A 17-year-old boy shot and killed a 14-year-old girl and then himself at a house where he was dog-sitting Saturday evening. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said that Hector Pfeiffer invited three other teens — two girls and an 18-year-old man — to the home of 26-year-old Derek Pobuta, where he was staying to watch …
Two teen brothers argued on Christmas Eve over how many gifts they were getting, and when their 23-year-old sister intervened, the youngest, 14, shot and killed her. His older brother, just 15, then shot the 14-year-old in the stomach, Bay News 9 reported. The younger boy was taken to a hospital, where he had surgery, …
A former federal prosecutor has been charged in a bizarre road rage incident on a Florida bridge earlier this week. The Florida Highway Patrol said the incident snarled traffic on the Howard Frankland Bridge between Tampa and St. Petersburg for nearly three hours Tuesday morning, NBC News reported. Patrick Douglas Scruggs, 39, has been charged …
Investigators have identified the body of a Florida woman found last week wrapped in bedding and a plastic garbage bag, floating in the Gulf of Mexico. The FBI’s Tampa office said the woman was 34-year-old Heather Rose Strickland of Pinellas County, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The bureau said she’d lived in the area for …
A Florida man has been charged with attempted murder after deputies found a woman on Tuesday with a hatchet buried in her head. Family members said Lisa Rogers Eaton’s injury is so severe that they have come to Florida to say their good-byes and support her husband’s decision to have her taken off life support. …
Pinella County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hartwick was struck and killed while directing traffic at a construction site Thursday night. He was hit by a front-end loader from the site, and the driver fled the scene.
A Florida woman tried a few dance moves — specifically ballet and Irish folk dances — to get out of a DUI earlier this year. It didn’t work. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office released the video Friday of 38-year-old Amy Harrington’s attempts to take a roadside sobriety test after she rear-ended another vehicle just a …
A naked woman drove a golf car through a the scene of a tense Florida standoff between Pinellas County deputies and an armed man on Sunday night. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department said it had been called to the scene in Dunedin shortly after 8 p.m. on a report of three suspicious males in the …
A 23-year-old Florida man has been charged with manslaughter after he accidentally shot his twin brother in the face, killing him. Gulfport police said that Mathias and Thomas Parkinson-Freeman, along with a mutual friend, were sitting in a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder, parked at the brothers’ home. The three men were said to be talking and …
Authorities in Florida say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of making a false 911 call after allegedly reporting her brother to authorities for allowing his car to leak oil on her driveway. According to WWLP, 55-year-old Linda Sue Morgan was arrested on Monday after reports indicate she called police dispatchers in the hopes …
A Florida woman was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct at a fast food restaurant — but cops say that was just the beginning of her problems. Deputies from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a woman “snarling and yelling” in the restroom of a Burger King in Largo. Upon arrival, …
Authorities in Florida say a teen made off with a stash of high-end accessories when he broke into a luxury vehicle in the St. Petersburg area last week. According to WFLA, 19-year-old Mark Linde was arrested on suspicion of burglary. He was also allegedly found to be in possession of marijuana at the time. Police …
