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A Florida woman is facing several charges after she was allegedly caught selling drugs out of her apartment, including providing candies and snacks laced with THC to local children.

According to reports, a 32-year-old woman who lives in Tampa was reported to the authorities when it was suspected that she was selling fentanyl. Agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement opened an investigation in October, and they began to watch the woman’s activities. They also set up undercover purchases to see if she would sell to the agents.

By the middle of November, the woman had allegedly conducted three different drug sales with undercover agents. They reported that the total weight of the fentanyl from all three of the transactions was nearly two ounces. It was also alleged that she was holding her child while making a drug sale.

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A Florida man was arrested on hundreds of charges for allegedly sexually assaulting children and possessing pornographic materials depicting both children and animals.

In the middle of May last year, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was conducting an online undercover operation to try to flush out adults sexually preying on children.

A detective pretending to be underage was chatting with someone who said they were 19 years old, and they allegedly asked the person they believed was a child to send naked photos.

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A Florida Man allegedly found with an alligator in his bathtub is facing several charges after the authorities asserted that he was a participant in a venomous reptile trafficking ring. 

In 2020, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was notified by more than one person about black market sales of illegal venomous reptiles in the state. An investigation was started by the FWC and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources regarding the allegations.  

The authorities learned that the alleged activity was happening on the internet.  

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An Orange County man was arrested after allegedly following a woman off the bus and strangling her in what the authorities believe was a sexually motivated attack. 

Just after midnight on September 8, a 19-year-old woman was a passenger on an OCTA bus. It was reported that she was returning home after working a shift at her job. 

When the woman got off the bus, she began walking home and a man allegedly started to follow behind her. 

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A 62-year-old Florida man was accused of choosing to celebrate his birthday by trying to have sexual relations with a teenage girl. 

Anthony Lartrist Petty lives in Seminole, Florida, which is approximately 20 miles away from Tampa. He turned 62 years old on August 21. 

On August 18, Petty was reportedly using the mobile messaging app “KIK.” 

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An Alabama man was arrested when the authorities intercepted an alleged meeting that he arranged to try to have sex with a child.

45-year-old Blake Thomas Martin is from Escambia County, Alabama.

According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, their Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was made aware of suggestive text messages they believed were sent by Martin. The texts were reportedly meant for an underage person.

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A man in Albuquerque has been accused of using a burger as a form of payment during an alleged negotiation with an undercover officer posing as a sex worker.

On Tuesday evening, a man toting a bag of food from Chili’s restaurant reportedly pedaled the bike he was riding up to a woman standing on the sidewalk. The woman, who the suspect believed was a prostitute, was actually an undercover officer.

The man spoke with the woman and allegedly told her that he would not receive his paycheck for three-days, but he wanted to know how to get in touch with her because he was reportedly interested in hiring her for sexual services when he got the money.

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After an undercover agent was allegedly propositioned with a deal to accept food as payment to perform a sexual act, the man who reportedly made the offer is now facing legal repercussions.

On December 1, a man allegedly tried to solicit the services of a woman that he believed to be a prostitute. The 57-year-old man, identified as Frank Caponi, reportedly approached a police officer who was posing as a sex worker and tried to arrange to perform oral sex upon her.

Instead of negotiating a cash price, Caponi has been accused of using a noteworthy currency consisting of a hamburger as payment for the service.

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When a church in Georgia had an event to help promote local business owners on Friday, two women were arrested for allegations that the treats they were selling contained marijuana.

Local business operators in Savannah were invited to set up booths and sell merchandise at a church event on September 14.

One of the spaces was reportedly used by two women who were selling sweets to the attendees such as marshmallow cereal bars, brownies, and other goodies.

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A Florida massage therapist who reportedly tried to solicit sexual favors to an undercover officer at the end of his massage was charged with prostitution, and she is now facing consequences to her employment as Florida is considering revoking her license to practice.

62-year-old Mi Suk Suk Bae is employed as a masseuse at the Victoria Spa in Jacksonville and she was apprehended last December when she was accused of offering to end a man’s massage by masturbating him. Bae was not aware that the client was a detective with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office who was working an undercover investigation regarding prostitution that they suspected was taking place in the establishment.

Bae was taken into custody and charged with one count of prostitution, to which she entered a plea of no contest which reduced her charge to breach of peace. She paid court fees and an ordered fine to make restitution.

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