Tampa Free Press

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies have arrested a Hillsborough County middle school teacher after investigators discovered he had been sending inappropriate messages to a former teenage student. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office took 31-year-old Christian Schneider into custody on Friday, August 14, 2026. Schneider works as a teacher at Memorial Middle School. Detec...

Two parents face aggravated manslaughter charges after their 7-week-old daughter died from severe blunt force injuries last year, Hollywood police announced Friday. Gracie Jai Tellez and Robert Lee Ingram were taken into custody on Aug. 7 in Jacksonville by local deputies and the U.S. Marshals Service. Both are charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, […]

State wildlife officials detected the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, in 20 water samples along Florida’s East Coast over the past week, marking the first time this season that bloom-level concentrations have appeared in Duval County. According to a status update from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), bloom concentrations—defined as levels greate...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Scammers impersonating law enforcement officers and government agents are targeting Pinellas Park residents in an emerging scheme that uses Bitcoin ATMs to steal money, the Pinellas Park Police Department announced. According to authorities, callers pose as local police, federal agents, or court officials, telling victims they face an active arrest warra...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A 21-year-old convicted felon wanted on domestic violence charges was taken into custody Thursday after leading deputies on a vehicle and foot pursuit in Brandon, authorities said. Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office located Tyrome Huff Jr. on August 13, 2026, near the 1500 block of West Brandon Boulevard. According […]