Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday he simply could not explain why a suspected ringleader arrested in connection with the brutal murders of three Florida friends during a fishing trip had been on the streets, rather than behind bars.In an interview on "The Daily Briefing," Judd explained that 26-year-old Tony "TJ" Wiggins had 230 felony charges already under his belt."And, he’s…
Florida detectives said Saturday they were investigating the deaths of three close friends who drove to a lake at night to go catfishing and were beaten and shot.It happened Friday night around 10 p.m. on Lake Streety in Frostproof.“This is a horrific scene,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters from the scene Saturday morning. “I’ve been to…
A Florida sheriff says his deputies will “pay tribute to our fallen brothers or sisters” every time a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty in America.Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood made the announcement following the deaths of Ismael Chavez and Edelmiro Garza – two officers from the McAllen Police Department in Texas who were killed Saturday in what authorities described as an ambush shooting. “Effective immediately, when a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…