Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged a manager at Tyrone Square mall’s Pops 2 Go for repeatedly sexually battering a girl over a 15-month period. Homol faces charges of sex with another minor girl as well. The man, Steven Homol, 35, engaged in illegal sexual acts with a 16-year-oldContinue Reading
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and Chief of Police Anthony Holloway announced this week some major changes to police response in the city starting October 1. The City of St. Petersburg Police Department will create a new division within the police department called the Community Assistance Liaison, to expand ourContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Jeffrey Saylor (48, St. Petersburg) to 30 months in federal prison for the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. Saylor had pleaded guilty on February 11, 2020. According to court documents, Saylor acquired oxycodone prescriptions at a local pain management clinic, filledContinue Reading
As protesters take to the street and Florida reopens many businesses, the rise in coronavirus testing has led to more positive cases and prompted St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman to announce the city will mandate that employees wear face masks in all businesses in the city beginning Friday. “Don’t expect to receiveContinue Reading
A 51-year-old man on a scooter died after a crash in St. Petersburg late Sunday. According to St. Petersburg police, the crash happened on 34th Street and Queensborough Avenue South just after 11 p.m. Don Rowland Hayghe, 51, died at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, where he was taken after theContinue Reading
A second person was arrested Friday in connection to a double shooting that happened earlier this week in St. Petersburg. Michael Murray has now been arrested by police in connection to the shooting at 9th Avenue N and 37th Street. Murray, 26, has been charged with first degree murder and attempted felonyContinue Reading
An active shooter training event is set for today to education the St. Petersburg community. The St. Petersburg Police and St. Petersburg Fire Rescue are partnering to help prepare citizens for the scenario which “you hope to never find yourself in.” St. Pete Police and Fire will host the seminar Thursday evening at theContinue Reading
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
Authorities have now identified the body discovered on Thursday afternoon in the Intracoastal Waterway as Mary Ellen Dyer. Dyer was killed in a St. Pete Beach crash around 3 a.m. Thursday morning near Shark Tales Waterfront Restaurant at 75th Avenue and Sunset Way. Dyer, 66, was found by a fisherman about two milesContinue 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
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
