A week long undercover sex sting operation has resulted in the arrest of 79 people, including a high school girls’ basketball coach and a pastor. The sting was conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and called “Operation Takedown,” and launched to coincide with the past weekend’s WrestleMania 37 that…
An undercover drug sting that began in March led to the arrest of a St. Augustine man accused of running a drug house on Grove Avenue, according to reports. The 29-year-old was arrested Tuesday on a warrant charging him with selling heroin from his home, which is within 1,000 feet…
About 20 unlicensed contractors accused of scamming Pinellas County residents were taken into custody Tuesday. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies began rounding up the contractors at 5 a.m. during “Operation Nailed.” The men, roofers, painters and construction workers are accused of scamming residents out of thousands of…
A Jupiter man’s license to practice medicine was suspended in 2015 after he was allegedly found dispensing powerful pain medications to drug addicts, patients with mental-health issues and, in one case, a “morbidly obese” woman complaining she couldn’t bend over. According to law-enforcement officials, the man offered to diagnose and…
Three women were arrested Thursday night, two on drug charges and one on a prostitution charge, after an undercover operation at a well-known strip club on Jacksonville’s Southside. A 22-year-old is facing a charge of soliciting for prostitution, and two other women are facing drug-related charges. One is charged with…
Jacksonville police have made a massage parlor prostitution arrest. A 57-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly offered to perform a sex act for $70 on an undercover police officer who was getting a massage, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said a 55-year-old woman was arrested earlier…
At least 13 people were arrested in a series of drug raids Thursday in Orlando and Tampa, according to reports. Federal agents claim members of the group have been conspiring to sell heroin and cocaine since at least December 2015. They are charged with conspiracy and intent to distribute a…
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested 10 men last week following a recent undercover cyber operation dubbed “Treasure Florida’s Kids.” Detectives said during the week-long operation, they posed online as a teenager or a child’s caregiver to target those looking online for sex with children. Eight of the men reportedly…
A Walt Disney World worker was arrested Monday afternoon on charges he tried to meet a supposed minor for sex, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The 22-year-old allegedly communicated online with what he thought was an aunt on Craigslist for three days last week about having sexual relations…
Fifteen people have been arrested as part of a drug-trafficking investigation in Manatee County. The multi-agency investigation started due to the high number of recent heroin overdoses and deaths in the area. During the 18-month undercover investigation, authorities allegedly confiscated $262,500 worth of heroin, $111,000 worth of cocaine, 200 grams…