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ABC Action News
April 2, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A recent program that helps people committing minor offenses avoid jail time is working by cutting costs at the jail, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. In 2017, Pinellas County avoided booking more than 1,700 people into the county jail through their AdultÃâà...
Tampa Bay Business Journal
March 31, 2018
The global rideshare company Uber is expanding its partnership with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority to provide trips to and from bus stops, the company's General Manager in the Southeast U.S., Kasra Moshkani said Thursday. His remarks came as part of the Synapse Innovation Summit in Tampa.
Patch.com
March 30, 2018
According to ATTOM, the annual income needed to buy a median price home in Pinellas County is $53,427. An average wage earner was not qualified to buy a home in Pinellas County. According to the report, based on average weekly wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an average wage earner inÃâà...
ABC Action News
March 23, 2018
Detectives say one setback is boat owners only documenting their boat — not writing down each serial number to each gadget or electronic on board. Those numbers may be the best way to track what's stolen after a boat is stripped and tossed away. Most of the boats being taken from the Pinellas CountyÃâà...
WMNF
March 22, 2018
And what we can come together as people of — not only Pinellas County — but people in the United States can come together and basically March for Our Lives, that exactly, as students. “Even just today there was another school shooting in D.C. We should never have to feel not safe in our schools and weÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 21, 2018
Just like cigarettes in past decades, Merryweather says vapes are glamorized. She's not sure what's causing the sudden rise, but says school staff have been on the lookout for these often inconspicuous devices. Nurses from the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County often forward websites of newÃâà...
Tampabay.com (blog)
March 21, 2018
SCHOOL SECURITY: Florida lawmakers' plan to have at least one armed officer at every public school in the state is running into reality. School and law enforcement officials in the Tampa Bay area say they need millions more dollars than the state is providing to make it happen. In Pinellas County alone,Ãâà...
WFLA
March 21, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - The scam usually goes like this: a man says he's from the sheriff's office and he has warrant for your arrest for missing jury duty. Pay up, or you'll be arrested. Palm Harbor resident Michael Brigmond got a call Jan. 23. Caught off guard during a busy work day,Ãâà...
Tampa Bay Newspapers
March 19, 2018
LARGO – Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Michael Grego says the budget approved by state legislators for education and student safety is not enough. Speaking during a School Board meeting March 13, Grego said while he is grateful for the increase in funding for school safety and for mentalÃâà...
ABC Action News
March 19, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - A Pinellas County sheriff's lieutenant arrested early Sunday morning has been fired, a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office news release said. Christi Ruhtz, 41, was thrown off the force after she was arrested on one count of driving under the influence. She served as a lieutenant in theÃâà...
Tampa Bay Business Journal
March 19, 2018
At the most recent Pinellas County Commission meeting, Economic Development Director Mike Meidel showed just how much the county has recovered since the Great Recession, saying the county replaced all the jobs lost and then some. More than 60,000 jobs were lost in Pinellas County between 2006Ãâà...
TB Reporter (blog)
March 17, 2018
The operation is part of the Pinellas County Sheriff's on-going commitment to reduce deaths, injuries and property damage associated with traffic crashes related to impaired driving. The goal of the wolf pack is to educate people and create public awareness about the dangers of operating a motor vehicleÃâà...
Florida Record
March 17, 2018
Mayra Umanzor filed a complaint Feb. 14 in Pinellas County Circuit Court against Richman Property Services Inc. and The Richman Group Inc., alleging violation of the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA) under race discrimination. According to the complaint, on June 6, 2016, after being promoted to seniorÃâà...
WFLA
March 17, 2018
Investigators say there are no signs of suspicious activity and this appears to be an accident. They believe food on the stove possibly caught fire. The state fire marshal will continue to investigate the cause and the source of the flames. The Pinellas County medical examiner will determine the cause of deathÃâà...
Patch.com
March 17, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL – Sure, Wallethub.com may have named Tampa among the top best cities in the country to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. But everyone knows the honor really goes to all of Tampa Bay, which pulls out all the stops as well as the green beer each year to celebrate this uniquely AmericanÃâà...
