Troopers of the Florida Highway Patrol say a Plant City man was legally intoxicated when he piloted his vehicle through a red light and fatally struck a motorcyclist. Jorge Alberto Mejia Perez was driving his Nissan Maxima westbound on Knights […]...
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Staring life in federal prison in the face, a Plant City man’s tearful remorse for his crimes led the presiding judge to sentence him to seventeen years behind bars instead. Telling a story of an early life marred by grinding […]...
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A Lakeland dance instructor was sentenced to a dozen years in Florida prison last Monday after being found guilty of DUI manslaughter. Deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office say Brian A. DeFreitas was driving home in early October 2015 […]...
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December 23, 2016
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Christopher Clemence
An uncle and his nephew have agreed to plead guilty to federal drug trafficking charges based upon allegations by the Drug Enforcement Administration that their Plant City business was a front for a Mexican drug distribution operation. According to authorities, […]...
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December 14, 2016
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Christopher Clemence
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to obtain almost $45,000 in funds its deputies discovered in the course of a raid upon the Plant City home of a man alleged to have been engaged in the sale of illegal […]...
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December 21, 2012
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K. McKinney
Lawrence Dickey of Plant City was convicted earlier this week of second-degree murder for fatally clubbing his wife Beatrice with a bat in 2011. A Hillsborough County jury deliberated six hours before rejecting the prosecution’s argument that Dickey committed first-degree […]...
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September 19, 2011
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K. McKinney
According to police, Lawrence Douglas Dickey confessed to killing his wife Beatrice Ann Dickey in their Plant City home this weekend. A Plant City police officer reports that Lawrence Dickey said, “Lock me up. I just beat my wife with […]...
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