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A St. Petersburg man is facing felony drug charges after deputies say he sold them a substance purported to be cocaine, but wasn't.Pinellas County deputies say Tomas L. Phillips offered to sell an undercover officer what he claimed was 19 grams of cocaine in January....
A Tampa man with a long history of mortgage fraud is again returning to long-term state custody after entering a plea of guilty to wire fraud.Investigators say Victor Thomas Clavizzao accepted over $16,000 from a church intending to use the funds to build a new...
A Tampa man who allegedly gunned down another individual in the street last week was apprehended after a cooperative effort between the Tampa Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service.According to investigators, Sergio Rashad Green and Glennis Leon Mays became...
A Largo man authorities say fatally beat his neighbor last month was arrested last week and charged with his murder.Largo police say they were summoned to a local mobile home park on June 9 to respond to the report of an unconscious man. Upon their arrival, officers...
Although there remains a question of jurisdiction, the boyfriend of a Hernando County park ranger whose body was discovered afloat in a waterway in Georgia will face charges related to her death.Per authorities, Mitzi Marie Babb was last seen on June 19, leading to a...
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...
