Friday, May 17, 2013
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says the bear was hanging out in a tree in the Egypt Lake area.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies do more than catch bad guys and protect and serve people. There are days when they also safeguard residents from local wildlife run amok, or vice versa. That was the case May 17 as deputies from the District III area reported to the scene of a wildlife call. A black bear, about 250 pounds in heft, had climbed a tree at 2817 Broad St. Deputies kept watch while the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission deployed officers to help. Those officers used tranquilizer darts to get the bear out of the tree, The Tampa Tribune reported. Eloy Perez, 70, was alerted to the bear in his backyard by his dog, Summer. “I ain't ever seen anything that quick,” Perez told the Tribune. “That bear ran up that …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for a second man wanted in connection with a residential burglary that occurred May 14 in the Carrollwood area.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies have one man in custody and continue to look for a second man thought to be connected to a morning residential burglary in the Lake Magdalene area of Carrollwood May 14. Deputies received a call about a burglary in progress from a home in the 15100 block of Lake Magdalene Boulevard just before noon May 14. When they arrived, they found that one suspect had left the scene in a car and the other had run away on foot and possibly jumped into a nearby lake. That prompted a search of the lake by the sheriff’s office’s dive team. Deputies were able to catch one of the men and now have him in custody, said Debbie Carter, sheriff’s office spokeswoman. Information about that man is not currently available. “He…
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is giving Carrollwood and Northdale residents an opportunity to see inside the agency and how it works.
Carrollwood and Northdale area residents who’ve been wondering just what goes on inside the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office have a new way to get a behind-the-scenes look at the agency. A new webcast called "Inside HCSO" kicked off last week. It provides viewers with a peek inside the agency's daily operations. “The segments include information ripped right off ‘the police blotter,’ showcasing the quick actions of our patrol deputies, SWAT, dive, and aviation teams... all in the past couple of weeks,” a media release on the new webcast said. "Inside HCSO' features crime scene photos and updated information from active investigations we're trying to solve.” Each webcast, which will be released every other Friday, features a sheriff’s …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Hazmat was on the scene of the crash that happened at Dale Mabry and Lazy Lane.
Update May 6 9:23 a.m.: The sheriff's office has announced that all northbound lanes of Dale Mabry Highway are open. Earlier: Motorists heading northbound on Dale Mabry Highway might want to consider a different route this morning, May 6. The northbound lanes of Dale Mabry are closed between Humphrey Street and Busch Boulevard following an accident at Lazy Lane, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The crash involved a vehicle and a lawn care truck. While the sheriff’s office says there are no serious injuries, liquid fertilizer leaked from the lawn truck. "Hillsborough County Fire Rescue's Hazardous Incident team is on scene with two engine companies and a tanker, they are working to disperse the product without …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The three female victims all lived at the same Citrus Park home. Police are interviewing people but have made no arrests.
Two women are dead and one is in the hospital, after a triple shooting at a home in the Citrus Park area, where the three resided. The shooting occurred at 7420 Manhattan Drive on Sunday, May 5, at approximately 11:12 a.m., according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. A witness ran to the nearby District Three office, at 7202 Gunn Highway, and told deputies that a shooting had taken place at the Manhattan Drive home, a sheriff’s office media release states. When deputies got to the home, they found two women inside the residence and one down the street from the residence. “It appears that the victim had fled from the house after being shot,” the release states. “That victim was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital where she …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s recent launch of a new webpage dedicated to publicizing wanted men and women enables residents to help take a bite out of crime, officials say.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has a new tool to use in its battle against crime. While the concept isn’t necessarily new, the design of the county’s new Find-a-Fugitive webpage is, said Cristal Bermudez Nunez, spokeswoman for the agency. The old Cell Block Shake Down webpage was taken down in favor of a cleaner, less graphics-heavy design that lets the sheriff’s office post the county’s Top 10 wanted fugitives and its Top 5 wanted “deadbeat parents” and “dangerous drivers.” Older cases are featured along with new ones on the site because it’s important to the sheriff’s office that people know “we haven’t forgotten about them,” Nunez said. “You may very well know these people,” she added. Find-a-Fugitive’s look is not only easier…
Friday, April 26, 2013
Dispose of unused prescription drugs this weekend during a local National Drug Take Back Day observance.
For the past five years, law enforcement along with federal drug officials from across the country have come together to get unused prescription drugs off the streets through National Drug Take Back Day. The day gives people a chance to dispose of unused prescription drugs. Getting drugs off the streets so they don't fall into the wrong hands is the goal of the national event. Locally, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Agency and local businesses to conduct Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sweetbay Supermarket in the Northdale area. Since its inception, the DEA has collected more than 2 million pounds of prescription medical drugs, according to the …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies say Julie Hill, 68, shot her 45-year-old daughter before turning the gun on herself.
A Carrollwood woman and her daughter are both dead following what Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies are saying is likely a murder-suicide. The incident unfolded Wednesday, April 24 just before 11 p.m. when the sheriff’s office received a 911 call from a home on Grainary Avenue. When deputies arrived at the home, they found Julie B. Hill, 68, “conscious and breathing and with what appeared to be single gunshot wound to the chest," Det. Larry McKinnon, sheriff’s office spokesman, wrote in a release. A .38 caliber revolver was found on the floor next to her. Hill told deputies she had shot herself and her daughter, McKinnon said. “Deputies then checked the home and found Tracey Hill in her bedroom with at least one gunshot wound to the …
Crime Report is a regular listing of calls for service in the Carrollwood and Northdale areas that have been reported to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Here are the calls for service to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Carrollwood, Northdale and Lake Magdalene for the period of April 17-23: April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 Editor’s note: Information was provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's online crime mapping tool. A call for service does not necessarily mean that a crime occurred. Keep up with what's happening around town by signing up for the Carrollwood-Northdale Patch newsletter!
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has an online tool residents can use to keep up with the area’s most-wanted fugitives.
The Internet is fast becoming the new “post office” for law enforcement agencies that want to make sure photos of their most wanted fugitives make it into circulation. Instead of just hanging posters on post office walls, law enforcement agencies these days are creating webpages to get the word out to area residents. Some are even using social media outlets like Facebook as tools in the fight against crime. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has its own online “post office” wall. Dubbed “Find-a-Fugitive,” the webpage features the photos and some background information on the county’s Top 10 most wanted. It also shares photos of deadbeat parents and “dangerous drivers.” Cristal Bermudez Nunez, sheriff's office spokeswoman, said the …
