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CRIME & SAFETY
Lakeland Man Faces Life Sentence for Fatal Fentanyl Distribution
Kenneth Bernard Graham, 67, of Lakeland, was arrested following an indictment charging him with distributing fentanyl resulting in death, announced United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg. If convicted, Graham faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 20 years, up to life, in federal prison. According to the indictment, on September 10,...
Woman Charged for Purposely Running Over Her Boyfriend and Toddler Son
Nationwide — Aaliyah Ross, a 27-year-old woman from Tampa, Florida, has been arrested for allegedly intentionally driving over her boyfriend, who was holding a 16-month-old baby, during a heated confrontation. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Ross and her 25-year-old boyfriend’s argument led to the incident. She put...
Pedestrian killed after being hit trying to cross a state road in Polk County, deputies say
MULBERRY, Fla. — A man was killed after he tried to cross State Road 60 in Polk County on Saturday night. Maximino Amiltempa, 39, walked onto the road and was hit by a 59-year-old who was driving around 10 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of State Road 60 near Turner Road in Mulberry, according to deputies.
Florida man allegedly killed estranged girlfriend because he was worried she'd take their kids
HAINES CITY, Fla. (TCN) -- Police recently arrested a man on suspicion of killing his 29-year-old estranged girlfriend near the restaurant where she worked. According to Haines City Police Chief Gregory Goreck, on the morning of Sunday, June 30, officers responded to the area near La Fiesta Mexicana Restaurant to reports of shots fired. Goreck said the victim, identified by WFLA-TV as Yahorany "Nani" Popoca, also called 911 and "courageously" described the suspect, Rolando Zarate.
Central Florida 21-Year-Old Arrested in Fatal Overdose of 19-Year-Old
A Central Florida 21-year-old suspect was arrested in the fatal overdose of a 19-year-old and faces a murder charge. After a four-month-long investigation, Baylee Jacobs was connected to the fatal overdose and was arrested out-of-state. On February 8th, 2024, 19-year-old Eric Schertzer was found deceased in a residence in the...
‘Makes me drive faster’: Corrections officer called 911 because he disagreed with citation for randomly honking horn, cops say
A Florida corrections officer ended up on the other side of a jail cell after he allegedly called 911 because he disagreed with a citation for excessively honking his horn for no apparent reason. A Polk County Sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the area of Avenue G Northwest near Recker Highway...
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