SWAT Deputy Kills Man While Serving Search Warrant
On Tuesday at 8 a. m., Hillsborough County SWAT members responded to 1432 Longwood Loop to execute a search warrant for illegal drugs. The warrant was the result of a month-long investigation as...
View ArticleDeputies Search For Suspect Who Fled From Traffic Stop
MICHALLE MEDINA-HERNANDEZ …..in custody The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Tuesday around midnight a traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle at Fowler Avenue and 22nd Street by...
View ArticleDetectives Release Sketch Of Homicide Suspect
This is a composite sketch of a man suspected of murdering a Plant City man on July 2nd. On July 2, 2016 at 9:47 p. m., the Plant City Police Department received a 9-1-1 call reporting an injured...
View ArticleMan Admits To Setting Fire To Home Over Dispute With Family Member
CLYDE LAGUERRE Last Wednesday afternoon, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Fire Investigators made an arson arrest in a residential fire at 507 Sunset Beach Court in Valrico. Investigators questioned...
View ArticleMan Steals Over $1,000 In Makeup
This is a surveillance photo of a man suspected of stealing makeup from Ulta Beauty. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, on August 17th at 1:39 p.m., a Hispanic male selected...
View ArticleHandcuffed Suspect Who Escape Arrest Surrenders
JESUS MANUEL ANGULO-OCACIO A handcuffed suspect who escaped from Hillsborough County deputies Wednesday turned himself in. He was still wearing the handcuffs. Deputies said Jesus Manuel...
View ArticleWoman Robs Two Stores In One Night
ASHLEY MARIE RAMIREZ On September 1st at 1:48 a. m., St. Petersburg police said Ashley Marie Ramirez, 28, walked into a CVS Store at 8001 Dr. MLK Street, North in St. Petersburg. She purchased a...
View ArticleClarence Barr’s Reality On Ice-‘Happy Days Are Here Again’
Happy Days Are Here Again BY CLARENCE BARR, II Labor Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. Not because it means a day off from work, but because it signifies something else far more...
View ArticleQuarrel That Ends With Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Injured
MATTHEW WISSMANN …Died of his injuries Members of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are currently searching for a man in connection with a shooting. The victims were shot while at 13601 N....
View ArticleSuspects Arrested After 6 People Robbed At Gunpoint
LUIS SIBAJA Two young men were taken into custody this weekend and charged with armed robbery. The robberies occurred in Ybor City early Monday morning. Luis Sibaja, 17, of Brandon, and Jalen...
View ArticleDeputy Charged With DUI
JACK ARMSTRONG A 23-year-old former deputy for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Sunday and charged with DUI and property damage. The accident took place at 13205 Shadow Lake Blvd....
View ArticleFormer Guard, Security Firm Sued
EVEROY FARQHARSON Chris Pino, Kevin Whitcher, and Megan Zetterberg have filed separate lawsuits against Everoy Farqharson and Iron Eagle Security after a July 10th incident that ended in...
View ArticleOfficers Fire At Man Who Fled Traffic Stop
JOEL COOK Tampa Police are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred September 10th. Officers conducted a traffic stop on a Toyota for a missing headlight at 9:30 p. m. near...
View ArticleFireman Charged In Death Of Son He Left In Hot Truck
TROY WHITAKER On September 9th at 4:30 p. m., Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a call about a child that had been left inside a hot truck. According to investigators, Troy Whitaker,...
View ArticleMen Who Burned Cross In Yard Of Interracial Couple Indicted
WILLIAM DENNIS United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced the unsealing of an indictment charging William A. Dennis (55, Spring Hill) and Thomas Herris Sigler, III, (45, Land O’ Lakes) with...
View ArticleProbationer’s Girlfriend Arrested After Calling In Bomb Threat
DENIZ MARTINEZ The Winter Haven Police Department reports that the girlfriend of a probationer called in a bomb threat Tuesday to the Office of Probation and Parole in an attempt to keep her...
View ArticleTeacher Charged With Lewd And Lascivious Conduct
MICHAEL GEIST The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that Michael Geist, 31, was a teacher at Rogers Middle School during the second semester of the 2015-2016 school year. During the month...
View ArticleWoman Charged In Fatal Accident
CHARNELLE MILLER After conducting a thorough investigation, the State Attorney’s Office issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Charnelle Miller, 25, on charges of leaving the scene of an accident...
View ArticleMan Given 8 Years For Tax Fraud, Must Repay $230,000
ANDRE DWIGHT STEWART On Monday, a federal judge handed down a prison sentence to a Tampa man. He was also Court ordered to pay $230,005 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According...
View ArticleYoung Mom Arrested After Young Children Found Wandering At 4 a. m.
KATIERI EADY Deputies arrested a young woman after they were called to the scene when two small children, ages 5 and 3, were found playing around her car at 4 a. m. According to reports, Katieri...
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