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A St. Petersburg man was arrested last week on suspicion of absconding with $30,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets from a local supermarket.Investigators say Soulkhan Vorasane broke in to the store's lottery kiosk on several occasions, making out with a quantity of...
A Brooksville man is now facing charges in connection with an accident prosecutors say he caused last fall that ended in the death of another man.Hernando County authorities say Joshua Aaron Johnson was driving his 1985 Honda moped at around half past ten o'clock on...
Hillsborough County prosecutors announced last week that they will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing his girlfriend and daughter and seriously injuring their son.Ronnie Oneal III stands accused of killing Kenyatta Barron and their 9-year-old daughter...
A Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy avoided prison time after pleading guilty to attempted manslaughter last week.Timothy G. Virden was sentenced to three years of probation last week after entering his guilty plea in connection with a shooting in a December 2015...
A Jacksonville man was sentenced to pay the ultimate price last week after a Duval County jury convicted him of rape and murder.In February, Donald James Smith was convicted in the 2013 rape and murder of Cherish Perrywinkle, an 8-year-old girl authorities say Smith...
Previously in jail for unrelated drug charges, a Tampa man was re-arrested last week and charged with murder in connection with the death of an Osceola County woman.Tampa police say James Leon "Bo" Jackson is the culprit responsible for the September death of Diana...
DNA evidence was the key that unlocked the door of a Florida prison cell for a man who served 17 years for a murder he maintains he didn't commit.Last Tuesday evening Dwight "D.D." DuBose was released from Hillsborough County Jail to breathe the first free breath he's...
Hillsborough County authorities say a drug deal gone wrong led to a fatal shooting earlier this month for which a Riverview man is now facing murder charges.Deputies say social media connected Samuel Shane Morrissey, Jr. and Grover Willis on April 15. Willis was in...
A Tampa man who was a minor when he allegedly killed a classmate will spend the rest of his natural life in a Florida prison after a Hillsborough County jury found him guilty of first-degree murder.Tampa authorities say the problems began when David Alexander Brunson...
St. Petersburg officials say a well-tenured employee of the county's jobs agency stole thousands of dollars in gift cards from the agency for her own personal use.Danielle Robertson stands accused by Pinellas County prosecutors of stealing $6,700 from gift cards from...
