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Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty to 323 Counts of Secretly Recording Students Changing Clothes

Mark Ackett | Crime | Courts
The 324 total counts represent all 125 of Ackett’s victims from Bloomingdale High School in Valrico—124 students and one adult employee of the school. TAMPA – Prosecutors with the HillsboroughRead More

Federal Judge Sentences Plant City Man to Prison on Money Laundering Charges

Courts | Law | TB Reporter
He owned a tire shop in Plant City and used his business to launder what he believed to be drug money, according to the U.S. attorney. TAMPA – A PlantRead More

Tampa Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Down Champs Store During Civil Unrest

Terrance Lee Hester | Crime | Courts
The estimated loss to the building, the Champs Sports store, and other businesses in the plaza is about $1.25 million, U.S. officials say. TAMPA – A Tampa man has pleadedRead More

U.S. Attorney: California Man Threatened to Kill Rays Player, Family

Courts | Crime | TB Reporter
Violent threats, made over Instagram, were sent to four Rays players and one Chicago White Sox team member. TAMPA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of FloridaRead More

Tampa Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Firearm Crimes

Gabriel Antonio Thompkins II | Crime | Courts
He was a member of the Grant Park neighborhood gang, according to the U.S. attorney. TAMPA – A member of a Tampa gang has pleaded guilty in federal court toRead More

Chapa Lopez Resigns as US Attorney in Middle District of Florida

Maria Chapa Lopez | US Attorney | Law Enforcement
Karin Hoppmann will be the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida until an Interim U.S. attorney is appointed or President Joe Biden nominates a new attorney whoRead More

Largo Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Seeking Sex with 14 Year Old

Asa Nall | US Attorney | Crime
Among other things, he repeatedly requested to meet the girl for sex, asking her to “sneak away” and “skip school” to meet with him. TAMPA – A Largo man whoRead More

Tampa Man Created Counterfeit Credit Cards, US Attorney Says

Eugene Stephan Cole | US Attorney | Courts
He faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison and payment of restitution to the people whom he defrauded. TAMPA – The U.S. Attorney for the Middle DistrictRead More

Feds Accuse Tampa Men in Shooting, 10 Armed Robberies

TYEE MARTELE SPIKE II, | JEFFERY LEE DAVIS JR. | Crime
The armed robberies took place in Tampa, Fishhawk, and Riverview between Oct. 13 and Oct. 19. TAMPA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida has chargedRead More

Tampa Man Accused of Identity Theft, Health-Care Fraud

Arrest | Crime | Indictment
The U.S. attorney says he abused his role as a medical biller by submitting false and fraudulent claims to a Florida Medicaid HMO for the medical services that had notRead More