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Tampa police detectives are asking the public for help identifying a man who is being sought in connection with a fatal shooting at the intersection of East Busch Boulevard and North Connechusett Road around 8:30 a.m. Friday. The shooter “is believed to be a white male of medium build between the ages of 30 to 40 years old,” police said.
Man shot to death after confrontation in Tampa, police say
Detectives are trying to identify the shooter, “who is believed to be a white male of medium build between the ages of 30 to 40 years old,” police said.
Pinellas trolley driver attacked by stranger near St. Pete Pier, police said
A Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority driver was taken to an area hospital by ambulance after he was attacked by a man he didn’t know while getting onto his parked trolley at the end of his break shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, the St. Petersburg Police Department said Thursday. The driver, who was not named, suffered injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening, the agency said.
Evidence collected in the investigation led to the arrest of a 46-year-old Clearwater man, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.
Woman faces DUI manslaughter charge in Tampa crash that killed passenger
The Tampa Police Department arrested Chelsea Hernandez, 20, on charges of DUI manslaughter charge and driving with a suspended license after she ran a red light in Tampa early Wednesday, causing a crash with a dump truck that killed one of her passengers, police said.
Chelsea Hernandez, 20, ran a red light at Interstate 4 and Columbus Drive on Wednesday, resulting in a crash with a dump truck, police said.
Tampa man sexually battered woman while impersonating cop, police say
Sonny Albert Gonzalez, 42, was arrested and booked into a Hillsborough County jail on Tuesday on multiple charges including armed sexual battery, armed false imprisonment and impersonating a law enforcement officer, according to Tampa police.
Sonny A. Gonzalez Jr., 42, has also been linked to a similar incident where he exposed himself to another woman at a different hotel, Tampa police said.

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  1. Man shot to death after confrontation in Tampa, police say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Tampa police detectives are asking the public for help identifying a man who is being sought in connection with a fatal shooting at the intersection of East Busch Boulevard and North Connechusett Road around 8:30 a.m. Friday. The shooter “is believed to be a white male of medium build between the ages of 30 to 40 years old,” police said.
  2. Pinellas trolley driver attacked by stranger near St. Pete Pier, police said
    Yesterday• Crime
    A Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority driver was taken to an area hospital by ambulance after he was attacked by a man he didn’t know while getting onto his parked trolley at the end of his break shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, the St. Petersburg Police Department said Thursday. The driver, who was not named, suffered injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening, the agency said.
  3. Woman faces DUI manslaughter charge in Tampa crash that killed passenger
    Yesterday• Crime
    The Tampa Police Department arrested Chelsea Hernandez, 20, on charges of DUI manslaughter charge and driving with a suspended license after she ran a red light in Tampa early Wednesday, causing a crash with a dump truck that killed one of her passengers, police said.
  5. Video shows Tampa officer taunting, cursing at residents
    Sept. 21• Tampa
    Footage from a body-worn camera shows a Tampa officer taunting and cursing at residents.
  6. Arrest of driver under Florida immigration law heightens Mexico’s tensions with DeSantis
    Sept. 20• Politics
    Florida Highway Patrol on Aug. 21, 2023, initiated a traffic stop that resulted in the arrest of Raquel López Aguilar, a Mexican national, on charges of transporting immigrants into Florida who are in the country illegally.
  7. Tampa man sexually battered woman while impersonating cop, police say
    Sept. 20• Crime
    Sonny Albert Gonzalez, 42, was arrested and booked into a Hillsborough County jail on Tuesday on multiple charges including armed sexual battery, armed false imprisonment and impersonating a law enforcement officer, according to Tampa police.
  8. Ex-CEO of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence faces charges
    Sept. 20• Politics
    This was the office of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.
  9. Florida prisons use artificial intelligence to surveil calls
    Sept. 19• Florida
    The entrance to Florida State Prison in Starke is shown Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. All Florida prisons are now subject to artificial surveillance of phone calls.
  10. Man found dead in Tampa house fire
    Sept. 19• Breaking News
    A man was found dead inside a home that caught fire in Tampa's Old Seminole Heights neighborhood late Monday, police said.
