A Spring Hill man was arrested late last month and returned to Hernando County over a year after a warrant was issued for his arrest on allegations that he stole over $100,000 from his father.Vincent James Caliendo was arrested in Lexington County, South Carolina on...
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Month: June 2017
Murder Charges for Man Who Allegedly Shoots Girlfriend at East Tampa Filling Station
Little is known about the circumstances that led to the alleged attack, but Tampa police say that an armed altercation between a man and his girlfriend left her dead and him the perpetrator of her murder.Officers of the TPD were called to an East Tampa convenience...
USF Football Player Charged with Credit Card Fraud After Allegedly Using Card of Another at IHOP
A walk-on football player for the University of South Florida stands accused of credit card fraud after allegedly attempting to use a card that was previously reported as being stolen.Adrian Dejuan Palmore was arrested last Monday evening at an IHOP in Temple Terrace...
Trial on Fraud Charges Ahead for Former Gainesville Employee After Allegedly Spending City Funds on Augmentation Surgery on Her Rear
A now-former employee of the city of Gainesville is facing felony fraud charges after an investigation uncovered instances of her allegedly spending city funds on, among other things, buttock augmentation surgery.Initially described as a competent employee who was...
Hudson Man Charged with DUI and Leaving the Scene After Head-On Collision in Bayonet Point
A head-on collision and flight from the scene while inebriated are what a man hailing from Hudson is accused of by troopers of the Florida Highway Patrol.Andrew J. Milos was arrested last Wednesday evening after officers say he navigated his 2012 Chevrolet sedan into...
Tampa Man Gets Automatic Life Sentence for 2013 Slaying of Convenience Store Clerk
A Tampa 24-year-old will spend the remainder of his natural life in the Florida prison system after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder on Tuesday.Prosecutors opted not to pursue the death penalty against Lawrence Robert Bongiovanni due to his history of...
St. Pete Woman Charged with DUI After Allegedly Driving Into Home of Another While Drunk
A St. Petersburg family awoke to find a vehicle in their home that was not there the night before, allegedly deposited there by a woman who was piloting it while under the influence of alcohol.Elaine A. Ribeiro, also a resident of St. Petersburg, allegedly drove her...
Remorse and Cooperation Turns a Possible Life Sentence to Seventeen Years in Prison for Plant City Man
Staring life in federal prison in the face, a Plant City man's tearful remorse for his crimes led the presiding judge to sentence him to seventeen years behind bars instead.Telling a story of an early life marred by grinding poverty in Mexico, Saul Velazquez-Bazan's...
Former FDOT Employee and Spouse Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges
A Lakeland husband-and-wife duo were indicted by a federal grand jury last week as they are alleged to have used her position at the Florida Department of Transportation to illegally funnel tax money into his own pockets.Tracy Dean Tronco and her husband Alejo...
Sextet Charged with Stealing Credit Card Numbers from Hillsborough Co., Pinellas Co. Gas Pumps
Six Hillsborough county residents are facing fraud charges and a seventh individual is still being sought for the same for allegedly participating in a scheme to illegally harvest credit card numbers using scanning machines placed on gas pumps.Investigators with the...
