A local attorney was arrested last week by Polk County deputies after they say was involved in a cocaine-distribution operation. Deputies with the county's High Intensity Drug Trafficking task force say they arranged a deal to purchase up to 4 kilograms of cocaine for...
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Month: January 2018
East Tampa Restaurant Owner Facing Decades in Federal Prison Over Alleged Tax Fraud Scheme
The proprietor of an East Tampa soul-food restaurant is accused by the Federal government of falsifying scores of tax returns using stolen identities and retrieving the fraudulent refunds via debit card transfers at her restaurant.Natalie Rene Panko pled guilty last...
Ruskin Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Connection with Shooting at Convenience Store
A Ruskin man is in custody after authorities say he trapped another man with his vehicle and attempted to kill him with a firearm.Hillsborough County deputies say Earl Williams was in his black Cadillac sedan at a convenience store near North U.S. Highway 41 and Shell...
Ruskin Wreck Leads to DUI with Injury Charges for Naples Sexagenarian
A Naples man with a significant history of DUI convictions has been charged with several more after troopers say he caused an accident that led to the injury of three children.Per the Florida Highway Patrol, Jesus Sandoval was driving his 2004 Ford Explorer southbound...
Spring Hill Man Arrested Fifteen Months After Alleged Slaying of Mother
A death by misadventure in the fall of 2016 is being laid at the feet of a Spring Hill man whom authorities arrested late last month, 453 days after the incident.Hernando County authorities allege Albert Henry Nickerson, Jr. was responsible for the September 2016...
