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RIVERVIEW, Fla. - Spoto High School's principal is behind bars after failing to report that a 4-year-old was inappropriately touched by a teen at the school's daycare, deputies said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Jazrick Haggins, 42, was arrested on Friday with the help of the Lakeland Police...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced charges against a man following an alleged assault on a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Trooper. The incident occurred during a traffic stop in Hillsborough County on October 20, 2025. Leonardo Gomez Hernandez, 40, of Mexico, faces charges of Resisting an Officer with...

RUSKIN, Fla. (CBS12) — Two Florida men were arrested after a search warrant which deputies found numerous drugs and a stolen handgun, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says. On Tuesday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office served a court-authorized search warrant near West College Avenue in Ruskin....

Six members of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office command staff have either resigned or been fired as the result of an ongoing investigation into academic integrity.

LAKELAND, Fla. – A fatal traffic collision between a sedan and a scooter has claimed one life and caused significant road closures on US 92 East in Lakeland on Friday evening. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) issued a traffic alert after deputies and Polk County Fire Rescue crews...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested an armed suspect after a coordinated felony traffic stop on Tuesday.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Orange County, FL – A multi-agency investigation across Central Florida led to the arrest of five suspects accused of carrying out a series of coordinated home and business burglaries, according to local...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A teacher at Lake Shipp Elementary School in Winter Haven was arrested on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, after a Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) investigation concluded she had falsely reported that a colleague intentionally bumped into her at the school. Juanita McCoy, 45, initially...

TAMPA — A woman was fatally injured in a wrong-way accident on U.S. 301, authorities said. The two-vehicle crash occurred 11:42 a.m. Oct. 20 near an intersection with Harney Baptist Church Road. The Florida Highway Patrol said a Nissan Altima driven by a 67-year-old Riverview was traveling northbound in...

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