Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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A five-day-long undercover human trafficking operation which began on October 2, resulted in the arrest of 157 suspects involved in illegal acts related to soliciting prostitutes, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office Vice Unit. Those arrested were allegedly offering to commit prostitution or aiding and abetting prostitutes. Three other suspects were arrested for traveling to sexually batter juveniles. Detectives identified and arrested one suspect for human...
The fourth local traffic fatality in a week took the life of a 24-year-old woman, who died following a head on crash on on Hatchineha Road Saturday evening. The crash happened after she attempted to pass another vehicle. The woman was reported by law enforcement to have been driving a a 4-door green Nissan Sentra on Hatchineha Road just east of Jennings Road at approximately 7:22 p.m. Saturday evening when she entered the eastbound lane into the path of a a white Nissan...
This is a crime world movie but also a song and dance movie, a really weird combination now showing on Netflix.. This French film is directed by Jacques Audiard and stars Zoe Saldana and Karla Sofia Gascon and takes place mostly in Mexico. Rita is a prosecutor in Mexico and is frustrated with the legal system because all the criminals seem to get away with it. She is offered an opportunity to help a crime boss fake his death and transition as a woman so she can live her authen...
John Harlan DeWinkler, age 82, passed away peacefully at his home Thursday, December 19, 2024. He was born August 21, 1942 in Miami, FL to John & Virginia DeWinkler. John graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. He was a Professional Engineer and Deputy District Secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation District 1. After retiring from FDOT, John became the Senior Vice President and partner with Wilson-Miller...