WTSP 10 News
March 14, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- For travelers in Pinellas County, getting across the bay to Tampa International Airport on public transportation is not an option – at least not until June. That's when the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will launch a direct bus route to take passengers directly to the airport for justÃâà...
Patch.com
March 8, 2018
The scammer says they can either turn themselves in at the county jail or post bond by going to a nearby convenience store and purchasing a pre-paid debit card. Once they obtain the pre-paid debit card, residents are told to meet a deputy at the Pinellas County Justice Center at 14250 49th St. N.,Ãâà...
Miami Herald
March 1, 2018
A Florida man burned two churches in Seminole in early February. Detectives from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office say Brody Allen Seiger told them he “set the fires for God.” That won't win Seiger any points down here. Pinellas deputies arrested Seiger, 33, on Tuesday after interviewing him.
WFLA
March 1, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Pinellas County detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit arrested an Oldsmar father and son on Wednesday for sexually abusing multiple juvenile victims over the span of many years. According to detectives, the investigation began on Jan. 30 after aÃâà...
WTSP 10 News
March 1, 2018
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Empath Health and Pinellas County Schools are set to hold a special evening of conversation to cope with the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Specially-trained grief counselors will attend Thursday's event, which is set from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CounselorsÃâà...
ABC Action News
February 28, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Pinellas County deputies have arrested a man for allegedly starting two fires at churches claiming that he "set the fires for God." Deputies say that Brody Allen Seiger, 33, set the fires at two Tampa Bay area churches between 11 p.m. on Saturday, February 3 and 1 a.m. onÃâà...
FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay
February 28, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG (FOX 13) - Schools with poor performing ratings in Pinellas County could soon have a private company step in to turn things around. Last summer, Fairmont Park Elementary and Azalea Middle School received an F grade from the Florida Department of Education for their performance.
Florida Politics (blog)
February 27, 2018
Republican Nick DiCeglie announced Monday that Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Ken Burke has endorsed his campaign for House District 66. “Nick has all the qualities to make for an outstanding legislator,” Burke said. “He is a leader in his community and church. He is a goodÃâà...
WFLA
February 20, 2018
"There's nothing funny about this, especially when it comes to guns or any type of weapon or any type of threat," said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. A message saying there would be a shooting on Tuesday at Pinellas Park High School was found written on a bathroom wall. Another student textedÃâà...
WFLA
February 19, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI agents raided four locations in Pinellas County on Thursday. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office confirms Dion Gregory Fisher was arrested on charges of trafficking fentanyl. The DEA declined to confirm any information about theÃâà...
ABC Action News
February 19, 2018
More than 20 people have been arrested in Pinellas County in relation to unlicensed contracting, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. "Operation Drop the Hammer" resulted in 26 unlicensed contracting related arrests and more than 57 criminal charges. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says undercoverÃâà...
WFLA
February 19, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI agents raided four locations in Pinellas County on Thursday. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office confirms Dion Gregory Fisher was arrested on charges of trafficking fentanyl. The DEA declined to confirm any information aboutÃâà...
WFLA
February 10, 2018
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Sheriff's deputies have identified the man who died in a fire at a Pinellas County condominium complex. The sheriff's office says flames broke out around 9 p.m. Friday at 7233 Parkside Villas North in unincorporated St. Petersburg. The location is in the Lealman fireÃâà...
WTSP 10 News
December 31, 1999
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is looking for a woman suspected of cashing forged checks at several banks in Florida. A woman is shown in surveillance footage on Tuesday, Feb. 27, submitting forged checks at four Achieva Credit Union branches in Pinellas County. The woman used the drive-thruÃâà...
TB Reporter (blog)
December 31, 1999
More than 90 percent of those answering a citizens satisfaction survey said they would recommend Pinellas County as a place to live and retire. PINELLAS COUNTY – Ninety-three percent of Pinellas residents have confidence and trust in their local government, and most would recommend the county as aÃâà...
ABC Action News
December 31, 1999
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla.-- Have you had trouble finding child care, especially infant care, in Pinellas County? You're not alone. Local parents are finding one waiting list after another in Pinellas County, and some providers tell us the situation is about to get more difficult with new rules taking effect Monday,Ãâà...
