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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – In a continued effort to balance the safety and health of the public, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office personnel, and inmates at Hillsborough County detention facilities, HCSO will cautiously resume offering in-person visitation to families and friends of inmates beginning in October. Effective…
Read More Non-Contact Visitation to Resume at Falkenburg Road Jail
St. Leo, FL – Beginning Monday, September 28, a new traffic signal is now fully operational at SR 52 and Palm Boulevard (entrance to St. Leo University) in Pasco County. Drivers are advised to remain alert to the changed conditions as motorists get used to…
Read More New SR 52 Traffic Signal at the Entrance to St. Leo University
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – On September 28th, 2020, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) was contacted in reference to a verbal disturbance. Upon arrival, deputies observed an infant victim with multiple bruises and swelling on their face and head. Deputies observed the victim was breathing,…
Read More Infant Was Beaten in the Head and Face, 36-Year-Old Behind Bars
HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA – A traffic stop in Avon Park on Sunday led to one of the largest drug seizures in recent memory for the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies confiscated enough fentanyl to kill nearly 40,000 people, as well as over a pound of…
Read More “Enough Fentanyl to Kill Nearly 40,000 People” Florida Sheriff Deputies Arrest Trafficker
TAMPA, Fla. – At 10:53 p.m., Officers responded to the area of 34th, and Hannah after receiving reports that a male was shot. When officers arrived, they found the victim laying on the ground, with a single gun-shot wound to his lower back. -2500 BLOCK…
Read More Shooting in Tampa Sunday Night, One-Injured
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – UPDATE Missing Man Located Safely. Deputies have issued a Silver Alert for 77-year-old Carl Lester Byrd, of unincorporated St. Petersburg. Deputies say on Sunday, September 27, 2020, around 10:30 p.m., Byrd left a family member’s residence, located at 4212 18th Street…
Read More 77-Year-Old Man Missing in St. Petersburg, UPDATE, LOCATED SAFE
TAMPA, FL. -Beginning at 9 a.m. today, the outside northbound and the outside southbound lanes on North Florida Avenue will be closed between West 130th and West 131st Avenues while the Tampa Water Department completes repairs to an earlier water main break. Barricades and signs…
Read More Lane Closures on North Florida Ave Between West 130th and West 131st Avenues
DUNEDIN, FL. – Deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team are investigating a single motorcycle crash with injuries in Dunedin. According to investigators, a 2005 Yamaha V Star 1100, driven by 66-year-old Jeffrey Arbital, was traveling eastbound on Main Street approaching Virginia Street. Witnesses…
Read More Pinellas County Sheriff Investigates Single Motorcycle Crash in Dunedin
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – At a ‘mixer’ protest in St. Pete last night, a BLM protester pulled what appears to be a knife on an opposing protester. The opposing protester pulls a gun. A man filming this episode says, “St. Pete Police, Where The F**K…
Read More “St. Pete Police, Where The F**K Are You?” Man Pulls Knife, Another Man Pulls Gun
CLEARWATER, FL.- Update: This teen has been located safe. Clearwater Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing and possibly endangered 16-year-old runaway. Chloe Cluck last was seen about 1:30 this morning in the 1800 block of Sunset Point Road. She is…
Read More Clearwater Police Seeking Endangered 16-Year-Old, Canceled. This child has been located safe.