation Glory Daze. The public information officer for the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the total number of arrests for…
A 21-year-old woman has been accused of murdering an 83-year-old man found dead in a motel room in Tampa. She faces charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery and as of Saturday, she remained in the Hillsborough County Jail. According to police reports, someone dialed 911 to report an elderly…
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…
My very first job as a lawyer in Florida came by way of an interview with a prosecutor, whom I later learned was one of the greatest prosecutors in Florida history. I am honored to have known him and worked in the same building for a short time. Since retirement,…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lake Wales couple after a three month investigation was concluded Friday that allegedly confirmed the pair was filming and distributing porn from their home. A Polk County judge deemed the pornographic videos as obscene material under Florida law. The couple was charged with…