LAND O’ LAKES, FL. – Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Kaitlyn O’Brien, a missing-runaway 17-year-old. Deputies say O’Brien is 5’6”, approx. 235 lbs., with black hair and hazel eyes. O’Brien was last seen around 8:40 p.m. on March 27 in the Bell Rock…
Read More Pasco Sheriff Searching For Missing-Runaway 17-Year-Old, Last Seen In Land O’ Lakes On Bicycle
Demarcus Johnson will be sentenced Monday for fracturing the skull of his girlfriend’s infant daughter while his girlfriend was away at work—a crime he then tried to cover up with lies. A child abuse expert testified that the girl suffered such violent, abusive head trauma…
Read More Florida Man Convicted Of Smashing Girlfriend’s 3-Month-Old Daughter’s Skull Will Be Sentenced Monday
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – Sheriff Chad Chronister along with the HCSO Marine Unit assisted in the rescue of 11 people from their sinking boat Sunday afternoon. Sheriff Chronister was on patrol with the HCSO Marine Unit for the Tampa Bay AirFest during the flight of…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister Helps Save 11 People From Sinking Boat Sunday
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – Pasco Sheriff’s detectives were alerted to a body found on March 24, 2022, around 1:30 p.m., in the Lacoochee Claysink Rd. & SR 575 area of Lacoochee. “The family of the deceased individual has given PSO permission to identify her as…
Read More Missing Tampa Woman’s Body Found In Pasco County
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – On Thursday, Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco and County Administrator Dan Biles, on behalf of the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, announced that, effective October 1, 2022, management of the Land O’Lakes Detention Center will transition from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office…
Read More Management Of Land O’ Lakes Detention Center To Transition Back To Pasco BOCC
WINTER HAVEN, FL. – Winter Haven Police need help your help identifying the man in the photos below. Police say the man entered West Marine, located at 1107 3rd St SW, on March 15, 2022, and selected more than $1598 worth of items. As the…
Read More Winter Haven Police Seeking To Identify ‘West Marine’ Thief
TAMPA, FL. – Around 7:23 pm on Friday, March 25, 2022, Tampa Police Department’s Emergency Communication Center got word of a shooting in the 8400 block of Mission Ct. Officers did not find anyone hurt at that location, but after another caller reported a man…
Read More 18-Year-Old Shot And Killed In Tampa Friday Evening, Detectives Seeking Tips
A 14-year-old boy died after he fell Thursday night from a drop tower amusement ride that recently opened at the Orlando area’s ICON Park entertainment complex, authorities said. Tyre Sampson, 14, of St. Louis, Missouri, fell from the Orlando FreeFall ride, described by its operators as the world’s tallest…
Read More Florida’s ICON Park Releases Statement On Tower Ride Death Of 14-Year-Old
ST. PETERSBURG, FL. – At approximately 2:00 pm St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue units were dispatched to a vehicle that struck a water main at the intersection of 34th Street North and 24th Avenue North. Crews arrived to find an SUV that struck the large…
Read More SUV Strikes Water Main In St. Petersburg
On Thursday, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis warned Floridians about the pitfalls of crowdfunding websites like “GoFundMe” being used to host online charity scams related to the Ukrainian War. With nearly 1,400 Ukraine relief fundraisers on GoFundMe, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers that before giving…
Read More Florida CFO Warns Of “GoFundMe” Style Ukraine Crowdfunding Scams
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