A Clearwater man was arrested on a drunken driving charge Thursday night after he drove a motorcycle through the checkpoint at the Pinellas County Jail campus. The incident occurred about 9:15 p.m. at the jail, 14400 49th St. N. The man drove his motorcycle “through the checkpoint” and then “began driving on jail property,” according […]
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (WFLA) — Police documents revealed new details about a double murder investigation in Pinellas Park. Austin Skonecki, 30, was accused of shooting two men – John Luke, Jr. and Brian Mikell – on Feb. 10. A search warrant executed on Feb. 14 gives insight to the Pinellas Park Police Department’s (PPPD) investigation. […]
Video: Previous coverage of the double-murder. LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — Pinellas County deputies have identified the two victims of a double homicide in Largo. On Friday, officials responded to 7981 Smoketree Court to check on brothers 61-year-old James McKinley Barber, Sr. and 62-year-old Wesley Barber after their family became concerned went they didn’t show up […]
An off-duty Orlando police officer was arrested in Pinellas County early Sunday morning, the sheriff’s office said. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said Cesar Hernandez Castillo, 39, has been charged for driving under the influence. According to a news release, deputies found Hernandez Castillo traveling over a raised median […]
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Several inmates and staff at the Pinellas County Jail are being treated for possible drug exposure, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies didn’t specify the exact number, but referred to the impacted group as a “very limited number” and said it was less than five. Why will flags […]
A St. Petersburg man was sentenced to 15 years in prison this week for burning a car with a man’s body in the trunk on the Pinellas Trail in Gulfport more than three years ago. Andy Rozell Bryant, 36, was charged with arson and abuse of a dead body in connection with the 2020 case. […]
A 51-year-old man died in custody at the Pinellas County Jail Saturday, according to a press release from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Agency detectives are investigating. Roosevelt Roundtree was found unresponsive in his cell in the early afternoon of Jan. 20, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in its press release. Deputies and medical […]
Deputies are investigating the death of an elderly man after finding his body in Lake St. George in Palm Harbor, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Clouster Bryant, 85, was reported missing after he left to go fishing and never returned home, according to an agency press release. On Friday evening, Pinellas County deputies […]
A 12-year-old student at Carwise Middle School was arrested Friday for bringing a replica gun to school and telling another student he planned to use it to take out his anger on other students and teachers. A news release from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office said the student told officers he brought the fake gun […]
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (WFLA) — Multiple people were robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night at an ATM in Pinellas Park, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department. Police said in two incidents, a subject approached the victims at an ATM and threatened them with a weapon. Police have not said where the robberies happened or whether […]
One Saturday morning in July, a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a Hyundai sedan with a broken headlight. During the traffic stop, Deputy Junior Lewis also noticed that the Hyundai’s windshield was cracked and caved in and its front bumper was dented. But an investigation would later find that, despite the heavy damage and […]