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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.
5 Pasco jail inmates sue, claim nurse exposed them to contaminated insulin
The diabetic patients accuse the nurse of failing to follow sterile needle and syringe practices. Her employer said she no longer works for the company.
Robbery suspect shot after pursuit ends in front of Publix headquarters, authorities say
Francisco Cabrera, 27, pictured in a Hillsborough County booking photo from September, was shot by law enforcement and arrested on Wednesday after shooting at officers during a pursuit from Plant City to Lakeland, authorities said.
A Hillsborough sheriff’s deputy was one of three officers who opened fire on Francisco Cabrera, who was wanted in connection to armed robberies in east Hillsborough County, officials said.
Crowd funds top $50K for Tampa man charged in Jan. 6 riots. Where should it go?
Jeremy Brown, 47, is accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Federal agents say they found unregistered guns and two hand grenades at his Tampa home.
Jeremy Brown’s supporters gave more than $57,000 for his defense, though he has a court-appointed lawyer.
Tampa woman pleads guilty in dark web, bitcoin murder-for-hire case
DeAnna Marie Stinson, 50, of Tampa, tried to arrange a hit on the spouse of her former lover on the dark web, authorities say.
DeAnna Marie Stinson paid more than $12,000 in an effort to have her ex-boyfriend’s spouse killed, prosecutors say.

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  1. Student shoots, wounds another teen at Central Florida high school
    4 hours ago• Crime
    Sanford police Chief Cecil Smith speaks at a news conference following a shooting at Seminole High School on Wednesday.
  2. Crowd funds top $50K for Tampa man charged in Jan. 6 riots. Where should it go?
    5 hours ago• Tampa
    Jeremy Brown, 47, is accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Federal agents say they found unregistered guns and two hand grenades at his Tampa home.
  3. Tampa woman pleads guilty in dark web, bitcoin murder-for-hire case
    Yesterday• Crime
    DeAnna Marie Stinson, 50, of Tampa, tried to arrange a hit on the spouse of her former lover on the dark web, authorities say.
  5. Brandon sex assault victim escapes while getting Christmas tree, deputies say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Alejandro Omar Diaz Sr. 39, faces charges punishable by up to life in prison in the sexual assault of a woman at his Brandon home and in efforts to have her drop the charges.
  6. Nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana found in camper, police say
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Two California men were jailed in Alabama after police said they found almost 1,000 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $3 million hidden in a camper just off Interstate 20 in Alabama.
  7. Florida Legislature advances bill to keep death penalty details secret
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida’s prison officials have asked lawmakers for a bill that would make confidential any records that “could reasonably lead to the identification of any person or entity participating in an execution.”
  8. St. Petersburg man gets more than 3 years in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud
    Yesterday• Crime
    Louis Thornton III, 63, was sentenced in Tampa federal court for fraudulently collecting more than $800,000. He also must pay back the money he received.
  9. Crash of Tesla on Autopilot that killed 2 is first resulting in felony charges
    Yesterday• Crime
    California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.
  10. Window of ARTpool Gallery in St. Petersburg is smashed; owners want to know who did it
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Instagram posts from the ARTpool Gallery & Vintage Boutique account show damage to the front display windows caused by a skateboarder early on the morning of January 17, 2022.
  11. Texas synagogue hostage-taker had stayed in area shelters
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing camera, hugs a man after a healing service Monday night at White’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas. Cytron-Walker was one of four people held hostage by a gunman at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue on Saturday.
  12. Man killed, 3 hurt in shootout outside Florida bar, police say
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  13. Pedestrian killed in Hillsborough hit-and-run, vehicle located
    Jan. 17• Crime
    Detectives are searching for a black Ford Mustang convertible that was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Dover on Friday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
  14. St. Petersburg shooting leaves one wounded
    Jan. 17• Crime
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  15. Two Tampa homicides may be linked, police say
    Jan. 17• Crime
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  16. Pinellas most dangerous for walking, bicycling in 2021. Deaths nearly double.
    Jan. 17• Pinellas
    A pickup truck hit Bob and Darlene Surprenant, both 61, as they were walking in a crosswalk on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg the evening of April 9. Both died from their injuries. They're among 84 pedestrians and bicyclists killed on Pinellas County roads in 2021.
  17. Citing lack of cooperation, lawyers ask to bar Seminole Heights victim’s parents as witnesses
    Jan. 16• Hillsborough
    In 2017, Casimar Naiboa pleads for help capturing the killer of his son, Anthony Naiboa. Naiboa, 20, was shot and killed in Seminole Heights.
  18. Pinellas jail in lockdown to quell coronavirus spread
    Jan. 14• Health
    The Pinellas County jail was in lockdown this week to quell a spike in coronavirus cases among those incarcerated there.
  19. Florida man gets life in prison for killing boy, 13, at sleepover
    Jan. 14• Crime
    Corey Johnson, shown in this booking photo, was sentenced to life in prison.
  20. Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby accused of lying in Florida mortgage applications
    Jan. 14• Florida
    A federal grand jury has indicted Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s top prosecutor, on charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications in the purchase of two Florida vacation homes.
  21. 2 cargo workers shot at warehouse near Miami airport
    Jan. 14• Florida
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  22. ‘I am scared for my life’: Victim in Hillsborough murder case feared ex-boyfriend, records show
    Jan. 14• Crime
    Tamika Lorde, 30, was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend Trent Diggs in her Thonotosassa apartment last month, Hillsborough authorities say. A grand jury has indicted Diggs on multiple charges, including first-degree murder.
  23. 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.
  24. 1 dead after Tampa shooting, police say
    Jan. 14• Breaking News
    One person is dead after a shooting in Tampa on Thursday, according to police.
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