(KRON) — Four cars were stolen in Hillsborough overnight between Sunday and Monday. The local police department is telling people not to make the same mistake as the victims, who left their cars unlocked with the keys inside, police said. A Mercedes and a Volkswagen were stolen early Monday morning on the 1200 block of […]
Hillsborough County deputies fatally shot a 19-year-old man who fatally shot his paretns and opened fire on deputies, according to the sheriff’s office. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS At approximately 11:09 p.m. Saturday deputies responded to the 14000 block of Cactus Wren Place in Tampa to the report of a shooting, according to a […]
A crackdown on drunken driving in Tampa and Hillsborough County over Memorial Day weekend resulted in dozens of arrests, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday. According to a news release, officers conducted 478 traffic stops, which resulted in 434 warnings, 44 citations and 51 arrests. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office DUI Unit teamed up […]
RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA) — Hillsborough County deputies arrested a man for allegedly murdering someone in Ruskin Saturday night, the sheriff’s office said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said at about 6:37 p.m., deputies were called to Bahia Beach Boulevard for a reported shooting. However, instead of finding evidence of a shooting, deputies learned that someone […]
A Hillsborough school bus was stolen from King High School in Tampa at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday, according to the school district. Florida Highway Patrol troopers intercepted the bus around Venice, said district spokesperson Debra Bellanti, and arrested the individual who admitted to stealing it. WFLA reported that the man arrested told troopers that he […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Land O’Lakes man had quite a night after stealing a school bus and going on an illegal field trip, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said Daniel Saez, 32, stole a bus from the Hillsborough County School District Saturday night and drove it all the way to Miami. Rapid […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A driver recorded a blood alcohol level of .342 and another driver was caught going 109 mph in a 55 mph zone on Cinco de Mayo weekend, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced the arrests as part of a crackdown on impaired driving. 4 […]
Hillsborough deputies were searching Thursday for a man who they say beat to death a woman and a young child in Dover on Wednesday. Authorities said Angel Gabriel Cuz-Choc, 31, ran from the mobile home on the 3700 block of Sumner Road after the killings, Sheriff Chad Chronister said at a news conference at the […]
A woman was shot and killed early Saturday morning at a home east of Tampa, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to a report of a shooting on the 9300 block of Michael Lane just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. They found shell casings in the street and a woman with a gunshot wound […]
Hillsborough commissioners on Wednesday took a step toward greenlighting a carbon capture pilot program that has seen backlash from local environmental groups since it was proposed in January. For months, county public works staff have negotiated the details of a draft agreement with LowCarbon, the South Korean company that put forward the project. County staff […]
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Detroit Lions player, Cameron Sutton, has turned himself in to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office on Easter Sunday. At 8:24 p.m., the NFL player arrived at the Orient Road Jail to turn himself in, after he was wanted for domestic battery by strangulation. Detroit Lions CB Cameron Sutton wanted for […]
A man was killed and a woman critically injured after a shooting in East Tampa Saturday night, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s report. The shooting occurred at the intersection of Sugarcreek Dr. and Danny Bryan Blvd, in a small neighborhood just west of Veterans Memorial Park. The Sheriff’s Office was alerted by a 911 […]