2 Hernando teens accused in knife threat at baseball field
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Hernando sheriff's deputies have arrested two Nature Coast Technical High School students after another student accused...
View ArticleTwo Largo teens sentenced to life for the murder of another youth
By Curtis Krueger, Times staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 LARGO — Brenda Days stood in the courtroom where her son's killers were about to be sentenced on Friday and let them know exactly what...
View ArticleOn probation, Zephyrhills man must give up gang jacket
Times staff Friday, September 10, 2010 DADE CITY — Charles Ricardo Rosales, charged in July with keeping pills and marijuana plants in his mobile home, pleaded guilty Friday to drug charges and was...
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Deputies: Pasco woman in stupor with child in the car
Times staff Friday, September 10, 2010 HOLIDAY — A 26-year-old woman is accused of taking drugs and passing out in a car in the parking lot of a pool hall with a 6-year-old girl in the vehicle.Candice...
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Zephyrhills man charged with child porn possession
Times staff Friday, September 10, 2010 ZEPHYRHILLS — An auto mechanic was arrested Thursday in an FBI sting on charges he downloaded child pornography to his computer.Authorities say Manfred M. Zenz,...
View ArticleLargo woman gets eight years for $1 million scam
By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 LARGO — A woman accused of bilking 18 homeowner groups from throughout Pinellas County and her boss out of more than $1 million was...
View ArticleFormer Largo woman gets eight years in $1 million embezzlement scheme
By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 LARGO — The judge apparently didn't buy the claims that abuse absolved her of guilt for stealing as much as $1.2 million from her boss...
View ArticlePasco County brothers rescued from burning boat
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 Two men were rescued Friday afternoon after their boat caught fire about four and a half miles southwest of Anclote Key.The Hudson...
View ArticleAirport scanners could skip 'digital strip search' with new software
By Steve Huettel, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 Travelers at U.S. airports in the future might not worry about the creepiest part of security screening: that officer in a booth...
View ArticleEpilogue: A sparkplug for police, firefighters and crime victims
By Andrew Meacham, Time Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 Times Staff WriterST. PETERSBURG — As Halloween approached, Odette Patterson called a friend to retrieve the child-sized witch's costume...
View ArticleOdette Patterson a spark plug for crime victims, firefighters and police
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — As Halloween approached, Odette Patterson called a friend to retrieve the child-sized witch's costume that fit her...
View ArticleJudge denies motion to dismiss drug charge against Dontae Morris' brother
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 TAMPA — A judge Friday denied a motion to dismiss a drug charge against Dwayne Callaway, whose brother Dontae Morris is accused of...
View ArticleAuthorities seek help finding Palm Harbor bank robber
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 PALM HARBOR - Authorities are seeking the public's help in finding a man who robbed a Wachovia Bank on Friday. The man got away with an...
View ArticlePasco County business notes
By Jean Hayes, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 Who's newsDr. Luis Annoni, cardiac electrophysiologist at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, was the featured speaker at a lecture...
View ArticleClearwater religion calendar
Times staff Friday, September 10, 2010 African Methodist EpiscopalSt. James AME Church, 1436 S Madison Ave., Clearwater. Call (727) 442-2336.AnglicanAnglican Church of Saints Peter and Paul, 1625...
View Article'Special needs' cats available for adoption
Times staff Friday, September 10, 2010 SPRING HILL'Special needs' cats available for adoptionAs part of Adopt a Less-Adoptable Pet Month, Home at Last Pet Adoptions will have "special needs" cats and...
View ArticleHernando County Sheriff's Office encounters serious problems early in...
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Two weeks into being Hernando County's jailer, Sheriff Richard Nugent and his staff have had to face some of the most...
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Spring Hill pastor seeks RV donation for his mobile prayer ministry
By Gail Hollenbeck, Times Correspondent Friday, September 10, 2010 The Rev. Dell O. Barnes Sr. says the idea for a mobile ministry came to him on his way home from vacation. He saw a roadside sign for...
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After 10 years, search for Zachary Bernhardt goes on
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 Carole Bernhardt, Zachary’s grandmother, wears a necklace with his picture. CLEARWATER — By the spring of 2001, 8-year-old Zachary...
View ArticleTampa resident comes home to find smoke and a fleeing man
Times staff Friday, September 10, 2010 TAMPA — A man arrived home Friday to find the house on fire and a young man running away, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. Kingsley Peart, 57, saw the man on the...
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