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FLORIDA — A 61-year-old Hudson man has been charged with felony animal cruelty after deputies say he killed and ate two of his pet peacocks, then left his neighbor a letter describing what he had done. According to an affidavit from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, Craig Vogt was in a dispute with his neighbor,...

A Florida couple was arrested after committing armed robberies in counties along I-75. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the filing of a criminal complaint charging 21-year-old Taleah Williams, of North Fort Myers, and 21-year-old Javion Ward, of Fort Myers, with Hobbs Act robbery. If convicted, each...

TAMPA, Fla. - Just about anything can be 3D printed, and now the technology is moving to construction with a new neighborhood in East Tampa. The Hillsborough County non-profit Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa broke ground on Thursday on a site for a new neighborhood of affordable houses that will include...

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue removed an individual involved in a motor vehicle accident requiring extrication on Thursday.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – The Pasco Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for a missing 15-year-old, Kimoni Scott, who was last seen on Friday afternoon in the New Port Richey area. Scott, who is described as a runaway, was last sighted around 1:50 p.m. on September 26th in...

Operation Van Diesel dismantled a large-scale diesel theft organization in Florida. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister recently announced the results of the six-month investigation Operation Van Diesel, led by HCSO’s Organized Crime Task Force. The operation uncovered an elaborate, organized scheme that...

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police officers are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred Saturday evening in the parking lot of the Clearwater Mall. The incident, which took place just before 7 p.m. in the 2700 block of Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, involved a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) bus and an...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A major crash held up traffic for a few hours on the northbound Howard Frankland Bridge on Saturday. It was first reported at around 11 a.m., near mile marker 37 on I-275. The only information provided was that it was a “major” crash involving more than one vehicle. The scene was […]

Two individuals were arrested in a series of Central Florida armed robberies. In conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office assisted in arresting 39-year-old Andres Correa Jr. and his girlfriend,...

A woman allegedly tried to bite a law enforcement officer following her arrest in a laundromat brawl. Jennifer Denise Phillips, 54, of Tampa, was in the laundry room late Thursday night at the Love’s Truck Stop in Bushnell when she approached another woman and pushed her shoulder, according to an arrest report from...