According to federal agents, a man was caught with over 300 grams of cocaine on a cruise ship at a Florida port. The agents say that on Oct. 21, they searched the man and his luggage while he was waiting at the port to leave the cruise ship. The ship had arrived from a trip ...
Police officers alleged that an Orlando woman was in charge of finances for a group that brought thousands of pounds of marijuana into Florida and for laundering the group’s money. According to the report, agents with the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation have been investigating the woman for years. The woman allegedly deposited approximately $3.3 million ...
Luck has not always been on the side of one convicted drug smuggler from Florida. The 57-year-old has been hit time and again with drug trafficking charges, one time after being found floating on a life raft with 600 pounds of marijuana after his plane crashed into the Atlantic, in his 31-year history of run-ins ...
Florida police took a 47-year-old man into custody in Defuniak Springs after allegedly discovering narcotics and paraphernalia at his home during a raid on Oct. 10. He has been accused of several drug charges, including possession of narcotic equipment, possession of cocaine and possession of a controlled substance. Media sources report that authorities raided the ...
Three men are in custody following an armed robbery at an Orlando convenience store, and authorities believe they might have perpetrated over ten similar crimes in the Central Florida area. On Monday, Sept. 30, police responded to a 7-Eleven at South Orange Blossom Trail and Americana Boulevard, where a security guard reported $500 in cash ...
Six people were taken into police custody in Cape Coral, Florida, on Wednesday as police investigated in the aftermath of a violent home invasion. Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at 12:30 in the morning, finding four people unharmed in their house. Officers in the area spotted a white truck matching the ...
An embittered lawsuit between American businessmen and a former doctor from Australia has resulted in a contempt of court charge in Florida. The criminal charges involve court cases between the parties over an estimated $18 million in investments. One description labeled him as a “serial con artist.” The former physician supposedly put the funds into ...
A 44-year-old man in Florida was taken into custody when the bathroom of a convenience store caught on fire while he smoked drugs during the early morning hours of Sept. 15. He faces criminal charges of arson, resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon. Bond was set at $1,500. A store ...
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged two men with meth trafficking on Sept. 10 in Florida. Authorities claim that they discovered more than 500 grams of methamphetamine in the home of the two men. One of the men in custody allegedly admitted to cooking methamphetamine every day for the last year. He also told authorities ...