Pasco County News Archives

By Janie Porter WTSP-TV Tampa NEW PORT RICHEY, FL -- Two Pasco county men were arrested Monday night for allegedly refusing to pay a $12.25 bill. via FirstCoastNews

Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a two car crash that killed two in a Honda and injured the driver of a Kia van. via ABC Action News

Traffic backups expected in Pasco County due to a natural gas line break. Pasco County Sheriff's department warns motorists of possible delays while traveling on Gunn Highway at State Route 54. via ABC Action News

LAND O'LAKES, Fla. -- Some jail inmates in Pasco County were hospitalized after getting into a fight over which television channel they were going to watch, according to authorities. via Local6.com

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has arrested 21 year old Tito Diaz, Jr. The Sheriff's Office was called to the 17000 block of Akins Drive on Friday evening to a call of a fire. via Tampabays10.com

Pasco County Sheriff's deputies have caught a prisoner who escaped from a patrolman's police vehicle early Thursday morning. via ABC Action News

“What's being sent out there is that people can shoot into your home and shoot your children and it becomes a misdemeanor charge and I don't believe it should be a misdemeanor charge.”

Hudson, Florida- When 11-year-old Christal Gordon was shot by a stray bullet in her own home on Saturday night. via WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Teresa Elizabeth Lodge was found stabbed to death in her apartment in September 2006 at her apartment in Land O'Lakes. Over a year later an arrest has been made. via Tampabays10.com

The U.S. Marshals office says a man wanted for Federal Probation Violation out the District of West Virginia, Charleston was arrested in Wesley Chapel Florida. via ABC Action News

A stray bullet penetrated a Hudson mobile home and wounded an 11-year-old girl over the weekend, according to police. via Local6.com

“I made two steps and collapsed”

An 11 year old girl was treated and released from Bayonet Point Hospital in Pasco County on Saturday after she was hit in the lower right back by a 22 caliber bulllet. via WDAE-AM Tampa

Land O' Lakes -- The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is currently working an accident on 52 East at Ehren Cutoff. via WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

“Somebody saw it and called police and that's how it all started”

Hudson, Florida - Over 40 dogs are in the custody of Pasco County, Florida Animal Services, taken Wednesday from a home after being found living in deplorable conditions. via WLTX-TV Columbia

A Hudson woman is accused of auto burglary and theft after allegedly breaking into multiple cars Thursday night. via ABC Action News

HUDSON, Fla, -- A second woman is reported dead in a squalid house north of Tampa that deputies said was filled with more than 30 dogs and several inches of feces. via Local6.com

Traffic Pulse Center $50! That's what I paid yesterday to fill up the tank of my Jeep. via Tampabays10.com

“We want to create a meditative-type environment”

PASCO COUNTY, FL-Hollywood, FL-based JL Real Ventures is planning to break ground in the first quarter of 2008 on a $36-million, 288-unit "green" garden-style apartment complex on 16.9 acres at Rowan and Bailey ... via GlobeSt.com

Nov. 6: Two Florida teens seen fighting each other in a YouTube video. Authorities in New Port Richey, Fla., are investigating whether the parents of a 14-year-old boy encouraged their son to fight a ... via Fox News

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that shut down US 41 in both directions. via ABC Action News

Tarpon Springs, Florida Police say forging checks to steal money from a 90-year-old Tarpon Springs woman and her 69-year-old disabled son apparently wasn't enough for Debra Folts. via WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Debra Folts was formerly employed by "Mobile Personal Service" based out of New Port Richey, as a Visiting Home Health Aide and acted as the caretaker for two elderly victims, one age 90 and the other, her ... via Tampabays10.com

The state has renewed its contract with a community-based agency partially blamed for losing track of a 2-year-old foster child. via North Port Sun

Four lucky players hold winning tickets worth almost $66,000 each. They matched all the numbers in Friday night's Fantasy Five drawing. via WMBB-TV Panama City