A train collided with a portion of a flatbed tractor trailer at about 6 a.m. Monday, June 17. The unloaded flatbed tractor trailer operated by Creekside Nursery Inc., of Dade City, turned off of State Road 39 onto a private dirt road to the entrance of Cone Ranch. The driver, Hector Villavicencio-Ferrer, 64, stopped the tractor-trailer […]
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Gang investigation hits close to home
The graffiti tags are deliberate. Scrawled out in red, the tags found on signs and buildings can read “Norte” or “x4.” They are left by members from the Norteños gang. But the residents of Plant City should be seeing less of these tags around town. Eleven key members have been pulled off the streets of […]
Continue ReadingPlant City woman charged with animal cruelty
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives charged a Plant City woman with one felony county of animal cruelty. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, detectives were notified in April, of an abused horse that was previously acquired from Lynda Jo Vilches, of Plant City. Detectives initiated an investigation and verified that a 25-year-old thoroughbred named Rusty had […]
Continue ReadingSeffner man shot, killed by wife
Ervin Washington, 33, of Seffner was shot at around 5:30 a.m. this morning by his wife, Emon Kellar, 34. Washington had just been dropped off at their shared residence on Winston Manor Circle. His mother had driven him around his paper route starting at 4 a.m. During this time, Kellar was seen following them closely […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 05.23.13
MAY 6 SAME PRESCRIPTION? 800 block of West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Vehicle Burglary. Sometime on May 3, unknown person(s) entered an unlocked Chevy car and stole a $200 pair of prescription sunglasses. THAT’S JUST MEAN 1100 block of West Risk Street. Residential Burglary. Sometime overnight on May 5, an unknown person(s) broke a […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 04.08.13
APRIL 1 NO GOOD REASON Cherry Street west of Wilder Road. Criminal Mischief. Unknown suspect(s) broke a water meter cap, pulled the cover off a TECO electrical box and pulled up the handicap signs and threw them in the retention pond. CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY 1900 block of East Alsobrook Street. Vehicle Burglary. Suspect(s) broke the […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 03.28.13
MARCH 18 YIKES Alexander Street South of Airport Road. Throwing Deadly Missile at Occupied Vehicle. The victim said she was driving north on Alexander Street, when an unknown suspect(s) threw a piece of cement block at her driver’s window and caused the window to shatter. MUST HAVE BBQ Unknown Location. Residential Burglary. The victim reported […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 03.21.13
MARCH 11 CAUGHT IN THE ACT 2600 block of James L. Redman Parkway. Shoplifting. The two suspects placed several items, totaling $106.55, in a purse and attempted to exit the store through the garden center without paying. NO WONDER HE’S AN EX 500 block of North Plant Street. Stolen Vehicle. The victim advised he loaned […]
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FEB. 13 FENCE FIEND 2500 block of Turkey Creek Road. Grand Theft. Unknown suspect(s) entered the fenced compound on the west side of the business and stole 10 rolls of chain-link fence and 150 fence poles, valued at $2,100. WORK RELATIONS 2700 block of Turkey Creek Road. Assault with a Waiver of Prosecution. The suspect […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 02.14.13
JAN. 25 BAD DECISION 1200 block of West Grant Street. Battery on a School Official. One juvenile arrested for battery involving a fight with another student and a second juvenile battery on the school security officer. TECH TROUBLE 3620 block of Fancy Farms Road. Residential Burglary. Unknown suspect(s) entered the unoccupied residence by an unlocked […]
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