In another “only in St. Pete type of case,” the St. Petersburg Police Department said that a St. Petersburg woman took a TV dispute too far Tuesday night when she stabbed and scalded her boyfriend over American Idol. According to the St. Pete Times, this is what happened: Police arrested…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib has applied to enter a Pre-Trial Intervention (PTI) program as a way of resolving his misdemeanor Battery charge.The Pinellas County State Attorney’s Office is reviewing his application and should know within a few weeks if Talib will be accepted into the program. The State’s…
In another “only in Pinellas County” type of story, a McDonald’s employee who police say smashed another man in the face with a glass coffee pot was arrested late Saturday.The 6 p.m. attack in the fast food restaurant’s kitchen at 2454 McMullen Booth Road, in Safety Harbor, left Marcus Grahm…
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office uncovered a marijuana grow house in the Plantation subdivision of Tampa on Sunday.More than fifty-five (55) marijuana plants averaging four (4) to five (5) feet tall were found in the home at 11313 Hollyglen Drive, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies also found…
A 26-year-old man is accused of Stalking a woman and making threats against her life, according to a story in today’s St. Pete Times. The stalker has been using his cell phone to leave the victim disturbing voice mail and text messages. Texts such as “I’ll kill you” and “take…
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 Tampa Bay area teenager, convicted of a violent rape, has been sentenced to 27 years in the Florida State prison system. Jose Walle, 15, was one of three men accused in a string of attacks throughout the Bay area in the summer of 2008.He and two others are facing…
A South Florida cab driver was tricked into making a 20-hour trip from Miami, Florida to Western Tennessee over the weekend. And he ended up getting stiffed, not getting a penny for his efforts, according to CBS4’s Stephen Stock.From 7:00 at night until 4:30 in the morning, 6 days a…
A disgraced Illinois insurance executive pleaded guilty Tuesday, in Los Angeles, California, to secretly shooting nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who repeatedly called her stalker a “sexual predator” and said she hopes he “never sees the light of day,” says The Associated Press in a recent USA Today…
Yes. You read correctly. She was charged with Domestic Battery by beer. Melva Ann Wixon, 49, was arrested Tuesday night on a Domestic Battery charge after a wet incident at her apartment. Here’s what the po-po have to say: Wixon got home about 7:00 p.m. at an apartment she shares…