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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – As the world turns, con artists are finding new ways to creep into every aspect of our lives. From our pocketbooks, investments, our hearts, and sexuality, to our possessions, our emails, our texts, and our beloved animals and children – and…
Read More What Crooks Want from Us and How They Get It
TAMPA Fla.- As the Free Press informs local residents with sex offender news and zip code reports, it is noted that currently 22 sex offenders and sex predators dwell in or at the boundary of zip code 33614 near Raymond James Stadium. Of these convicts,…
Read More One Tampa Zip Code Houses 22-Sex Convicts
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police are investigating tonight after a body was found in the waters of Old Tampa Bay just west of the Bayside Bridge earlier this evening. The discovery of the woman’s body came shortly after 5 p.m. It will be up to…
Read More BREAKING: Woman’s Body Found in Old Tampa Bay West Of Bayside Bridge Tonight
OLDSMAR, Fla. – According to Pinellas County Sheriff deputies, at about 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, 43-year-old Kelly Mascavage was at the Oldsmar Circle K/Shell station, located at 3170 Tampa Road in Oldsmar, standing outside the passenger’s side of her Mazda 5 SUV pumping gas. Deputies…
Read More Oldsmar Carjacking at the Circle K, Suspect Jacked-Up On Drugs, Now in Custody
TAMPA, Fla. – UPDATE: The mother and baby were located and safe. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is working to locate a newborn child who could be endangered. On Thursday, September 10, Kanasia Johnson, 20, left St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital with her newborn baby girl,…
Read More Newborn Baby and Mom Missing, Found Safe
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – With possible heavy rainfall forecast as Tropical Storm Sally passes Florida’s coast, Pasco County reminds residents that self-serve sandbag stations are available to help protect your property from potential flooding. Sand and sandbags are available at the following locations: – Pasco…
Read More Pasco County Self-Serve Sandbag Sites Open 24 hours
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -Hernando County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in identifying the suspect pictured below. This man is wanted in a retail theft that occurred at ‘Ross Dress for Less’ located at 13110 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville on Friday, August 4th 2020 at approximately…
Read More Brooksville Ross Dress For Less Theft, Suspect Wanted
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – In a continued effort to keep the community safe, on Saturday, September 12, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office hosted the “Drive & Drop Gun Swap,” a gun buyback event allowing citizens to dispose of unwanted firearms in exchange for cash. Deputies…
Read More 681 Firearms Collected at Hillsborough County Sheriff’s ‘Drive and Drop Gun Swap’
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – At approximately 6:10 AM on Saturday, Firefighters were dispatched to the home on Lado Dr. When Firefighters arrived on the scene they reported a single wide mobile home with heavy fire and smoke showing. Two people were at home when the…
Read More 1-Dead, 1- Escaped In Wesley Chapel House Fire on Lado Dr.
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Pinellas County Utilities is performing a repair to a 42-inch water main on the southbound U.S. 19 Frontage Road between Nursery Road and Belleair Road in Clearwater. Due to the location of the repair, lane restrictions have been implemented. The repair is…
Read More Temporary lane restrictions set for southbound U.S. 19 frontage road in Clearwater