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Kiwanis Club of Southshore celebrates ‘StoryWalk’ opening in Ruskin
Behind the Ruskin Senior Center, at the Ruskin Recreation Center at Beaudette Park, “Harry the Dirty Dog” was the topic of conversation as the first featured book in the ongoing literacy initiative supported by the Kiwanis Club of Southshore and the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. “There...
Man flees traffic stop, tries to ram police cruisers and hides in U-Haul: HCSO
TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A 24-year-old man is accused of fleeing a traffic stop and attempting to ram police vehicles all before hiding in a U-Haul. Tynan Hutchinson was arrested on Wednesday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO). The incident began after Hutchinson evaded a traffic stop with the Tampa Police Department. He then proceeded to try to ram one of the police cruisers.
Where’s the big push for Hillsborough’s infrastructure tax? | Column
Would anyone leading the campaign for Hillsborough County’s infrastructure tax please raise your hand?. That’s the big question here only weeks before county voters begin deciding whether to extend the Community Investment Tax, a half-cent sales tax voters first adopted in 1996 to pay for schools, fire stations, a new football stadium and other big-ticket projects. For a tax so critical to the region’s future, the push behind it barely has a pulse.
'She's barefoot': K-9, deputy find missing woman with Alzheimer's wandering in street
BRANDON, Fla. (CBS12) — A K-9 and its handler helped find a missing elderly woman in Brandon on Wednesday morning. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said at 8:58 a.m., a K-9 unit responded to a call on Viola Drive after a 76-year-old woman with Alzheimer's had been missing for over an hour.
Central Florida Man Arrested for 100 Counts of Child Pornography
A 43-year-old Central Florida man was arrested for 100 counts of child pornography. On August 13th at approximately 6am, detectives with Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s Internet Predator Unit served a search warrant at a residence in the area of Falkirk Avenue in Valrico near Tampa regarding information that an individual at this address was in possession of child pornography.
Two Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide in Florida
After deputies found a woman and a man shot dead, an investigation into what they believe is a murder-suicide was launched in Tampa, Florida. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) reported that they found the two individuals in the parking lot of HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital after the HCSO Communications Center received a call regarding two possibly deceased people on the evening of August 14.
How often do casino jackpot winners get robbed?
The Seminole Police Department says it’s cooperating with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office after armed robbers shot a couple who won thousands of dollars at the Hard Rock Casino. Police emphasize these types of crimes are rare.
Couple followed home from Hard Rock Casino, ambushed, shot after hitting jackpot
TAMPA, Fla. - A date night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino turned a Riverview couple into targets for violent robbers. Hillsborough County deputies arrested two men for following the couple home from the casino, then ambushing them in their driveway, robbing and shooting both of them. The...
Men follow couple that just won big at casino, then shoot and rob them, Florida cops say
A couple cashed out after a big win at a casino, then they were followed home and shot, Florida authorities said. Marcus Jenkins, 34, and Tristin Wright, 36, face an array of charges in Hillsborough County in connection with what deputies are calling an attempted murder. Neither has attorney information available in court records.
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