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Homeland Security agents have arrested St. Petersburg police Officer Matthew Enhoffer, left, on child pornography charges. In this 2015 picture, he received the St. Petersburg Police Department's Medal of Valor for Enhoffer's actions in a shootout with an armed suspect that year. Tampa Bay Times
Decorated St. Petersburg officer faces child porn charges
The arrest comes after Homeland Security agents raided Officer Matthew Enhoffer’s home last week.
Yesterday• Crime
‘How’d I get him in the back?’ New details in shooting of unarmed teen.
A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy responding to a domestic violence call shot an unarmed 17-year-old along Skipper Road in north Tampa on March 26. The deputy thought the teen was pulling a gun. The teen was paralyzed and the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office has ruled that the deputy will not face charges. OCTAVIO JONES | Times
A Hillsborough deputy was cleared because he thought the boy, 17, had a gun. Records show how it happened.
Yesterday• Hillsborough
Pinellas school guardian pawned his gun and body armor, deputies say
Former Pinellas school guardian Erick Russell, 37, is accused of pawning the Glock 17 9mm semiautomatic pistol, body armor and two magazines he was issued to protect students, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. He told deputies he needed gas money. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
Those allegations came to light after his arrest on charges of domestic battery and false imprisonment. He was fired by the Pinellas County School District.
Yesterday• Crime
He killed a Tampa Tribune reporter. Then he tried to have a witness killed.
Michael Robert-Jose Harbaugh has pleaded guilty in the 2017 slaying of Safety Harbor neighbor David Sommer, a former reporter. Harbaugh also pleaded guilty to a charge he tried to have a witness in the case killed. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
Former journalist David Sommer was killed in 2017. Michael Harbaugh, 42, agreed to serve 30 years in prison for his crimes.
Yesterday• Crime

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  1. St. Augustine man carjacks two vehicles in 20 minutes, Pinellas Park police say
    12 minutes ago• Crime
    Cassidy Dylan Daniels, 27, of 944 Oak Arbor Circle in St. Augustine, faces two counts of carjacking, one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with back-to-back carjackings in Pinellas Park. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
    The victims were a woman leaving work and a teen arriving at his home.
  2. Sexual assault investigation of Clearwater nursing assistant expands
    3 hours ago• Crime
    Former nursing assistant Falo Kane, 32, of Clearwater, faces seven counts of sexual battery of a physically helpless person. Clearwater police are now looking for more potential victims at other health care facilities. [CLEARWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT] | Clearwater Police Department
    Falo Kane is accused of assaulting six patients at four facilities since 2016. Clearwater detectives want to know if there are other victims.
  3. He killed a Tampa Tribune reporter. Then he tried to have a witness killed.
    Yesterday• Crime
    Michael Robert-Jose Harbaugh has pleaded guilty in the 2017 slaying of Safety Harbor neighbor David Sommer, a former reporter. Harbaugh also pleaded guilty to a charge he tried to have a witness in the case killed. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
    Former journalist David Sommer was killed in 2017. Michael Harbaugh, 42, agreed to serve 30 years in prison for his crimes.
  4. Decorated St. Petersburg officer faces child porn charges
    Yesterday• Crime
    Homeland Security agents have arrested St. Petersburg police Officer Matthew Enhoffer, left, on child pornography charges. In this 2015 picture, he received the St. Petersburg Police Department's Medal of Valor for Enhoffer's actions in a shootout with an armed suspect that year. Tampa Bay Times
    The arrest comes after Homeland Security agents raided Officer Matthew Enhoffer’s home last week.
  5. A Tampa man watched live surveillance video as his brother was murdered
    Yesterday• Crime
    Surveillance video shows suspects in an attempted robbery-turned murder at a Bradenton smoke shop. Manatee County Sheriff's Office
    One suspect is in custody and two others are wanted in connection with the Wednesday armed robbery turned murder.
  6. Pasco man accused of wielding sword at pregnant woman, slashing tent
    Yesterday• Crime
    William Mendenhall, 43, is facing charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault against a pregnant woman. Pasco County Sheriff's Office
    William Mendenhall, 43, faces charges of aggravated domestic battery and assault against a pregnant woman.
  7. Teen stabbed to death as onlookers watched, recorded video
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Khaseen Morris was stabbed in the chest during a large brawl among teens at a strip mall Monday afternoon in Oceanside, N.Y. Facebook/Nassau Police Department
    Khaseen Morris, 16, was killed during a brawl at a strip mall Monday in Oceanside, N.Y.
  8. Pinellas school guardian pawned his gun and body armor, deputies say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Former Pinellas school guardian Erick Russell, 37, is accused of pawning the Glock 17 9mm semiautomatic pistol, body armor and two magazines he was issued to protect students, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. He told deputies he needed gas money. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
    Those allegations came to light after his arrest on charges of domestic battery and false imprisonment. He was fired by the Pinellas County School District.
  9. Jury in Granville Ritchie’s murder trial hears his account of girl’s disappearance
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    A still image from a 2014 video of Granville Ritchie's interrogation with Temple Terrace detectives the day after 9-year-old Felecia Williams vanished. He is now on trial for her murder. JAMAL THALJI | [Photo courtesy of WTVT-Ch. 13]
    Jurors watched his interrogation the day after Felecia Williams was last seen in 2014. “This situation is very complicated for me,” he told police.
  10. Ex-nursing assistant faces more sexual battery charges, Clearwater police say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Falo Kane, 32, of Clearwater, now faces four counts of sexual battery of a physically helpless person and a violation of probation charge, according to police. [CLEARWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT] | Clearwater Police Department
    Falo Kane now faces a total of seven counts of sexual battery of a physically helpless person.
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