Agents with the FDLE Lakeland Office and the FBI today arrested Richard Crumpton Murphy, 71, of Lakeland, Fla., for defrauding investors of more than $338,000.

FDLE announced an increase in the number of finger and palm print “hits” statewide as a result of improved fingerprint matching technology.

FDLE today arrested John Mitchell Tomlinson, 46, of Navarre, Fla. for Sexual Battery. Tomlinson is a Lieutenant with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

FDLE arrested Patrick McKenzie, 52, of St. Cloud and charged him with eight counts of possession of materials depicting the sexual performance of a child.

FDLE special agents arrested Christopher Babcock, 43, of Estero, Fla. last Friday on charges of grand theft and scheme to defraud.

Agents with FDLE's Computer Crime Center arrested Keith Strickland and charged him with ten counts of sexual performance of a child.

FDLE agents arrested Sara Starnes of Webster, Fla. for attempting to introduce contraband and illegal drugs into a correctional facility for monetary benefit.

FDLE Special Agent Rusty Rodgers was today named “Investigator of the Year" by the State Law Enforcement Chiefs’ Association.

FDLE arrested Henri Zogaib, 36, of Longwood for one count of organized fraud.

FDLE arrested a South Florida man accused of embezzling $25 million of his client’s money while serving as an investment manager.

FDLE today arrested five individuals charged with making fraudulent purchases, altering invoices, falsifying billing records and bid tampering.

FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey today formally accepted the department’s reaccreditation award from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation.

FDLE today announces the arrest of Latoria Pickett, 28, of Orlando, Fla.

Agents with FDLE's Computer Crime Center today arrested a Plant City man and charged him with 30 counts of possession of child pornography.

FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey today announced Governor Charlie Crist’s fiscal year 2010-2011 budget recommendations for the agency.

FDLE agents arrested a Lithia, Fla. man and woman in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office and FDLE arrested two people for their role in a murder-for-hire plot.

FDLE today announces the arrest of Leonard Martin, 48, of Apalachicola, and Nicole Wood, 28, of Tallahassee, for grand theft.

Agents with the FDLE Computer Crime Center today arrested Rodney Dillon, 65, of Kissimmee, and charged him with possession of child pornography.

Dixie County Sheriff’s Office Captain Chad Reed, 33, was killed in the line of duty yesterday following a shooting incident in Cross City, Fla.

Dixie County Deputy Killed in Line of Duty. FDLE is investigating the shooting.

FDLE joined Florida’s local, state, federal, and private partners today to commemorate National AMBER Alert Awareness Day.