After almost one (1) year, police have arrested a St. Petersburg man they say is responsible for a crash that killed a 60-year-old Clearwater man in Pinellas Park last summer. Anthony Bernard Peterson, 22, of 3627 27th Avenue South, was arrested Friday afternoon on charges of Vehicular Homicide, Leaving the…
Sometimes, good police work requires that you get down and dirty. Earlier this week, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Rene Valencia, a 24-year-old entrepreneur (i.e., “drug dealer”) charged with Attempting to Sell Heroin and Cocaine near Weston Park allegedly swallowed his drugs rather than face the consequences of getting caught red-handed. However,…
A 20-year-old St. Petersburg man was sentenced to three-and-a-half (3 1/2) years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge stemming from a fatal wreck that killed two (2) people – his 23-year-old cousin, who was a passenger in his car, and a 59-year-old woman, who was a passenger in…
A story in this morning’s St. Pete Times about the “SCRAM” monitor caught my attention: For a solid year, Stephen Hulgin knew he could not sneak a drink without getting locked up. The reason was strapped around his ankle: an alcohol monitoring device he wore 24 hours a day, as…
A woman who drove her car into her neighbor’s house was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) yesterday. Gail Ann Kay, 54, was driving her 2008 Jeep SUV when she crashed through a house wall at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. She left a…
The Clearwater Police Department announced today it will conduct a traffic safety detail over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in an effort to reduce the number of vehicle accidents. Unfortunately, the holiday season also brings about more car accidents and more impaired and/or DUI drivers on the Tampa Bay area roadways.”Operation…
Jordan Valdez, the Davis Island teenager who was charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Death, is expected to plead guilty and be sentenced on November 24th. For those unfamiliar with this case, Valdez, who was 16-years-old at the time, was involved in a fatal crash on February…
In one of the biggest jury verdicts of its kind, a Hernando County jury awarded more than $330 million in civil damages today to the mother of a 13-year-old girl that was killed by a drunk driver in April 2007. For the complete story, check out today’s St. Pete Times…
Three Pasco County deputies came to court in New Port Richey this week to testify that they each saw Robert Corbin, 55, fall off his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and flee the scene — leaving the motorcycle on its side, running, with the key still in the ignition. That testimony, however, was…
On April 20th of this year, Andrew Hall of Safety Harbor was standing on the sidewalk outside of his Main Street apartment when he was struck by a vehicle which took his leg. Five months later, an arrest has been made in the case. Joshua Dean West, 24, was arrested…