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Friday, May 3, 2013

Residential Burglaries, Assaults Reported in Lutz

Find out what crimes have been reported to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office recently.

Crime Report is a regular listing of calls for service in the Lutz area that have been reported to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Here are the calls for service between April 15-May 1: April 15 April 16-17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 26 April 27 April 28 April 29 April 30 May 1 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 the crime was founded.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Fraud, Traffic Homicide Reported in Lutz

Find out what crimes have been reported to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

Crime Report is a regular listing of calls for service in the Lutz area that have been reported to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Here are the calls for service between March 28 and April 9: March 28 Traffic accident, Lutz Lake Fern Road West and Merry Lane March 29 Simple battery, 1500 block of Clement Road March 30 Theft from a vehicle, 15400 block of Livingston Avenue March 31 Grand theft, 1500 block of Blind Pond Avenue Traffic accident, Livingston Avenue and Curry Road Traffic accident, Livingston Avenue and Spring Green Drive April 1 Fraud, 19200 block of Blount Road Theft of motor vehicle parts, 15400 block of Livingston Avenue April 2 Aggravated battery, 19700 block of Amanda Park Drive April 3 Criminal mischief (…

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Armed Burglary, Credit Card Fraud Reported in Lutz

Find out what crimes have been reported to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office recently.

Crime Report is a regular listing of calls for service in the Lutz area that have been reported to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Here are the calls for service between March 10-24: March 10 Vehicle theft, corner of Emerald Cove Drive and Hanna Road Grand theft, 16500 block of North Nebraska Avenue Criminal mischief, 300 block of Lutz Lake Fern Road East March 11 Burglary, 100 block of Whitaker Road March 12 No calls reported. March 13 No calls reported. March 14 Armed burglary, 17700 block of Morninghigh Drive March 15 No calls reported. March 16 No calls reported. March 17 Forced residential burglary, 300 block of Debuel Road March 18 No calls reported. March 19 Theft of motor vehicle parts, 16800 block of Windsor Park Drive …

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Sherri Lonon

7:48 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Hi Rita, it just covers the territory considered "Lutz" by the sheriff's office, which has a southern boundary of Sinclair Hills Road.   more ›

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Taco Bell Attack Leads to Arrest

A man who repeatedly punched another man when asked to leave the restaurant on March 8 was recently identified.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Taco Bell Attack Leads to Arrest

A man who repeatedly punched another man when asked to leave the restaurant on March 8 was recently identified.

A Lutz Taco Bell employee asked a group to leave the property after the restaurant's dining area closed for the evening. When he asked a second time, one man in the group punched him in the face at the 22744 State Road 54 location, deputies say. According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Giovanni Labossiere became verbally aggressive with the employee before punching him once, then two or three more times as the man attempted to write down Labossiere's vehicle information at about 11 p.m. on March 8. The man was knocked down and suffered a fractured jaw from the attack, a complaint affidavit stated. Labossiere, 19, of 17453 Sandgate Court in Land O' Lakes was later identified by photo pack, according to the report. He was arrested …

Monday, March 11, 2013

Daughter Left In Car Cries for 'Daddy, Daddy,' Deputies Say

A man was visiting his ex-wife at Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Recovery Center in Lutz when the incident occurred.

Child neglect charges were filed against a father after authorities say he left his 7-year-old daughter unattended in a car at Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Recovery Center in Lutz. According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Robert Vincent Clark told the hospital staff that he was going to leave his daughter outside with his sister-in-law while he visited his ex-wife at the facility on March 8. When a staff member checked outside, the girl was sitting alone in the car crying "Daddy, Daddy," the report stated. Staff then terminated his visit and told him he needed to attend to his daughter, then called the sheriff's office. The girl was in the car for about 25 minutes, according to the report. Clark, 42, of Zephyrhills was arrested …

Friday, March 8, 2013

Woman Arrested for DUI with 2 Children in Car

She was pulled over Thursday night for driving without her headlights illuminated.

A Lutz woman faces a DUI charge after authorities say she was driving impaired with two young children in the car Thursday night. According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Leah Ann Deyoung, 37, was observed driving without her headlights on in the area of Oak Grove Boulevard and Rolling View Court in Lutz at about 9 p.m. on March 7. When the deputy made contact with Deyoung, her eyes were bloodshot and glassy and she had a strong odor of alcohol on her breath, an arrest report stated. Deyoung "denied drinking and stated with slurred speech she rinsed her mouth with Listerine," according to the report. She then performed poorly on a field sobriety test, and twice refused to take a breath test. Deyoung of 24336 Summer Nights Court was …

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Lutz Teen Faces Charges After Fleeing Vacant Home

He and two other teens ran from a vacant home when a deputy arrived. A search of the property turned up items from a Sunday night burglary.

A Lutz teen was arrested Monday after deputies say he and two other juveniles were found loitering in a vacant Land O' Lakes home. According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, a witness reported seeing three teens inside a home, which had a sign indicating it was vacant posted on the garage. When the deputy arrived, the three ran through the backyard and jumped the fence, despite the deputy's order to stop, a complaint affidavit stated. The witness who reported seeing the juveniles was able to get one 17-year-old to stop, but the teen refused to comply with the deputy and refused to identify himself, the report stated. A search of the vacant home turned up several items reported missing from a burglary Sunday night, as well as three …

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Man Accused of Molesting Multiple Young Children

He faces four counts of felony sexual battery.

A Lutz Radio Shack employee is accused of molesting multiple children on more than one occasion and threatening them if they told. A girl told a Pasco County Sheriff’s detective recently that Michael James Roberts engaged in multiple sex acts with her when she was about 8 years old. The detective interviewed other children who said Roberts performed sex acts on them, describing the occurences in detail. One boy was about 8 years old at the time of the abuse, according to the report. Roberts, 25, of 9547 Turf Drive in Land O' Lakes was arrested Tuesday and charged with four counts of felony sexual battery of a person younger than 12. He is being held in the Land O’ Lakes Jail without bond.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Hillsborough Crime Falls 53.2% Since 2007

For the sixth year in a row, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is reporting an overall drop in crime.

The statistics are in and it looks like Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies are sending the message loud and clear to bad guys that they’re just not welcome here. The sheriff’s office reports that crime is down countywide for the sixth straight year in a row. Crime, in fact, fell 7.2 percent in 2012 versus the numbers from 2011, the sheriff’s office announced in a media release issued Feb. 22. With a population in unincorporated Hillsborough County of 848,660 residents, the number of victims of crimes was also reduced from 21,617 in 2011 to 20,072 the year 2012,” the release said. “That equals 23.6 victims of crime per 1,000 residents down from 25.9 the year before.” As it turns out, the violent crime rate for 2012 is the lowest on …

JK

5:49 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013

With all the speed humps that the county put in, it is impossible for criminals to escape very fast!   more ›

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