The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Plant City Police Department. JULY 22 LAWN-CARE LARCENY 1700 block of North Maryland Avenue. Grand Theft. An orange STIHL weed-eater and an orange STIHL edger were stolen out of a trailer. CLICK IT … OR ELSE Intersection of East Dr. Martin Luther […]
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Cops Corner 08.01.13
The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Plant City Police Department. JULY 15 CAUGHT RED-HANDED 2600 block of James L. Redman Parkway. Retail Theft. Officers responded to the store in reference to a suspect being detained by Walmart loss prevention for leaving the store without paying for merchandise. After […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 07.18.13
WALDEN LAKE JULY 1 PISTOL PILFERED 2000 block of Country Club Drive. Vehicle Burglary/Theft of a Firearm. A Smith and Wesson .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol was stolen out of an unlocked 2004 Ford Ranger truck by unknown suspect(s). JULY 4 RING REMOVED 2700 block of Aston Avenue. Vehicle Burglary. The victim heard a car alarm at […]
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The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Plant City Police Department. JUNE 10 MOWER REMOVED 4700 block of Sydney Road. Attempted Theft. Unknown person(s) cut the fence on the southwest corner of the property and attempted to steal a Toro Z-turn, 72-inch mower valued at $8,000. BIG BANG THEORY […]
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JUNE 3 DEFINITELY NOT FUNNY 10 block of South Maryland Avenue. Disturbance/Student with a Gun Complaint. Officers responded to the school to help a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office school resource deputy, when an unknown male called both the Sheriff’s Office and the Plant City Police Department to report a student having a gun at school. […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Train crash at S.R. 39
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 […]
Continue ReadingGang 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 […]
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