St. Petersburg Police arrested and charged a 22-year-old woman with aggravated child abuse Friday after two young children were allegedly found in “deplorable conditions.” Chyanne Davis was taken into custody after police officers and a child protection investigator found a 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl in her apartment “ull of rotting garbage, soiledContinue Reading
Speed is to blame for the death of three young people who died in a horrific car wreck on Highway 98 in Lakeland Saturday night, just before midnight. Lakeland Police said Brittany Lewis, 24, Christopher “CJ” Stewart, 22, and Kathrin “Katie” Pitock, 22, all of Lakeland, died in that crashContinue Reading
A Tampa woman was arrested Wednesday on charges she killed James Simmons Jr. in April and stole his car. Tampa Police and U.S. Marshals arrested Aysoni Lewis in her Tampa home and now faces charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery and grand theft motor vehicle. Lewis, 26, was arrested Wednesday morning, 8:20 a.m. atContinue Reading
The man suspected in the deadly Winter Haven home invasion has died, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Ricardo Garcia Gomez broke into the home of Paul McLees and Mary McLees, threatening the pair with a knife to get into their safe. McLees, 78, opened the safe, pulled the gun fromContinue Reading
Tampa Police arrested a security guard Saturday after he fired his weapon at two people during a confrontation in a parking garage involving public urination. Everoy Farqharson, 31, a security guard employed by Iron Eagle Security, confronted the victims at approximately 2:49 a.m. about urinating in the parking garage andContinue Reading
A man was arrested Sunday morning in connection with the fatal shooting of Bernard Antonio Richards Saturday night in Clearwater, according to police. Anthony James Roy, 50, was involved with an altercation with Richards, 31, outside of the Stop N Shop convenience store located at the corner of South Martin LutherContinue Reading
According to deputies with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Robert Alcalde is the man who invaded a Clearwater home in a drug-crazed episode that couldn’t be stopped by officers when they arrived. Alcalde, 31, broke into the home of Heather and Steven Aiosa through the couple’s front window. Steven Aiosa grabbedContinue Reading
A father and son duo was arrested on July 5 and deputies at the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office say the pair had $60,000 worth of heroin in their possession. Matthew Zimmerman and his teen son, Logan Zimmerman, were in possession of 11.5 ounces of heroin, $7,677, a misdemeanor amount of marijuana,Continue Reading
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detailed the arrest of a Riverview man who was shot during a gunfight with deputies early Sunday and now faces two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Jamil Alejandro Valladares, 26, pulled his gun on deputies who were investigating a domestic dispute reported by Valladares’ girlfriend.Continue Reading
A wrong-way driver, who caused a traffic crash, had a toddler in the car, Hillsborough sheriff’s deputies said. Identified as Crystal Lynn Palacios, the Ruskin woman was charged with DUI, her third in the last ten years, driving while license suspended or revoked (2nd offense) and refusal to submit to any DUIContinue Reading
A Citrus County man is in jail after police say he set the “fire because the “voices in his head told him to do it.” Raymond Hermann confessed to the crime, opening up with more details which were chronicled in the man’s arrest record. Citrus County Sheriff’s Office says Hermann set hisContinue Reading
Largo City Commission Seat 3 has graced many headlines as candidate Robert Avery has dealt with extortion accusations and a virtually broke campaign since he entered the race. Now that effort has come to an end with Avery dropping out of the race, leaving the battle to incumbent Curtis Holmes and politicalContinue Reading
Hillsborough County detectives charged a Tampa man for running a human trafficking, prostitution ring at the La Quinta Inn near the Florida State Fairgrounds. Brandon Jackson, 30, has been arrested for holding a 32-year-old woman against her will, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. “Jackson was discovered hiding in a lockedContinue Reading
A St. Petersburg couple, John Riggins and Sheron Pasco, remains hospitalized Wednesday with serious burn injuries as police are still investigating how and why a man set the woman on fire. Riggins and Pasco live with the woman’s uncle, Ernest Neal, who told police that the couple’s argument escalated out of control andContinue Reading
Next week a federal court will consider whether Florida can continue denying kosher meals to Jewish prisoners, even when the vast majority of state prisons and the federal government have provided them for many years. Florida claims that providing kosher meals would be too expensive—even though the estimated cost ofContinue Reading
The St. Petersburg Police Department, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, is asking for the public’s assistance in attempting to locate a man wanted for first degree murder. On June 20, 2016, at 22nd Avenue South and Dr. MLK Jr. Street South in St. Petersburg, Taurus RandallContinue Reading
The couple attempting to run from a Polk County sheriff’s deputy, but rammed their vehicle into his cruiser, dragging the patrol car into a ditch, have been identified. Cody Bridges, 19, of Plant City, was being sought for a felony warrant out of Hillsborough County for a stolen vehicle, according to theContinue Reading
Largo police announced a third person is now in custody in connection with the 2015 murder of McKinley Torbit. Leonard Little has now been arrested and faces charges of first-degree murder for the 2015 killing of Torbit. Little, 25, appears to be one of three suspects involved in the home invasion robbery attemptContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office, one of the country’s largest sheriff’s departments, is critically short on deputies, creating a major stress for coverage against threats of terrorism, drunk driving, and general public safety. “We do have a shortage, but I can tell you right now we have no shortage of dedicationContinue Reading
A Robinson High School teacher has been charged with soliciting a female student for sex using Facebook and Kik. Timothy Sean Falls Jr., has been charged with solicitation to commit an unlawful sexual act with a minor 16-24 and use of an electronic device to solicit/entice/lure a minor. Falls, 29, taught socialContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced that they have arrested a Tampa man accused of molesting a 5-year-old boy in March in a bathroom at the Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library. Shaun Michael Grybowski, 20, was arrested Monday at his home in Tampa on a warrant charging him with sexualContinue Reading
