Month: July 2017

A Tampa man with a significant history in the Florida prison system was arrested last week, accused of a shooting death at a Busch Gardens hotel.Tampa police arrested Christopher Lee Carithers in front of an East Tampa residence on Thursday after tips from the Florida...

Clearwater Police say a local man was intoxicated while driving along the beach and attempting to emulate a popular video game, live-streaming it all on social media.Twenty-seven-year-old Ryan Michael Stiles is facing several counts relating to the incident that...

A lengthy investigation by the Hernando County Sheriff's Office culminated on Tuesday with the arrest of a Spring Hill couple they say were in possession of substantial amounts of illicit drugs.Investigators allege that Devan Diandre Bristol and Jasmine Deon Delaine...

Authorities say a domestic dispute led to murder last Tuesday, requiring the services of the sheriff department's tactical team to aid in the search that led to his ultimate apprehension.Officers of the St. Petersburg Police did not describe the nature of the dispute...

Evidently developing a rage that turned murderous, a Seminole woman was arrested late last week after authorities say she plunged a knife into her husband's chest, killing him.Fifty-one-year-old Mary Georgia Pender-Michielson of unincorporated Seminole dialed 9-1-1...

A deputy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is facing charges of driving under the influence after he allegedly drove his personal vehicle into a structure at Walt Disney World in Orlando.Timothy Michael Craig was piloting his Toyota light truck on the...

The former chief financial officer of a private agency dedicated to helping the mentally disabled will be spending two years in federal prison for allegedly illegally diverting Social Security payments from individuals under their care.Frank Pannullo was also...

Troopers of the Florida Highway Patrol say a Plant City man was legally intoxicated when he piloted his vehicle through a red light and fatally struck a motorcyclist.Jorge Alberto Mejia Perez was driving his Nissan Maxima westbound on Knights Griffin Road in the...

The Tampa Police Department arrested a man last week they say is responsible for the death of a motorcyclist last November.Authorities accuse Nelson Froilan Massanet-Beltran of being inebriated when he was driving down Sheldon Road on a November evening last year. The...

After months of legal and legislative maneuvering, the state of Florida has scheduled the first execution since January 2016.Mark James Asay was scheduled last week to be put to death at 6 P.M. on August 24 in Florida's death chamber. He was convicted in late 1988 of...