FDLE arrests Pensacola man for soliciting a minor
Rick Swearingen, Commissioner
Rick Swearingen, Commissioner
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Bureau of Professional Development announces the graduation of 25 FDLE members from Class 6 of the Advanced Leadership Program. The purpose of this training is to identify and develop current members with the potential to fill key …
For Immediate Release January 13, 2022 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today is National AMBER Alert Awareness Day and FDLE is highlighting Florida’s seven active AMBER Alert cases. Zachary Bernhardt, missing since 2000, lead investigative agency Clearwater PD: …
For Immediate Release January 12, 2022 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– FDLE labs received recognition from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for implementing the high-quality crime laboratory standards listed on the Organization of Scientific …
Rick Swearingen, Commissioner
For Immediate Release December 27, 2021 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– As we approach the end of the year, FDLE is highlighting some of its members’ most significant 2021 accomplishments. FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen said, “Across our many program areas and …
For Immediate Release December 18, 2021 TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is responding to the Tampa Bay Times misleading article, “Is Florida’s disinterest helping scuttle FBI’s police use-of-force project?” The facts are that …
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – FDLE agents arrested Crystal Ann Young, 37, of Cape Canaveral, and Leroy Eugene Pendleton, 55, of Cocoa, on charges related to methamphetamine trafficking. Young faces one count each of principal in first-degree trafficking in …
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – FDLE agents, with the assistance of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, arrested Denzel Rashad Scott, 24, and Kathryn Lynn Barrow, 51, both of Melbourne, for one count each of trafficking fentanyl and possession of …
For Immediate Release December 16, 2021 The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announces the graduation of 21 law enforcement analysts from the Florida Law Enforcement Analyst Academy on December 16, 2021. These graduates serve crime intelligence …
GILCHRIST COUNTY, Fla. – An FDLE investigation led to the arrest of Trent Kellee Freeman, 38, of Bronson, on two counts of uttering a forged instrument and one count of scheme to defraud. Freeman formerly worked as a detective for the Gilchrist County …
For Immediate Release December 8, 2021 ORLANDO, Fla. – FDLE agents arrested Thomas James Stephan, 30, a civilian Air Force police officer at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, on a charge of written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury or …
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement hosted a groundbreaking ceremony this morning to celebrate construction on the new Pensacola Regional Operations Center (PROC) “James T. Moore Building.” The new building will be named after …
For Immediate Release December 4, 2021 STEINHATCHEE, Fla. – FDLE agents, with the assistance of Taylor County Sheriff’s deputies, arrested Jonathan High, 30, of Steinhatchee, on 11 counts of sexual performance by a child in violation of Florida Statute …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement introduced Rocket, Tallahassee’s first Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) canine, at a media availability today at FDLE Tallahassee. Rocket can search for hidden devices in cases …
For Immediate Release December 1, 2021 CAPE CORAL, Fla. – FDLE agents, with the assistance of the Cape Coral Police Department, arrested David Lee Biasotti, 50, of Cape Coral, for one count each of a written threat to kill, and a written threat to …
For Immediate Release November 20, 2021 MIAMI, Fla. – FDLE agents arrested Regla Beatrice Perez, 40, and Raimundo Ytulvide, 64, both of Miami, charged with false/fraudulent insurance claims. Ytulvide was also charged with scheme to defraud while Perez is …
November 19, 2021 TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 41 first-line supervisors from the Florida Leadership Academy, Class 49. These graduates serve in leadership roles representing 35 criminal justice …
Rick Swearingen, Commissioner