+ Chamber welcomes Plant City Observer
About 30 community leaders welcomed the Plant City Observer to the community during the Plant City Chamber of Commerce’s ribbon-cutting ceremony July 10, at the Plant City Observer, 110 E. Reynolds St., Suite 100-A.
+ Body discovered in Plant City ditch
Employees from a Hillsborough County road crew discovered the body of a Plant City man in a ditch.
According to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports, at about 12:01 p.m. July 2, a road crew that was mowing the right of way discovered the body of Adam Patrick Roark, of the 3400 block of South Jap Tucker Road, Plant City, in a ditch off Old Hopewell Road east of Henry George Road. Roark was operating a Yamaha motorcycle when he drove off the roadway to the south and into the ditch.
+ Detectives need help in counterfeit case
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for public assistance in identifying three suspects who passed counterfeit payroll checks Nov. 17, 2011, at Big D’s Deli in Plant City.
According to Sheriff’s Office reports, the suspects passed checks totaling $1,490.82. The checks appeared to be payroll checks drawn on a JPMorgan Chase account.
Suspect one is a Hispanic male, 50 to 55 years old, 5-foot-8, 200 to 210 pounds, with brown hair. Suspect two is a Hispanic male, 5-foot-10, 55 to 60 years old, 185 to 195 pounds, with salt and pepper hair. Suspect three is a Hispanic male, 55 to 60 years old, 180 pounds, with black hair.
Anyone with any information reference these suspects is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 247-8200.
