An octet of Texas pharmacy proprietors and promoters were indicted last week on charges of submitting over $92 million in claims to TRICARE and the United States Department of Labor obtained by paying out approximately $9.1 million in illicit kickbacks. Per Federal...
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Charges Filed Against Tampa Woman for Fatal Hit-and-Run on I-75
The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Tampa woman last week in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident on Interstate 75 last May. Authorities say Rusty Lee Harris was walking on the inside northhbound lane of the freeway at the Sun City Center exit in the...
Guilty Plea to Tax Fraud Charges Earns Owner of Accounting Firm with Tampa Office Two Years in Federal Prison
The owner of a public accounting firm with an office in Tampa was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud charges. Walter Drakeford, Sr. entered a guilty plea on one count of interfering with the administration of Internal Revenue...
Lakeland Teen Charged with Second-Degree Murder After Man’s Corpse Found Aflame Behind Tampa Residence
A suspect in the slaying of a Tampa man whose corpse was found in flames turned himself in to authorities last Sunday. He's now facing charges of second-degree murder for his alleged actions in connection with the case. Sigfredo Espinel was arrested at the...
One Dead, Four Others Wounded After Alleged Drive-By Shooting at SoHo Lounge
A bar patron who was asked to leave a SoHo establishment last week allegedly made good on a promise to return with a firearm and is now being charged with first-degree murder for actions authorities say he took upon his return. Tampa resident Gary Omar Rivera Montanez...
Allegedly Illegal Window Tinting Leads to Chase and Multiple Felony Charges in New Port Richey
A Dade City native is facing almost two dozen charges after police in New Port Richey say they discovered significant quantities of controlled substances and firearms upon apprehending him after a vehicular chase. Twenty-seven-year-old Lionell Dieon Bates initially...
Wounded USF Football Player Charged with Aggravated Assault, Cannabis Possession After Alleged Road-Rage Incident
A football player for the University of South Florida was arrested last week after Tampa police say he was involved in a road-rage incident while in possession of cannabis. Hassan Ismael "Hot" Childs was taken into custody upon his release from Tampa General Hospital...
Brunvand Successfully Motions for Resentencing in 2008 Murder Conviction
A Pasco County judge ordered a new penalty phase for a man on Florida's Death Row last week based upon a motion for relief filed by Bjorn Brunvand. Senior Judge William Webb granted the order for resentencing in favor of Phillup Alan Partin, who was sentenced to death...
Brunvand Successfully Motions for Resentencing in 2008 Murder Conviction
A Pasco County judge ordered a new penalty phase for a man on Florida's Death Row last week based upon a motion for relief filed by Bjorn Brunvand. Senior Judge William Webb granted the order for resentencing in favor of Phillup Alan Partin, who was sentenced to death...
Former Jabil Exec’s Death Penalty Trial to Go Forward After Florida Supreme Court Ruling
A Florida Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for a retrial of a former executive at Jabil Circuit, Inc. who is accused of murdering his wife and her friend. Patrick Albert Evans of Saint Petersburg Beach was a vice president at Jabil in 2008, and married to...
