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November 30, 2023

‘Anomalies in the rear bumper’ lead Border Patrol agents to $3M in meth weighing 100+ lbs.

A suspicious-looking car had local deputies asking the Border Patrol for help, and they ended up seizing a whole lot of meth.

November 30, 2023

Man’s latest arrest was for possession of 2 controlled substances, exposure of sexual organs (again)

A man is under arrest for at least the sixth time in two years. He was wanted for exposing himself. Authorities say it wasn’t his first time. They also charged him with three other crimes.

November 28, 2023

Driver’s license was revoked after 4 DUIs, passenger had 9 arrests in 4 years in the county

Leave it to technology. A police officer wrote about an alert from an automated license plate reader that the owner of a car on the road didn’t have a license.

November 22, 2023

20-time convicted felon makes it 21, will be a senior citizen if he’s released this time

A Florida man with a long criminal history will be spending at least the next 15 years behind bars.

November 22, 2023

Man dressed as construction worker to steal copper wires from highway light poles, police say

Police troopers noticed a suspicious pickup truck on the shoulder of a highway and arrested the driver, who was reportedly impersonating a construction worker.

November 21, 2023

Leader of ‘fentapill’ pressing operation that produced tens of thousands of pills per hour gets prison sentence

A man who “ran an operation that pressed pills to look like legitimately manufactured pharmaceuticals that actually contained fentanyl and fentanyl analogs — so-called ‘fentapills'” — will be spending years in prison and turning over hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Stopped at traffic stop: Sting operation ends with Miami police officer arrested on extortion, theft and drug charges

November 20, 2023

Stopped at traffic stop: Sting operation ends with Miami cop arrested on extortion, theft and drug charges

A police officer in Miami is facing some serious criminal charges after a sting operation involving someone “he believed to be involved in drug trafficking,” according to federal prosecutors.

November 17, 2023

Man covered in blood charged with stabbing daughter’s 2-year-old bulldog to death

A call about a possible domestic dispute ended with a man accused of killing his daughter’s pet. Police called what happened an “atrocious violent crime.”

November 17, 2023

Aryan Brotherhood gang member who tried to bribe officers with drugs, guns gets 30-year prison sentence

A member of a hate group is going to prison for drug crimes, rather than acts of violence, a district attorney near Dallas announced.

November 15, 2023

Biden: The war in Gaza will stop ‘when Hamas no longer maintains the capacity’ to murder

President Joe Biden said the Middle East war between Israel and Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip will not end until Hamas is defeated. He answered questions from reporters during a news conference.

November 14, 2023

Florida man busted with ammunition, narcotics and pill press pleads guilty to fentanyl charge

A man caught selling drugs on at least two occasions has pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute.

November 10, 2023

From California to Florida, 3 charged with 1st-degree murder after man dies from counterfeit pill

A 27-year-old man was found dead in his bedroom in central Florida and authorities say the pill he had swallowed was not what he thought it was.

November 10, 2023

From supervised release to at least 15 years locked up for new drug, gun convictions

A career criminal in Florida, who was on supervised release when he was last picked up, will be spending at least 15 more years behind bars.

November 7, 2023

Prison time for man accused of breaking into police station to retrieve his seized drugs

A man arrested six times since 2021 has been sentenced to prison for the first time. According to the district attorney, Lyric Wynn “has no respect for this court, no respect for police, no respect for probation officers, and he showed he has no respect for other human beings.”

November 6, 2023

Photos from inside and out: House-turned-mushroom growing operation worth $8.5 million busted

A man was arrested for operating what police called “a clandestine psilocybin mushroom growing operation” at his home.

November 3, 2023

Federal inmate sentenced again, this time for killing an FBI informant in murder-for-hire

A man who killed an FBI informant has been sentenced to federal prison but he’s already serving time for a different conviction.

November 2, 2023

3 men, one’s mother charged in connection to $10k murder-for-hire of 17-year-old sexual assault victim

Three men in Florida have been indicted for crimes in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old sexual assault victim. One’s mother is also facing charges.

November 2, 2023

Woman’s attempt at sneaking drugs into prison noticed by shaky leg, over with dropped packages

A woman in Florida is accused of trying to sneak drugs into a prison. Now, she has a jail cell of her own.

October 31, 2023

Parents arrested, state investigating after toddler swallowed blue cocaine pills

A couple in Florida found themselves behind bars, but their baby was in far worse shape with a cocaine overdose.

October 25, 2023

Man indicted for selling cocaine-fentanyl mix to person who overdosed, died

A person died after ingesting a mixture of cocaine and fentanyl and now, the man accused of providing the deadly substance has been indicted.

October 19, 2023

Video: Man arrested after explosive device detonates, blowing teddy bear to pieces

A man is behind bars for allegedly playing with dynamite in front of a business, and the victim of the explosion was a teddy bear.

October 13, 2023

Traffic stop turns up quite a catch: 40,000 ‘deadly’ fentanyl pills worth $120,000, deputies say

A routine traffic stop on a teenage driver ended with a monumental drug seizure.

October 10, 2023

29-time felon awaiting sentencing on #30 for shooting down drone that was ‘harassing’ him

A man who’d been convicted of felonies 29 times has made it 30 after he shot down a drone that a sheriff’s office was using at a crime scene.

October 6, 2023

5+ years in federal prison for Florida felon caught with tactical swords, nunchucks, loaded gun

A federal judge sentenced a Florida man to prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for violating his federal supervised release.

October 6, 2023

Feds bust man, 77, in Florida retirement community who wanted to sell ill-gotten erectile drugs

Federal authorities arrested a 77-year-old man for allegedly buying more than $1,800 in erectile dysfunction drugs without a prescription — and intending to sell them in the massive Florida retirement community The Villages.