FDLE News


ICYMI: FDLE agents and analysts deployed in Operation Lone Star | 6/6/2023
Nearly 40 FDLE agents and analysts are deployed to Texas in support of Operation Lone Star investigating criminal activity along the border associated with human trafficking and drug and weapon smuggling. 
 

ICYMI: FDLE agents and analysts deployed in Operation Lone Star | 6/6/2023
Nearly 40 FDLE agents and analysts are deployed to Texas in support of Operation Lone Star investigating criminal activity along the border associated with human trafficking and drug and weapon smuggling. 
 

FDLE arrests two for organized retail fraud | 6/6/2023
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Rajesh Sanichar, 55, of Orlando, and Rasheed Apanpa, 39, of Miami, following a box-stuffing scheme to defraud home improvement stores in Orlando, and Miami.

Five Florida law enforcement officers inducted into Hall of Fame | 6/5/2023
Law Enforcement Hall of Fame honorees

FDLE arrests absconded sexual offender | 6/2/2023
Offender living in South Florida under a false identity

FDLE arrests Marianna man for possession of child sexual abuse material | 5/26/2023
Anyone with information about Thomas B. Richards III that may help investigators is urged to contact FDLE Pensacola at (800) 226-8574.
 

FCJEI graduates 34 from the Senior Leadership Program | 5/26/2023
Thirty-four graduatate from the Senior Leadership Program, Class 25.

FDLE arrests Clay County man for human trafficking | 5/25/2023
Investigators believe that there may be additional victims, and anyone with information is urged to call FDLE’s Human Trafficking Hotline at 855-FLA-SAFE (855-352-7233)

Today is National Missing Children’s Day | 5/25/2023
FDLE reminds citizens to opt in to receiving life-saving Wireless Emergency Alerts

FDLE arrests Washington state man for threats to family | 5/19/2023
FDLE agents arrested Christopher Tyler Cox, 25, for 36 counts of written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism.  Pasco County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the arrest. 
 

FDLE: Sexual Assault Kit tracking now available statewide | 5/11/2023
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Commissioner Mark Glass announced that FL Track-Kit, a sexual assault kit tracking database, is now available to survivors throughout Florida, more than two months ahead of the July 1, 2023 deadline.

FDLE arrests Washington County man for possession of child sexual abuse material | 5/11/2023
Jerry Raphael Pitts Jr., 18, of Chipley, faces 10 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

FDLE arrests Brevard sexual predator for election fraud | 5/10/2023
Inspectors with FDLE’s Election Crime Unit arrested Louis Palmieri, 77, of Melbourne for false affirmation in connection with an election and voting by an unqualified elector, both third-degree felonies.
 

FDLE invites public to submit comments to CALEA | 5/9/2023
In July 1990, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) was the first state law enforcement agency in the nation to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), and FDLE has voluntarily participated and maintained accreditation ever since.
 

FDLE arrests two on election fraud charges | 5/9/2023
FDLE arrests two in Palm Beach County on election fraud charges.

FDLE arrests Osceola man in ghost candidate scheme | 5/8/2023
Inspectors with FDLE’s Election Crime Unit arrested Carlos Irizarry Sr., 67, of Buena Ventura Lakes, on eight counts of willful certification of false or incomplete campaign treasures reports and six counts of deliberate failure to report campaign expenditures as required. 

 

The MSD Public Safety Commission hosts virtual meeting Thursday | 5/3/2023
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission will meet virtually Thursday through Microsoft Teams from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.   

FDLE arrests Kissimmee felon for driver license counterfeiting scheme | 5/1/2023
Following an FDLE investigation, Yonathan Rosario, 30, of Kissimmee, was arrested.  

Law enforcement supervisors graduate from Florida Leadership Academy | 4/28/2023
Forty-two first-line supervisors from the Florida Leadership Academy, Class 53

FDLE arrests 70-year-old Largo man for soliciting minor for sex | 4/25/2023
Joseph Moore Walter faces 10 felony counts.

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