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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A Pinellas Park woman has died after being struck by a car around 6:oo pm on Saturday, troopers say. Florida Highway Patrol said the car was traveling northbound on Park Street North. The Pinellas Park woman was walking eastbound across the…
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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A 33-year-old Zephyrhills man has died after a crash that happened around 11:15 pm on Saturday. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a car was traveling northbound on Chancey Road, just south of CR-54, approaching a motorized scooter driving northbound. Troopers say…
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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – According to Florida Highway Patrol, a Citrus County man was killed in a crash involving his golf cart Friday afternoon. Troopers say the deadly crash happened on West Fenway Drive, just north of Lake Marie Terrace. According to investigators, a 48-year-old…
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Firefighters in Florida rescued a family dog Saturday after officials say a child was playing with fireworks inside of an apartment. According to officials, on Saturday, July 1, at approximately 11:09 a.m., Ocala Fire Rescue responded to reports of a structure fire at Berkeley Pointe…
Read More Dog Rescued From Apartment Fire In Florida After Child Lights Fireworks Indoors
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – The DUI Wolf Pack operation that ran 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, 2023, and continued until 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 2, 2023, resulted in 30 DUI arrests. The operation is part of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s ongoing commitment to…
Read More 53 Arrested, 190 Citations Issued In Pinellas County Overnight DUI Wolf Pack
LAKELAND, Fla – A Lakeland man has been arrested and charged in a shooting that happened Friday at an apartment complex leading to a barricade situation. On Friday, June 30, 2023, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting that had just…
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HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla – The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office is currently on the scene of a marine incident on the Chassahowitzka Bay near the Hernando and Citrus county line. The body of a man missing after falling out of a motorized canoe in the Chassahowitzka…
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ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando man has pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing child sex abuse material after attempting to destroy a hard drive and hiding it behind a freezer. Christopher Tristan McKie, 38, faces a minimum mandatory term of 5 years, up to 20…
Read More Orlando Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges After Destroying External Hard Drive
TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) made a traffic stop Friday on a vehicle with 78 pounds of cocaine in the trunk. The stop happened around 12:30 p.m. by a trooper along westbound Interstate 4 east of 50th Street for multiple traffic violations,…
Read More Florida Troopers Arrest 2 Men With 78 Pounds Of Cocaine During Tampa Traffic Stop
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A 24-year-old Land O’ Lakes man was killed while walking State Route 54 around 10:05 pm on Friday. Troopers say a Jeep Wrangler, was traveling eastbound on SR-54, west of Ryals Road, where the man was walking westbound in the eastbound…
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