Technology gives predators more access to children, but it also enables investigators to bring down entire networks of traffickers.
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Podcast Fails to Win Leo Schofield’s Release – For Now
Parole board orders convicted murderer to spend 12 months in ‘transition program’ with possible release in June 2024
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State Seeks Lakeland Mass-Murder Suspect’s Veteran Medical Records
Assistant state attorney will argue that Bryan James Riley was not insane and should face the death penalty for murdering four family members and leaving an 11-year-old girl for dead in 2021.
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Woman Charged With Embezzling $900K From Lakeland Plumbing Firm
Helen Marie Haffner, who worked as a secretary for Pro Plumbing for 16 years, told police she’s had a decades-long online gambling addiction.
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Head of Special-Needs Daycare Centers Charged With $400K Medicaid Fraud
Lakeland parents scramble to find care after abrupt closure of four facilities for medically fragile children.
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Consultant Faces 7 Misdemeanor Charges for ‘Ugly’ School Board Campaign Texts
James Dunn is charged with violating Florida election laws regarding disclosing the funding of campaign messages.
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Gang Member, 19, Charged with Murder in a December Shooting
‘I hit his back,’ the teen rapped in a video he posted to social media about the East Lakeland incident.
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Student, 17, Arrested After Loaded Gun Found in Her Purse at LHS
She was charged with two felonies. Police said the weapon was discovered during a random search before school.
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Drive-by Shootings Result in 5 Arrests and a New Gang Task Force
All Polk law enforcement agencies are participating in the gang task force, along with state and federal agencies.
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Search of Truck Driven by Shooting Suspect Reveals Guns and Drugs
Lakeland police wanted to question Alex Michael Greene, 21, about his role in shootings that wounded 11 men.