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Paige Fry - Former Times Staffer
Paige Fry

Former Times Staffer

  1. Pasco grandma delivers daughter’s baby. And it’s not the first time.
    Nov. 6, 2019• Pasco
    From left: Braelynn Cole, 1 month, Makayla Cole, 22, Nixen Cole, 1, April McMasters, 45, and Maddex Cole, 4, visit on Oct. 23, while making a batch of brownies at the family's home in Holiday. McMasters delivered both her granddaughter, Braelynn, and grandson Maddex in unexpected circumstances.
  2. Incubator kitchen opens in Pasco to teach food entrepreneurs
    Oct. 11, 2019• Pasco
    The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - Pasco Extension opened an incubator kitchen on Sept. 23. It's at 15029 14th Street in Dade City. The goal of the kitchen is to create educational opportunities for food entrepreneurs and help them to start new businesses. Whitney Eleamor (center left) developed the idea for the kitchen.
  3. One jury said he killed a man at 14. Another set him free after 5 years.
    Oct. 2, 2019• Crime
    Harleme Larry is led from a Pasco County courtroom in 2013 after being sentenced to life at age 18. Larry was just 14 at the time of the murder that landed him in prison.
  5. Man shot, wounded in Catholic church parking lot in Spring Hill
    Sept. 27, 2019• Hernando
    Hernando County sheriff's deputies are seeking this vehicle in connection with a shooting that left a man wounded in a Spring Hill church parking lot. Anyone with information about this vehicle should call (352) 754-6830.
  6. Public funeral date set for Pasco firefighter’s baby
    Sept. 27, 2019• Pasco
    Pasco firefighter Hunter Garcia and his wife, Kayla, and their 5-month-old daughter, Clara, were involved in a Hillsborough County crash. Clara died from her injuries on Sunday. A funeral will be held Wednesday.
  7. Motorcyclist, 38, dies in ‘nearly head-on’ Pasco crash, troopers say
    Sept. 27, 2019• Crime
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  8. Teen transported to hospital after being struck by vehicle in Pasco County
    Sept. 24, 2019• Pasco
    A 16-year-old was hit by a truck Tuesday morning after he darted out across Little Road, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
  9. Person shot and killed at Spring Hill house gathering
    Sept. 21, 2019• Crime
    Joshua Michael Nichols, 21, was arrested by Pasco County Sheriff's deputies on Saturday in connection to the early morning shooting death of an unidentified man during an argument outside a Spring Hill home. [Pasco County Sheriff's Office]
  10. Woman, 58, dies walking across State Road 574
    Sept. 21, 2019• Crime
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  11. Pinellas-Pasco Habitat for Humanity to increase minimum pay to $15 an hour
    Sept. 19, 2019• Pinellas
    Lilly Beth Rodriguez, left, Laura Robertson and Linda Lamont work on a Habitat for Humanity house in north Pasco. [Times (2013)]
  12. Pasco man accused of wielding sword at pregnant woman, slashing tent
    Sept. 19, 2019• Crime
    William Mendenhall, 43, is facing charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault against a pregnant woman.
  13. Suspect in $4 million New York jewelry heist arrested in Zephyrhills
    Sept. 18, 2019• Crime
    Pedro Davila, 27, was arrested in Pasco County three weeks after he robbed a New York City jewelry store, authorities said.
  14. Una noche de copas termina en un fatal accidente en Zephyrhills, pero ¿quién conducía?
    Sept. 18, 2019• CENTRO
    Alex Hiscock de 25 años, a la izquierda, y Derrick Beers de 23, viajaban en una camioneta el 8 de septiembre después de una salida nocturna cuando se estrellaron contra un árbol. Beers murió por sus heridas. Hiscock fue llevado a un hospital en estado grave. Más tarde fue liberado con un collarín y un yeso en el brazo. [CORTESÍA DE ALEX HISCOCK] | Alex Hiscock]
  15. Baby daughter of Pasco firefighter dies from injuries she received in Friday collision
    Sept. 17, 2019• Pasco
    Pasco firefighter Hunter Garcia, his wife Kayla and their 5-month-old daughter Clara were injured in a four-vehicle collision Friday afternoon. The baby died from her injuries Sunday; Garcia has been released from the hospital while his wife is still recovering.
  16. Night of drinking ends in fatal Zephyrhills crash, but who was driving?
    Sept. 17, 2019• Pasco
    Alex Hiscock, 25, left, and Derrick Beers, 23, were riding in a pickup truck Sept. 8 after a night out when it crashed into a tree. Beers died from his injuries. Hiscock was taken to a hospital in serious condition. He was later released with a neck brace and arm cast.
  17. Trial set in Pasco for Shelby Nealy, accused in slaying of ex-wife and her family
    Sept. 13, 2019• Crime
    Shelby Nealy, 26, appearing here at a hearing in New Port Richey, faces one charge of first-degree murder in Pasco and three in Pinellas.
  18. Far from the Bahamas, Saint Leo University’s Bahamian students share a taste of home
    Sept. 11, 2019• Pasco
    Saint Leo University hosted a Bahamian comfort food dinner Tuesday night. Nearly 150 of the more than 2,200 students on the Pasco County campus are from the Bahamas.
  19. Arrest made in Hernando double shooting, deputies say
    Sept. 9, 2019• Crime
    H’Keem Lavar Hart, 25, was arrested on charges of aggravated battery with a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm and violation of probation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. [HCSO]
  20. Student who aimed to sell stolen gun had it stolen at school, deputies say. Five arrested.
    Sept. 6, 2019• Crime
    Sheriff Al Nienhuis, left, and school Superintendent John Stratton, second from left, describe the series of events that led to the arrest of five Hernando High students and the confiscation of a handgun.
  21. Parents worried by allegations someone tried to sell a gun at Hernando High School
    Sept. 5, 2019• Hernando
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  22. Pasco man, 52, drowns in canal a year after he was rescued there, deputies say
    Sept. 5, 2019• Crime
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  23. Former New York first-responder makes World Trade Center memorial in Pasco County
    Sept. 4, 2019• Pasco
    Stephen Spelman, 54, left, and Chris Casella, 52, (both) of Wesley Chapel, stand with a 9/11 memorial on Aug. 29, in Lutz. The men will dedicate the memorial at the first-annual 9/11 Memorial Run, a 1-mile running and walking event hosted by the Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel on Saturday. Spelman was a 9/11 first-responder who was working with the Fire Department of New York Battalion 46 during the attacks. Casella, a retired New York police officer, left the department in 2002, after a career with the Queens South Task Force. The memorial was constructed using a remnant of a ladder recovered from Ladder 18, a firetruck with the 4th Battalion Fort Pitt station that was destroyed during the 9/11 attacks.
  24. Holiday man kept woman trapped in closet and threatened her life, deputies say
    Sept. 4, 2019• Crime
    Michael Carver, 39, faces charges of attempted murder, domestic aggravated assault, tampering with a witness and false imprisonment, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.