Over 170 Arrested And 8 Rescued In Hillsborough Sex Trafficking Sting
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriffs office, Over 170 people were arrested In the Hillsborough Sex Trafficking Operation. The operation which took place over the span of a month also led to the rescuing of 8 women. Reports tell us that the people were arrested on suspension of soliciting prostitution and/or looking to victimize minors. The story is still being updated but you can watch Sheriff Chronister giving us more info at the press conference here.
Sex Trafficking is a problem all over the country! It happens so much here in the Tampa Bay Area, and since I’ve moved here there have been many arrest made. Thanks to our law enforcement agencies for going after these predators. Below are other Sex Trafficking operations that led to the arrest of people here in the Tampa Bay Area.
Which Florida City Made The List With Highest Murder Rates In U.S.
There’s lots to love about the Sunshine State, but we’re also notorious for the craziest crimes. One Florida city even ranked in the top 15 for highest murder rates in America. It’s not really a list we love to see Florida on, but we can’t say we’re not surprised with all the insane stuff that happens here.
Our friends at neighboorhoodscout.com ranked the top 30 cities in the country with the highest murder rates per 1,000 residents. They condensed their research by including cities with 25,000 or more people. They collected their data by the number of murders reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and the population of each city. The city population data comes straight from the US Bureau of the Census at the time of each analysis. For instance, the 2022 list population uses 2020 population figures. The 2021 list uses 2019 figures, and so forth.
There were 14 new cities making the list this year. “The newcomer on this list with the highest murder rate is Saginaw, MI. The number of murders in Saginaw more than doubled from the previous year.” Thankfully (and surprisingly) only one Florida city was ranked in the research.
Here’s the top 15 cities with the highest murder rate. Click here to see the full list.
Shandra “Babs” Littleton is a member of the WiLD Squad. She’s originally from Detroit but has spent most of her “grown-up” life in Fort Myers, Florida where she graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University. Babs loves to write about everything from Tampa concerts, to WiLD murders that happened in Florida, and her favorite businesses.
