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Plant City Man On Pretrial Diversion For DUI Facing Vehicular Homicide Charge In Fatal Crash

On Behalf of | Aug 26, 2020 |

A Plant City man is facing vehicular homicide charges on allegations by Florida troopers that he caused a fatal collision while racing another vehicle. The 18-year-old man was allegedly driving his 2018 Ford Mustang on State Road 60 in the late evening last Monday when troopers say he became engaged in a race with a 33-year-old man driving a 2015 Mercedes-Benz C250. The pair were allegedly racing in the eastbound lanes, weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed. Witnesses say he nearly struck an uninvolved car immediately before the crash. Investigators say he lost control of the...

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Collision With Hillsborough County Patrol Car Yields DUI, Child Endangerment Charges for Land O’ Lakes Man

On Behalf of | Aug 24, 2020 |

A Land O' Lakes man is facing drunk driving and child neglect charges on allegations that he struck a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle while intoxicated. According to deputies, the 29-year-old man was driving his Oldsmobilie Alero south on Nebraska Avenue in the early-morning hours of August 18 when he approached a Dodge Charger patrol vehicle near the intersection of Bearss Avenue. The patrol vehicle was positioned to block traffic near an unrelated traffic accident, and deputies say the vehicle had its emergency lights running at the time. Deputies say the defendant's...

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Las Vegas Woman Facing Federal Charges Over Allegedly Fraudulent PPP Loan Applications

On Behalf of | Aug 21, 2020 |

A Nevada woman is facing federal charges on allegations that she fraudulently attempted to obtain over $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The 50-year-old woman from Las Vegas allegedly submitted half a dozen different loan applications in which she included false information. Investigators say the statements were made about her business, alleging that it had paid millions in payroll in the last year. However, investigators say her business had paid no such total last year. The business, which did not have a valid corporate registration, had also not filed taxes last year,...

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Feds Get TRO Shuttering Vietnamese Websites Allegedly Defrauding Buyers Of COVID-19 Supplies

On Behalf of | Aug 20, 2020 |

Federal officials have moved to shutter a site operated by three residents of Vietnam that they say marketed items that became scarce in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic at excessively inflated prices. Filing in the federal court in Tampa, agents obtained a temporary restraining order to close the websites as it continues its investigation. Per investigators, the three defendants ran dozens of websites that offered for sale supplies including hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes, which became difficult to purchase as the nature of the pandemic became widely known among the...

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West Virginia Doctor Convicted On Federal Charges Of Illegal Opioid Distribution

On Behalf of | Aug 18, 2020 |

Last week a federal jury found a West Virginia doctor guilty for illegally distributing opioids to his patients. Investigators say the 68-year-old physician prescribed a wide range of opioids to his patients, including hydrocodone, morphine, fentanyl, oxycodone, acetaminophen codeine phosphate, and diazepam. The highly-addictive opioids were often prescribed without a legitimate medical purpose, allege investigators, and they say he frequently distributed them outside the usual course of his professional practice. Per prosecutors, the defendant gave 150 opioid pills to one female patient in...

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Oldsmar Vice Mayor Arrested On DUI Charge

On Behalf of | Aug 17, 2020 |

Oldsmar's vice mayor is facing charges of drunk driving after Hillsborough County deputies say she crashed her Tesla into another vehicle while intoxicated. Deputies say the 59-year-old woman first came to their attention via a 9-1-1 report that a red Tesla was driving in an erratic fashion in the mid-morning of August 12. Witnesses allegedly told operators that the vehicle then crashed into a second vehicle on W Hillsborough Avenue near Rice Avenue, pushing it into a third vehicle. Upon arriving at the scene, deputies say they instantly noticed the signs of intoxication upon her. They say...

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Quintet Of Floridians Face Federal Charges For Allegedly Defrauding PPP Of Over $24 Million

On Behalf of | Aug 13, 2020 |

Five Floridians joined four others previously charged as defendants to several charges involving allegations that they all attempted to defraud the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of over $24 million. Per federal prosecutors, the defendants filed 99 fraudulent applications for forgivable loans under the program in several areas of the country. They say the scheme was kicked off when one defendant obtained a fraudulent PPP forgivable loan for his company with falsified documents. Upon...

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Wesley Chapel Man Facing Murder Charges In Connection With Body Found Along Spring Hill Road

On Behalf of | Aug 12, 2020 |

A Wesley Chapel man is facing a murder charge in relation to a body found last month along Spring Hill Road. The case against him began when the remains of a 47-year-old woman were found on July 26 along the side of the road near Spring Lake Highway. Discovered just before dawn, authorities say the remains displayed a death that was decidedly intentional. Pasco County authorities say the defendant was long considered a suspect. He was apprehended the next day on charges of driving without a license. Deputies arrested him and booked him into the Pasco County Jail to be held on a warrant for...

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Port Everglades Yields Drug Bust Of $26 Million In Cocaine And Marijuana

On Behalf of | Aug 11, 2020 |

Port Everglades was the scene of a major drug bust last week, as the United States Coast Guard say they discovered almost $26 million in cocaine and marijuana Federal officers offloaded the cargo last Wednesday, which they say consisted of around 3,900 pounds of marijuana and 1,100 pounds of cocaine. They say operations against drug smugglers in the Caribbean yielded the large find. The Coast Guard and federal drug agents began stepping up enforcement in April. Led by the U.S. Southern Command, several agencies under the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice are involved in...

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OFAC Designates Chinese Officials And A State Entity On Allegations Of Abuse Against Uyghurs

On Behalf of | Aug 7, 2020 |

Last week the Federal government announced sanctions against an entity of the government of the People's Republic of China and two current or former Chinese officials over allegations of their involvement with persecution of minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). On Friday the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and two of its officials have been engaged in serious human rights abuses in the XUAR against the Uyghur ethnic minority. The designated parties have allegedly been...

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