Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and mother Missy Peterson appear in a public service announcement talking about the dangers of Spice/K2.
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Two men are charged with stealing used cooking and fryer grease from a Wendy's in Sarasota and may be responsible for similar crimes in Pinellas County, authorities said Friday. The duo was seen using a white truck to extract the grease from a storage system attached to the inside of the fast food restaurant at 1601 S. Tamiami Trail around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. When the restaurant's manager noticed the men were not wearing the normal uniform and were acting unusual, he called police. A patrol officer found the two men and the truck later that night at Fruitville Road and Shade Avenue, police said. One of them, 23-year-old Leroy L. Shorter of Pinellas Park, is also charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug …
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Deputies say they found $3,898 worth of stolen items and a "booster bag" in a vehicle driven by Alberto Alex Rojas, 56, of Palm Harbor. Rojas served as getaway driver during the theft from Ross, according to an arrest affidavit.
A Palm Harbor man served as a getaway driver for a man and woman who traveled from Miami to Palm Harbor to steal merchandise from the Ross store at 33165 U.S. 19, according to authorities. On May 3 at about 9:15 p.m., Pinellas County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Alberto Alex Rojas, 56, of Palm Harbor and Jose Castillo, 19, and Gina Cordano, 44, whose hometowns were not provided. Deputies say the trio stole $1,085 worth of items from the store that evening using a "booster bag." A booster bag is a bag that has been modified to include a special lining, like multiple layers of aluminum foil, that can prevent security panels from detecting items inside the bag. This allows thieves to place multiple items in a booster bag, then walk out of a …
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The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released surveillance video of a man who broke into eight vehicles on Tuesday, May 7. Many of the cars were in the Ridgemoor subdivision.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released surveillance video of a man who broke into eight vehicles on Tuesday, May 7. Many of the cars were in the Ridgemoor subdivision.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is hoping surveillance video will lead them to a man suspected of burglarizing at least eight vehicles in East Lake last week. The video appears to be from a security camera inside a garage. It shows a very calm man inside a vehicle. He is going through items in the vehicle and is carrying a bag. The thief broke into the vehicles on Tuesday, May 7 between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m., according to detectives. Six of the vehicles were parked in the Ridgemoor subdivision and two others were parked near Cypress Cove Way, which is just north of Lansbrook. All vehicles were unlocked. A resident reported to Patch that many of the vehicles that were burglarized were parked on Ridgemoor Circle and sheriff's …
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The vehicle crashed through the wall at Dillard's, sparking a blaze on the building's east side.
A driver intentionally crashed his Honda Accord into Dillard's Department Store at Westfield Countryside Mall, sparking a fire on the east side of the building Wednesday, according to police. Ellis Vaughn, 64, was extricated and transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa with serious but non-life threatening injuries and burns, according to Clearwater Police. He has since been transferred to Tampa General. Vaughn told investigators that he was trying to commit suicide and drove his vehicle at a high rate of speed into the building, according to investigators. The crash occurred at about 2 a.m. Wednesday. Dillard's will stay closed Wednesday, May 15, as smoke is cleared from the building and repair work gets under way to fix a large hole…
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More than 5,000 gallons of fuel may be on board the vessel, according to media reports.
A shrimp boat caught fire at the Tarpon Springs sponge docks on Tuesday night, turning the Anclote River "into a lake of fire," according to the Tampa Bay Times. Crews battled the blaze for more than three hours, the Times' story said. The boat that caught fire was at the end of the sponge docks off Dodecanese Boulevard, according to a report by Bay News 9. More than 5,000 gallons of fuel was believed to have been onboard the vessel. "Clearwater Fire & Rescue FireBoat responding to large vessel fire at Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks," Richard Riley, the Operations Chief for Clearwater Fire and Rescue reported via Twitter. The Tampa Tribune reported that multiple other agencies joined the fight to get the fire under control. Those responding …
We compile the odd, unusual "oh my gosh" police items from throughout the Tampa Bay region.
A 66-year-old Sarasota man faces a drug charge, after police allege that he ran a large-scale retail marijuana operation that involved receiving weekly deliveries of high-grade cannabis at his home that he repackaged into smaller quantities and sold at a profit. Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino held a press conference Monday, May 6, to announce the arrest of Anthony Snead, in connection to a six-month undercover operation. He was charged with possession of cannabis with intent to sell. Detectives estimate that Snead paid approximately $780,000 to $1 million per year for the cannabis, which he then resold for more money. A man tried to sell 25 brass vases that had been stolen from plots at a Bradenton cemetery, authorities said …
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Are you curious about police activity in your neighborhood? Here are the dates and times that Pinellas County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to East Lake neighborhoods from Monday, April 15, 2013 to Monday, May 6, 2013.
Sheriff's deputies responded to these calls in East Lake from Monday, April 15, 2013 to Monday, May 6, 2013. This information was obtained from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Crime Viewer. THEFT-PETIT- Reported Date: April 18, 2013, 500 Block of Whispering Lakes Boulevard, undefined time Subscribe to the East Lake Patch newsletter to have local news delivered to your email each day. Sign up here.
