Tampa Bay Times Petersburg police on Tuesday arrested a driver accused of hitting a man on a motorized scooter in August and leaving the area without stopping.Jaida Thomas-McFatten, 19, was driving a Toyota sedan west on Fifth Avenue North about…
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A Pinellas County investigative task force and the State Attorney’s Office have concluded that two St. Petersburg police officers acted lawfully during a physical confrontation with a man who died after officers responded to a mental health…
WFLA ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA)— One person was shot early Wednesday morning in St. Petersburg, the police department said. St. Petersburg Police Department responded to a shooting at King’s Liquors 1205 Dr. MLK Street South shortly after midnight. According to officers,…
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — St. Petersburg police are searching for a suspect who shot a victim on Tuesday night, officials said. The shooting occurred at 1207 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. at about 11 p.m., the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) said.
LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri spoke on Monday regarding a deadly force incident that occurred last month. On Aug. 22, just before 11 a.m. a woman flagged down an SPPD officer for help while her adult stepson was experiencing…
The killing of a 48-year-old man who died after St. Petersburg police shocked him with a Taser multiple times and restrained him on the ground was "excusable" under Florida law, a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office investigation recently found. Brian Michael…
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