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An Indiana man was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for a serial campaign of harassment against his ex-wife that lasted years and included mailing a dead rat to her home in Florida, authorities said. Romney Christopher Ellis, 57, of Indianapolis, will serve four years and 10 months in federal prison, the U.S.

A mum who was "given three days to live" has made a miraculous recovery from coronavirus after taking an experimental drug.

A tornado ripped through three Florida communities Wednesday as snow buffeted the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states in a flurry of wild weather, according to local reports. The "large, extremely dangerous tornado" ripped across Pinellas, Hillsborough and Polk counties, beginning just before 4 p.m.

A Texas man was shot and killed in the driveway of his own home Saturday night after returning from the grocery store with his 16-year-old son, investigators said. The shooting happened around 9 p.m.

Two Florida officers who fired 42 rounds at a suspect accused of robbing a Dollar General, fatally shooting him in the head, were cleared of wrongdoing by the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday.  Store employees called police on the morning of Oct.

A Florida man who strapped a light pole to the roof of his car on a highway has been arrested on charges of grand theft, authorities said. Douglas Allen Hatley, 71, was pulled over on a Tampa roadway on Monday after another driver reported that a maroon Toyota Camry was hauling a metal pole – nearly double the length of the car – on its roof, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

A human case of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus has been reported in a Florida county, according to health officials there.  The case was reported in Hillsborough County, according to an advisory from the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County, a local branch of the Florida Department of Health.  Health officials first became aware of the case following a blood donation,  Kevin Watler, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County, told local outlet WFLA.  “Anytime blood is donated, run through a lab, and there is a reportable disease that is detected in it, it is something we are made aware of at the Health Department,” he said.  No other details on the case were immediately provided.  West Nile

At least two residents who displayed pro-Trump flags and signs on their front lawns in small-town New Hampshire reportedly received letters threatening to burn down their homes if the presidential election did not result in a victory for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The letters were received by one resident in Milford, and another in the nearby town of Brookline, both located in Hillsborough County.  Capt.

John Cena still hasn’t commented on his reported Oct. 12 private nuptials to girlfriend Shay Shariatzadeh. But they sure looked to be in the happiest of moods after picking up their marriage license ahead of the wedding. In a video obtained by Tampa, FL TV news station WFLA, the pair is seen walking out of a Hillsborough County, FL courthouse on what the station says was Friday, Oct. 9, three days before the pair said their “I Do’s.” As soon as the doors close behind them, John, 43, gets out his phone and starts taking selfies of his happy moment with Shay. You can watch the adorable video here.

Police in Florida released a dramatic video on Tuesday that they said shows an armed-robber confront a convenience store worker, fire off a shot and tell the woman, "The next one's for you." Deputies posted a video on social media.They said the incident occurred just before 11 p.m., on Saturday at a Shell gas station in Valrico, Fla., located 15 miles east of Tampa.  "DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN? #teamHCSO is searching for the suspect seen in this video threatening a convenience store worker at gunpoint, firing a round inside the business, and running away with stolen cash," according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on Facebook.

Derek Jeter and his wife Hannah are selling their massive mansion in Tampa, Florida and it’s currently on the market for $29 million.

Miami Herald.Mrs Paulino’s lifeless body was discovered at 5pm on Friday.Police cars are routinely modified to make it difficult for suspects to get out of the back seat unaided.Stephen Mitchell, the general services bureau director for Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, manages the police department’s motor pool. “That’s standard option with most law enforcement vehicles so that a detainee can’t get out of the back of the vehicle,” he said.

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxWWE fans fear Sonya Deville could be set to step away from the company just days after a man was denied bail after admitting he planned to 'kidnap' her.24-year-old Phillip Thomas II, was found by police at the wrestler's Florida home last weekend.The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported that Thomas had admitted to planning the abduction some eight months ago - during which time he bombarded Deville, real name Daria Berenato, with messages on social media.The man was alleged to have been found with a knife and duct tape, having approached Deville and her friend, fellow WWE wrestler Mandy Rose, in the dead of the night.Deville

This is awful… but we are SO glad the police were able to arrest this guy before anything worse happened.

WWE’s Sonya Deville, real name Daria Berenato, was the subject of an attempted kidnapping on Sunday.

WWE star, equipped with a knife, zip ties and duct tape.

Sonya Deville was the target of an attempted kidnapping, according to ESPN.

Things are kicking up a notch now that Carole Baskin’s missing husband’s family is offering a reward of $100,000 for anyone who can offer information to help solve the case of his disappearance. While the Tiger King star’s ex-husband Jack Donald “Don” Lewis went missing in 1997, his cold case has since been reopened by the Hillsborough County Sheriff after the widespread popularity of the Netflix docuseries. Now, his family is intent on getting the answers they’ve been waiting for.

A British man, a Florida man and a Florida teen were identified by authorities Friday as the hackers who earlier this month took over Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was arrested Friday in Tampa, where the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office will prosecute him as adult.

Ted Johnson A 17-year-old was arrested on Friday for being the “mastermind” behind the July 15 hack of the Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and other high-profile figures.Graham Ivan Clark, of Tampa, was arrested early in the day on allegations that he orchestrated a scheme to “steal the identities of prominent people,” then posted messages in their names directing people to send Bitcoin to accounts associated with him, according to Andrew Warren, state attorney in Hillsborough County, FL.

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Bill Gates and Elon Musk among others. Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren said: 'This 'Bit-Con' was designed to steal money from regular Americans all over the country, including right here in Florida."This massive fraud was orchestrated right here in our backyard, and we will not stand for that."On Thursday Twitter made a statement on the breach.In a blog post the company wrote: “The social engineering that occurred on July 15, 2020, targeted a small number of employees through a phone spear phishing attack.“A successful attack required the attackers to obtain access to both our internal network as well as specific employee credentials that granted them access to our internal support tools.