Gloria Gomez

A career shoplifter’s days of stealing designer merchandise are over because she is headed to prison.Defendant Ernesha Atmore made a career of retail theft.She’s been in and out of prison for stealing thousands of dollars worth of designer goods, but now the tougher laws in Florida have finally caught up to her.<strong>WATCH: </strong><a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/news/video-k-9-busts-brandon-car-burglary-suspect-stashed-away-inside-trash-can” target=“_blank”><strong>Video: K-9 busts Brando…

Familial trafficking is an alarming trend that’s growing in many areas, including <a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/tag/us/fl/hillsborough” target=“_blank”>Hillsborough County</a>, and it has law enforcement and advocates sounding the alarm on child sex crimes. Essentially, it’s children being exploited or trafficked by their own parents, usually for money or drugs, and experts say it’s happening more than you think. Natasha Nascimento runs Redefining Refuge, a program aimed at helping child tr…

A <a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/tag/us/fl/hillsborough/tampa” target=“_blank”>Tampa</a> couple accused of running a human sex trafficking operation in <a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/tag/us/fl” target=“_blank”>Florida</a> and other states was back in court on Wednesday.Marquette James and Alyson Marquette are accused of beating and drugging women they forced into sex work.Department of Homeland Security special agent Mike Saclarides testified on Wednesday that a tip led to the couple’s a…

<a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/news/1-arrested-following-fatal-hit-and-run-crash” target=“_blank”>A drunk driver who hit and killed a pedestrian</a> is headed to jail after receiving a break from a judge in Tampa on Tuesday. <a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-man-pleads-guilty-in-dui-crash-that-killed-pedestrian” target=“_blank”>Last month, Stuart Cobb pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter</a>, and during his sentencing hearing on Tuesday, he showed remorse for what happened two year…

In a Tampa courtroom on Thursday afternoon, a convicted murderer will learn his fate as he faces life in prison for killing a young nursing student.

Convicted Capitol rioter Joshua Doolin may soon be a free man.

A <a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/tag/us/fl/polk/lakeland” target=“_blank”>Lakeland</a> father accused of driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed his five-month-old daughter in October asked to be released on bond during a hearing on Tuesday. Investigators say Arturo Guerrero was high on drugs at the time of the crash and his infant daughter wasn’t properly restrained in her car seat. Prosecutors say in the early morning hours of October 5, 2023, Guerrero was behind th…

A judge in <a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/tag/us/fl/hillsborough” target=“_blank”>Hillsborough County</a> denied bond on Monday for the man accused of trying to kill the mother of his child earlier this month.Prosecutors say John Collins picked up Heidi Slachter on March 8, then drove her to a park on North 66th Street before demanding she hand over a bag containing $500 in cash from her employer. According to investigators, Collins stabbed Slachter seven times in the neck after she refused…

A <a href=“https://www.fox13news.com/tag/us/fl/hillsborough/tampa” target=“_blank”>Tampa </a>mother who was at the heart of an international kidnapping case walked out of court a free woman on Thursday. Sharyn Hakken served seven years in prison after she and her ex-husband, Joshua Hakken, kidnapped their children from her parents’ home in 2013 and fled to Cuba on a sail boat.On Thursday, Sharyn Hakken asked a judge to end her probation early.Prosecutors fought the request, saying she should ser…

For thirty-seven years, Robert Deboise was locked in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He was exonerated more than three years ago and on Wednesday the truth about what really happened to a Tampa woman back in 1983 came out in court.