Press Releases

South Florida is Final Location of Task Force Meetings for Attorney General's Gang Reduction Strategy
02/12/2009: SUNRISE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and members of the Coordinating Council on Gang Reduction Strategies today joined elected and government officials, law enforcement, nonprofit group leaders, school...

Attorneys General Call on Congress to Restore Crime and Drug Enforcement Funds
02/04/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today joined 50 other Attorneys General in sending a letter urging Congress to restore federal funding for crime and drug enforcement efforts. The Attorneys...

Palm Beach Gang Members Sentenced to Prison for Criminal Racketeering
01/29/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that two members of a violent gang in Palm Beach County were sentenced today on criminal charges of racketeering and other crimes. Jessee Thomas and Ernst...

McCollum Names 2008 Law Enforcement Officer Of The Year
01/28/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Attorney General Bill McCollum today named Lieutenant Michael Howell, formerly of the Department of Transportation (DOT), as the recipient of the Attorney General's Law Enforcement Officer of the Year...

Attorney General Brings Gang Reduction Strategy to Northeast Florida
01/14/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and members of the Coordinating Council on Gang Reduction Strategies today joined elected and government officials, law enforcement, nonprofit group leaders, school...

Attorney General McCollum Announces Florida Animal Fighting Tip Line
12/29/2008: ~ McCollum joins The Humane Society of the United States and Norred & Associates to combat animal fighting ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL — Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Floridians can now report animal...

Attorney General Brings Gang Reduction Strategy to Capital City
12/17/2008: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and members of the Coordinating Council on Gang Reduction Strategies today joined elected and government officials, law enforcement, nonprofit group leaders and the...

North Florida Gang Member Gets 15 Years for Criminal Racketeering
12/16/2008: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a member of a violent “hybrid” gang in Gadsden County has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering....

Attorney General Brings Gang Reduction Strategy to Northwest Florida
12/16/2008: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and members of the Coordinating Council on Gang Reduction Strategies today joined elected and government officials, law enforcement, nonprofit group leaders, school...

Two South Florida Gang Members Convicted in Criminal Racketeering Trial
12/01/2008: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that two members of the Top-6 criminal gang were convicted tonight by a Palm Beach County jury on criminal charges of racketeering, and one of the defendants...