6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (271+ words) A jury in Florida has convicted Lamont Jackson on multiple felony charges, including kidnapping, sexual battery, burglary with assault or battery, home invasion robbery, burglary of a structure, and grand theft auto, State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced. Jackson now faces…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (160+ words) NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Authorities in Pasco County are asking for the public’s help to find a 53-year-old man considered missing and endangered. Deputies with the Pasco Sheriff’s Office are actively searching for David Neff, who was last seen around…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (380+ words) In a major shift in state surveillance policy, Florida transportation authorities have directed local police and sheriffs’ offices to dismantle automated license plate readers across all state-maintained roads within 30 days. The dramatic pivot marks a fundamental clash between civil liberties…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (308+ words) TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa police arrested a 43-year-old man late Saturday night after an altercation between a group of people moved across the city and ended in a fatal shooting outside a local motel. Officers were called to the 7100 block of…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (317+ words) A 40-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally shooting four people, including his teenage daughter, after breaking into their home. Domenico C. Gigante, representing himself in court, admitted to four counts of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of armed…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (271+ words) DAVENPORT, Fla. – A 22-year-old Jacksonville man wanted for threatening a convenience store clerk with a gun was taken into custody Thursday evening after returning to the same business, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded around 7:15 p.m....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (187+ words) POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Marathon woman faces felony charges in Polk County after deputies tracked down an overdue rental vehicle reported stolen out of Southwest Florida. Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 45-year-old Alexandra Fowler on Monday, August 24, 2026, while assisting…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (162+ words) HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A 56-year-old man faces charges after allegedly stealing hundreds of dollars’ worth of tools from a parked work truck, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested Joe Talmadge Butts on August 22, one day after the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (434+ words) A 36-year-old Detroit man faces multiple felony charges after authorities uncovered an alleged scheme to smuggle narcotics to inmates across the state disguised as legal correspondence. John Calhoun was arraigned in Detroit’s 36th District Court before Magistrate Delphia Burton. The charges…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (215+ words) A federal jury has convicted a Florida man for his role in a scheme to cash a counterfeit $560,625 U.S. Treasury check at a Wyoming bank. Daniel Keith McDougal, 37, was found guilty of passing a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check, bank fraud, conspiracy to…...