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Caroline Petrow-Cohen - Former Times Reporter
Caroline Petrow-Cohen

Former Times Reporter

  1. A Tampa Bay retirement community’s unwelcome guest: wild, destructive hogs
    Sept. 9, 2022• News
    Wild hogs are pictured rooting for food in Sun City Center.
  2. Hurricane Forecasters keeping an eye on 2 tropical disturbances over weekend
    Aug. 26, 2022• Hurricane
    Forecasters will be watching these two tropical disturbances over the weekend.
  3. St. Petersburg stabbing victim’s phone had search history of self-defense laws, records show
    Aug. 23, 2022• Breaking News
    Rhiannon Spicer, 24, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of Larry Jarrell, 29.
  5. One man’s mission to curb violence in Hillsborough County
    Aug. 23, 2022• News
    Freddy Barton, Executive Director of Safe and Sound Hillsborough, works with youth identified as (L-R) J. Williams, F. Renfroe, and T. Diggs during a character building exercise on Wednesday, Aug. 17 in Tampa.
  6. Pinellas deputies’ use of deadly force ruled justified in Safety Harbor shooting of Tampa man
    Aug. 18, 2022• Pinellas
    Investigators at the scene in Safety Harbor where Robert Hubbard was shot and killed by Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputies in June.
  7. Where are 3 missing Tampa Bay women? The answer may rest with ‘the devil.’
    Aug. 16, 2022• Crime
    Donyelle Johnson, Retha Hiers and Margaret Dash, pictured from left to right, all vanished from the Tampa Bay area after trying to end affairs with the same man. Their families have lived without answers for decades.
  8. Tampa Seminole Hard Rock gambler robbed after openly celebrating $53K in winnings
    Aug. 12, 2022• Crime
    A gambler who openly celebrated winning $53,000 at the Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa, shown in this 2021 photo, was followed back to his hotel and robbed, according to a search warrant application.
  9. Hillsborough mother of 3 shot in her home, deputies say
    July 11, 2022• Crime
    Enrique Toledo, 53, was arrested on a first-degree murder charge.
  10. Hillsborough man sentenced to life in prison for murder of 2-year-old boy
    July 7, 2022• Crime
    David Vasquez Malave is escorted into a Tampa courtroom during his trial. He was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing a 2-year-old boy.
  11. Who will enforce Florida’s 15-week abortion ban? And what if they refuse?
    July 7, 2022• Florida
    It's expected that the Florida Supreme Court will likely have to decide whether the state's 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional.
  12. Diocese of St. Petersburg priest dies of cardiac arrest on airplane
    July 1, 2022• Pinellas
    The Rev. Carl Joseph Melchior, Jr. died on Thursday of cardiac arrest after boarding a flight in Philadelphia.
  13. What does the Supreme Court’s Miranda ruling mean for Florida?
    July 1, 2022• Crime
    From left, St. Petersburg police Chief Tony Holloway, Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and Clearwater police Chief Dan Slaughter answer questions at Tiger Bay meeting in 2019. All three law enforcement leaders say a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding Miranda warnings will have no effect on their agencies.
  14. Apartment fire in Tampa’s Bayshore district displaces residents
    June 29, 2022• Breaking News
    Crews are battling a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Tampa’s Bayshore district Tuesday afternoon, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. South Carolina Avenue currently is closed, the agency said in a tweet. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
  15. Clearwater couple arrested after 2-year-old girl hospitalized, police say
    June 23, 2022• Crime
    Cameron Taylor, 21, left, faces charges of aggravated child abuse and child neglect in connection to injuries his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter sustained, while the girl's mother, 21-year-old Cheyenne Gray, right, faces child neglect charges, according to the Clearwater Police Department.
  16. Former Tarpon Springs pain clinic director faces new sex extortion charges, police say
    June 20, 2022• Crime
    Christopher Ferguson, the former director of a pain management clinic in Tarpon Springs, was arrested Monday for the second time in connection to an ongoing investigation in which he is accused of coercing patients into performing sexual acts in order to get their prescription medication, according to police.
  17. Antisemitic flyers found in three Tampa neighborhoods
    June 17, 2022• Tampa
    The Tampa Police Department has confirmed that Tampa Bay residents discovered antisemitic flyers left outside their homes over the last two weekends.
  18. The heat index in Tampa Bay is dangerously high
    June 16, 2022• Local Weather
    Th heat index is expected to reach dangerous levels in the Tampa Bay area on Thursday and will remain high over the weekend. The risk of heat illness is heightened for people who work or play sports outside.
  19. Man who hacked thousands of iCloud accounts to steal nude photos gets prison
    June 15, 2022• Crime
    A man was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday after he hacked into thousands of private iCloud accounts, stole people’s nude images and videos and shared them with other people.
  20. Dust from the Sahara Desert is bringing heat and dry air to Tampa Bay
    June 15, 2022• Hurricane
    The clouds and the water glow orange as they reflect the setting sun at North Shore park in St. Petersburg in this 2020 photo. A gigantic dust cloud from the Sahara Desert has reached Tampa Bay, resulting in higher temperatures, lower rain chances and more brilliant sunsets.