Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Pasco County Fire Rescue deployed 30 Urban Search and Rescue and Swiftwater Rescue personnel to Tallahassee on Thursday to support Panhandle communities bracing for Hurricane Isaias, which is forecast to make landfall near the Florida-Alabama border late Friday or early Saturday.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a temporary injunction in Pasco County Circuit Court on Oct. 7 seeking to force Meta to remove users under 14, cap teen screen time at two hours and disable features the state calls addictive on Instagram and Facebook.
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The Southwest Florida Water Management District will conduct prescribed burns on about 300 acres of the Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve near Lutz and Odessa through December 2026, with companion burns planned at four Pasco County preserves.
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Pasco County deputies arrested Dominick DeMao, 41, of Land O' Lakes on 10 felony digital voyeurism charges after his wife allegedly found AI-generated explicit videos of herself, friends and family members on his phone.
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Dutch police arrested a suspected ShinyHunters hacker linked to the Canvas data breach that exposed student records at Hillsborough County Public Schools and USF, but families still await details on exactly what local data was taken.
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Pasco County has launched a nearly $25 million Small Business & Non-Profit Recovery Program for organizations hit by Hurricanes Idalia, Helene or Milton, with a free virtual workshop on Sept. 30 to explain eligibility and how to apply.
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A dozen new Florida laws take effect Thursday, Oct. 1, including a first-degree felony for xylazine trafficking, tougher pretrial release conditions for violent crime suspects, a career offender registry and a higher crash-damage reporting threshold.
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A 40-year-old convicted felon was arrested after allegedly pointing a loaded handgun at two Hernando County firefighters responding to a crash at County Line Road and the Suncoast Parkway on Friday, Sept. 18.
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The Pasco Sheriff's Office arrested two suspects Sunday after linking them to approximately 26 vehicle burglaries on streets in Land O' Lakes, Lutz and Wesley Chapel, and is searching for two more suspects.
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Pasco County Fire Rescue and MedFleet honored seven crew members with Lifesaving Awards for their response to a May 15 pediatric emergency in which they performed CPR on a 2-month-old child in respiratory arrest.
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Pasco County is designing a $1.9 million connector from Falcon Crest Boulevard to Ridge Road that would give Tierra Del Sol and Asbel Creek & Estates residents a direct route to the Ridge Road Extension, bypassing U.S. 41, with permits pending and a 250-day construction timeline.
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Hillsborough County will close Gunn Highway between Van Dyke Road and Lutz Lake Fern Road for up to 28 days starting on or after Monday, Oct. 12, to replace an aging culvert, forcing about 20,000 daily drivers to detour.
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