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Natalie Weber - Breaking News Reporter
Natalie Weber

Breaking News Reporter

I graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a major in English and minors in journalism and computing. My hometown of Grand Junction, Colo., is situated in a valley known for its peaches and hiking trails. The area also is famous for an annual festival celebrating a chicken that survived for 18 months without a head. When I’m not puzzling over the perfect lede for my story, you can find me experimenting with a new recipe or with my nose in a book.

  1. Clearwater man had blood on his hands when arrested in slaying, deputies say
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Robert Warren, pictured in 2017, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge Thursday, deputies said.
  2. 5 Pasco jail inmates sue, claim nurse exposed them to contaminated insulin
    Jan. 20• Breaking News
    Kevin Conway and Ashlie Case Sletvold, of Peiffer Wolf, speak to reporters via Zoom about a lawsuit alleging that Pasco County Jail inmates received infected insulin over the course of a year.
  3. Roughly 1 in 8 Florida prisoners is in solitary confinement, advocates say
    Jan. 14• Florida
    St. Petersburg resident Chez-Armand Blackwell, 39, spent about 12 of his nearly 15 years in Florida prisons in isolation while serving his sentence for burglary. He is now the project coordinator for the Hidden Voices Project.
  5. Brandon woman arrested for giving car keys to friend minutes before fatal DUI crash, Judd says
    Jan. 14• Crime
    Deputies arrested Lucretia Bruno and Michelle English in connection with a fatal crash Nov. 24. They said Bruno was under the influence and English gave her the car keys.
  6. Local activists protest police shooting of St. Petersburg teen
    Jan. 8• St. Petersburg
    Activists gather outside the St. Petersburg Police Department to protest the police shooting of 17-year-old Christopher Tonsel, after law enforcement ruled that the use of force was justified.
  7. St. Petersburg Ballet Conservatory director gets 20 years in molestation case
    Jan. 7• News
    Servy Gallardo, 52, the artistic director and co-founder of the St. Petersburg Ballet Conservatory, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual activity and a count of lewd or lascivious molestation. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday.
  8. St. Petersburg man arrested in downtown attack on woman
    Jan. 5• Crime
    Jerry Baker, 36, was arrested Sunday in connection with an attack on a woman near the entrance to the St. Pete Pier that evening.
  9. St. Petersburg officer justified in shooting armed teen, task force says
    Jan. 5• St. Petersburg
    K9 Officer Leighton Williams confronts domestic battery suspect Christopher Tonsel behind a home in St. Petersburg in this image from body camera footage. A review determined Tonsel was armed and Williams was justified in shooting him.
  10. Employee arrested after over $100,000 in jewelry missing from St. Pete shopping network
    Jan. 2• Crime
    America's Auction Channel in St. Petersburg is a television network that sells jewelry, rare coins and real estate. Over the course of six months, somewhere between $100,000 and $200,000 went missing from the network.
  11. St. Petersburg police investigate Thursday night shooting in Coquina Key
    Dec. 30, 2021• Breaking News
    Police investigate a shooting Thursday evening that occurred in the 3700 block of Manatee Drive Southeast on Coquina Key in St. Petersburg.
  12. Good Samaritan ushered children to safety in Palm Harbor gas station fire
    Dec. 23, 2021• Community News
    A Florida Highway Patrol trooper inspects a vehicle that caught on fire along with a gas pump at the Circle K station at 3470 East Lake Road on Wednesday. One person was killed.
  13. No more mail call as Florida prisons replace letters with digital copies
    Dec. 23, 2021• Florida
    Thad Bereday stayed in touch with the outside world through photos and letters from his family that he received in the mail while serving time in prison.
  14. Police make second arrest in shooting of two Tampa sisters
    Dec. 23, 2021• Breaking News
    A memorial for 21-year-old Savannah Mathis at BJs Alabama BBQ, her family’s restaurant.
  15. Body recovered from collapsed Clearwater stairwell. Records show warnings filed.
    Dec. 23, 2021• Breaking News
    Before crews could enter a Clearwater parking garage this week a structural engineer had to check for safety after a stairwell collapsed. The body of a construction was recovered Wednesday morning.
  16. Police release name of worker killed in Clearwater parking garage collapse
    Dec. 22, 2021• Pinellas
    Clearwater police Chief Dan Slaughter, left, talks with other officials on Wednesday in front of the parking garage where a worker was killed two days earlier when a stairwell partially collapsed. At a news conference, Slaughter identified the worker as 23-year-old Mitchel Klock, owner of M Klock Welding Services.
  17. Construction worker suspected dead after stairwell collapses in Clearwater
    Dec. 20, 2021• Breaking News
    First responders at the scene where a stairwell partially collapsed in a building at the Tampa Bay Water facility at 2575 Enterprise Road on Monday.
  18. Orlando man dies in crash on I-75 in Pasco
    Dec. 18, 2021• Breaking News
    A 27-year-old Orlando man has died after he collided with another vehicle on Interstate 75 in Pasco County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
  19. Suspect arrested in Thonotosassa homicide investigation, deputies say
    Dec. 17, 2021• Breaking News
    Trent Diggs, 28, was arrested earlier this week in New Mexico.
  20. Largo Capitol rioter sentenced to more than 5 years, toughest sentence yet
    Dec. 17, 2021• Crime
    An image included in a government sentencing memo shows Robert Scott Palmer as he retreats from a tunnel outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as rioters clashed with police.
  21. Body found in Hillsborough River, Tampa police say
    Dec. 16, 2021• Breaking News
    Emergency responder
  22. Man dies after crashing truck into parked semi in Pasco, Florida troopers say
    Dec. 15, 2021• Breaking News
    Emergency responder
  23. Skipper’s Smokehouse regulars, employees gather to remember beloved co-owner
    Dec. 14, 2021• Business
    Tom White, co-owner of Skipper's Smokehouse, speaks during a memorial service for fellow co-owner Vince McGilvra at the restaurant and music venue in Tampa on Monday.
  24. Clearwater police: Manslaughter suspect threw man off boat during argument
    Dec. 11, 2021• Crime
    Shane Dugan, 29, was arrested on a manslaughter charge in connection to the death of 48-year-old Lonnie Wilson. Detectives said Dugan threw Wilson off a boat after an argument.