  11. Riverview boy, 14, faces charges in shooting death of mom, her boyfriend, deputies say
    Sept. 18• Crime
    Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies stand at the scene of a fatal shooting in Riverview on Saturday. A 14-year-old boy fatally shot his mother and critically wounded his mother's boyfriend, deputies said.
  12. ‘Puzzle pieces’ of evidence show Riverview man killed daughter, 13, prosecutor says
    Sept. 18• Crime
    Nahshon Shannon, right, sits at the defense table in a Tampa courtroom on Monday during the first day of his trial. In an opening argument, Assistant State Attorney Jessica O'Connor outlined the evidence that she said will convince the 12-member jury that Shannon killed his daughter Janessa in 2017 and left her body in the Triple Creek Nature Preserve in Riverview. Pictured in the foreground is one of Shannon's defense attorneys, Bjorn Brunvand.
  13. Boy, 16, shoots, critically injures 15-year-old in St. Petersburg
    Sept. 18• Breaking News
    The St. Petersburg Police Department arrested a 16-year-old boy who shot and critically injured a 15-year-old boy early Sunday.
  14. Woman faces DUI manslaughter charges after I-275 crash in Pinellas
    Sept. 18• Breaking News
    Sara Elizabeth Murphy, 36, was arrested for DUI manslaughter and driving while license suspended involving a death in a Saturday crash along an Interstate 275 off ramp, just outside of St. Petersburg.
  15. Boy, 14, fatally shot mother at Riverview home, Hillsborough deputies say
    Sept. 17• Crime
    Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies stand at the scene of a fatal shooting in Riverview on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. A 14-year-old boy fatally shot his mother and critically wounded his mother's boyfriend, deputies said.
  16. Cyclist dead, driver sought in Plant City hit-and-run
    Sept. 16• Crime
    A hit-and-run Friday evening in Plant City left a cyclist dead and Plant City police searching for the driver who hit him, they said.
  17. DeSantis suspends Miami commissioner from office after arrest
    Sept. 15• Politics
    A defiant Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz De La Portilla speaks to reporters after bonding out of jail Thursday night. He was suspended around 6 p.m. Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  18. Hillsborough judge may face disciplinary action for campaign remarks
    Sept. 15• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs is facing wrongful conduct charges from the state's Judicial Qualifications Commission.
  19. For a Florida Marine who killed his wife, a life sentence or leniency?
    Sept. 15• Crime
    Stephen Kruspe is escorted out of the courtroom in the Palm Beach County Courthouse after his sentencing in August. After killing his wife in 2017, he had waited in jail for more than six years to find out his fate. [Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post]
  20. Florida man who hung swastika banner on Interstate 4 overpass arrested
    Sept. 14• Crime
    A Cape Canaveral man who authorities say is part of an extremist group has been arrested after they say he and others dressed in black and camouflage displayed the banner with swastikas and a “white power” flag over an overpass that crossed Interstate 4 in Orlando in June.
  21. Ex-Florida legislator, Miami commissioner Díaz de la Portilla arrested on corruption charges
    Sept. 14• Politics
    This image provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Alex Diaz de la Portilla. Officials say the city of Miami commissioner accused of bribery and money laundering has been arrested on multiple corruption charges. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Diaz de la Portilla and a co-defendant, Miami attorney William Riley Jr., were both booked Thursday into a Miami-Dade county jail.
  22. Pinellas Christian radio host who skipped court is back in custody
    Sept. 14• Crime
    Gary Gauthier was booked into the Pinellas County jail this week after a warrant was issued for his arrest in May.
  23. Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, Pennsylvania police say
    Sept. 13• Nation & World
    Law enforcement officers ride by a roadblock as the search for escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante continues in Pottstown, Pa., on Tuesday.
  24. New Hillsborough K-9 teams assigned to sniff out drugs at county jail
    Sept. 12• Hillsborough
    In a screenshot from a Facebook live video, Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister speaks at a news conference Tuesday to announce that he has assigned two K-9 deputies and their partners to the county's jail facilities to reduce the amount of drugs being smuggled inside. At left are Deputy Alyssa Doheny and her K-9 partner Watson, and at right are Master Deputy Clinton Leapley with K-9 partner Holmes.
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