Swatting Call Leads to Heavy Police Presence at USF Saturday Afternoon
On Saturday, Aug. 30, at approximately 4:45 p.m., the Tampa Police Department’s 911 call center received a report of a possible armed individual inside the USF Library on the Tampa campus. The caller also claimed to have heard shots fired. Only one call came into TPD and through a verification process, it showed...
Illegal Alien Crime Ring Busted For Stealing Over $400,000 In Semi-truck Parts In Central...
An illegal alien crime ring has been busted in Central Florida after stealing over $400,000 in semi-truck parts. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution is accusing four members of a crime ring of stealing over $400,000 in truck parts. According to a law enforcement investigation led...
Woman Taken Into Custody After Online Bank Fraud Scheme In Central Florida
A woman was recently taken into custody after an online bank fraud scheme in Central Florida. An investigation by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crimes Section resulted in the arrest of a Tampa woman involved in an ATM tap-in fraud scheme. HCSO received a tip identifying 24-year-old Janetcilize...
Hillsborough County Deputy Quits After His Own Wife Exposes Alleged FBI Academy Cheating Scandal
Anthony Collins explained his departure by stating, "I didn’t want my personal life to bring unwarranted distractions to the workplace.”. A top deputy in the Hillsborough, Florida County Sheriff’s Office abruptly resigned in July after his wife accused him of cheating in an elite FBI leadership program. The charge...
2 People Detained In Connection With Tampa Shooting
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office recently detained two people involved in a Tampa shooting. Earlier last summer, deputies responded to allegations of a shooting in Tampa’s 100 block of Bush Lane. Deputies found a victim with several gunshot wounds. Surveillance video caught a white Acura RDX arriving shortly...
Man found dead on South Skyway Fishing Pier
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Florida Highway Patrol is on the scene of a death investigation on the fishing piers along the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Tuesday morning. FHP says the investigation is unfolding along the South Skyway Fishing Pier, where investigators found a 41-year-old man's body inside a parked Chevrolet...
Clearwater joins St. Pete, Tampa in removing street murals
CLEARWATER — The city is removing street paintings, in compliance with a statewide directive against public art displays on roadways. Officials in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater received letters Aug. 22 with directions: Remove the identified street murals by Sept. 4 or risk losing state funding. Clearwater...
Photos: St. Pete chalks sidewalks to protest street art crack down
Demonstrators over the weekend chalked up St. Petersburg sidewalks with rainbows and messages of unity and inclusion to protest the state crackdown on street art. The latest: By Monday, the Progress Pride intersection at Central Avenue and 25th Street was the city's last remaining pavement mural after state crews...
Around town: Tampa news briefs
RIVERVIEW — Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with government, interfaith, and community leaders, broke ground Aug. 23 for their Tampa temple on a 12-acre site at 9445 Camden Field Parkway. Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided at...
Tampa Police Department conducts death investigation
The Tampa Police Department is investigating an incident that left one dead.
