A Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured in a single-vehicle crash this afternoon ...more

August 5, 2008

SAN ANTONIO A Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy has been injured in a single-vehicle crash. A male deputy on his way to work was driving on St. Joe Road by StarBright Drive when he lost control of his marked, agency vehicle and struck a power pole, said sheriff's office spokesman Doug Tobin, in a news release. He is being taken by helicopter to a Tampa area hospital. Dispatch received the call at 4:22 p.m. today, Tobin said. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating FHP will be investigating the accident. The name of the deputy is not being released until his family can be notified. He was complaining of neck and back injuries ...more

August 5, 2008

BRADENTON BEACH – A 79-year-old man fatally shot himself in the chest while sitting on a bench behind the concession stand at Coquina Beach this morning. ...more

August 5, 2008

Arnold Vallombroso told his 82-year-old neighbor in Shalimar Trailer Court he could make her some serious cash, according to authorities. All he needed was her to help a bit. Late last year, he told the woman he had a $900 million inheritance coming from Nigeria, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report states. Because Vallombroso was out of work, he reportedly told her, he needed cash to pay customs so he could get the money. She bit but in the end wound up being out thousands of dollars. On Monday, Pasco deputies caught up with Vallombroso after receiving a tip that he was at his mother's home at 9033 Shawn Ave. He was arrested on a charge of scheme to defraud. He was being held Tuesday in the Land O' Lakes Jail with bail set at $5,000. ...more

August 5, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A Hillsborough County minister surrendered at Land O' Lakes Jail on Tuesday evening to face a charge of lewd or lascivious battery - eight months after facing similar charges in Tampa. ...more

July 31, 2008

A Hillsborough County minister turned himself at Land O' Lakes Jail on Tuesday evening to face a charge of lewd or lascivious battery. ...more

July 30, 2008

Gabriel Neal never much liked the man authorities say fatally stabbed his mother. ...more

July 29, 2008

This afternoon, Gabriel, 16, was wheeled into an auditorium at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Tampa, where he is recovering from being stabbed while trying to save his mother, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 28, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 2-week-old boy. The parents of Daimen Houston Tatum, who was born July 14, rushed the baby to Community Hospital in New Port Richey, after they woke up and found the baby unresponsive, sheriff's office spokesman Doug Tobin said in a news release. Officers went to the hospital at about 8:21 a.m. today where the baby was pronounced dead. The parents said the baby had been sleeping in their bed at 7541 Coventry Drive. There were no obvious signs of foul play but the Pasco-Pinellas Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, Tobin said. A staff report ...more

July 28, 2008

Authorities have identified a 3-year-old girl found in the community pool of a Hudson mobile home park Sunday, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. Pasco Fire Rescue crews tried to revive Kayla Echevarria, of 10428 Bream Drive, after she was pulled out of a community pool at Forest Green mobile home park, 11337 Hudson Ave., authorities said. She was found about 7:30 p.m. ...more

July 22, 2008