Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The area was recently hit by an armed man and a woman demanding prescription pills.
Last week, a Holiday woman barged into a home and demanded prescription pills. All the while, an accomplice of held a gun on the homeowner. Jamie Danielle Hayes, of 3427 Clydesdale Drive, Holiday, was arrested and charged with home invasion robbery with a weapon. The home invasion prompted us to ask our New Port Richey Patch Facebook Page readers if they were concerned with crime in the Holiday area. Here's some of what they had to say: Jennifer Eichenberger wrote: "This just reminds everyone....do NOT open the door for anyone you don't know. If someone comes to the door saying their car broke down, etc. ask for the number to call and call yourself from inside the house with the door locked." Rick Houston wrote: "Not really, My doors are …
Monday, May 20, 2013
We compile the odd, unusual "oh my gosh" police items from throughout the Tampa Bay region.
Jeffrey Lannon Porter, a habitual offender who has been arrested and charged multiple times for DUI and driving on a suspended or revoked license, was arrested again earlier this month following a traffic stop in Largo. A Largo Police officer stopped Porter after witnessing his red Jeep crash into a mailbox and then leave the scene on May 7, according to an arrest report. Porter was pulled over outside of 201 36th St. SE, where the officer reported that Porter admitted to possibly striking the mailbox and showed signs of impairment. Those signs included slurred speech, an odor of alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes and urination in his pants, according to the report. Two men are charged with stealing used cooking and fryer grease from a…
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Seven Springs Elementary PTA president Mara Leah Slone was released on $5,000 bond after deputies say she embezzled nearly $3,000.
Seven Springs Elementary School’s PTA president is in hot water after Pasco County deputies say the New Port Richey woman took $2,825 that didn’t belong to her. Mara Leah Slone, 33, was booked into the Land O’ Lakes Jail May 16 on scheme to defraud charges. She was later released after posting bond, jail records indicate. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Slone, the sole signer on the Seven Springs PTA account, took money from the PTA account between Dec. 14, 2011, and Jan. 15, 2013. A bookkeeper for the county’s PTA council gets the credit for catching the expenditures receipts had not been produced for. Slone told deputies she took the money for personal use due to “financial hardships,” the Times reported. She handed over $2,000 to a …
Friday, May 17, 2013
A motorist from New Port Richey was injured in a crash that sent three teens to the hospital.
Two 17-year-old boys are in critical condition at St. Joseph’s Hospital and one teenager is in serious condition following a Friday morning crash on State Road 54 at Sunlake Boulevard. A New Port Richey man also involved in the collision only suffered minor injuries, officials say. The accident occured in the Land O' Lakes area May 17 as a 2008 Honda driven by Kyle Hunnewell, 17, of Lutz was traveling east on State Road 54. Hunnewell was turning left onto Sunlake Boulevard around 11:55 a.m. when the crash took place, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Hunnewell attempted to turn left on a red arrow and collided with a 2007 freight van driven by William Ase, 49, of New Port Richey. Ase was in a Pasco County School Board vehicle at the…
The gun went off, and a shot hit a home that was occupied.
Stephanie Hoffman got into an argument with a woman in the driveway of a home on Nora Lane in Elfers on Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. She left the scene, went to her residence nearby and got a shotgun. She then returned to the driveway of the woman's home and pointed the gun at the woman and another woman, the report said. The two victims told deputies they tried to pull the gun away from Hoffman, 29. During the struggle, the gun went off, and the shot hit a house, which was occupied. Hoffman eventually fled to her home at 3545 Nora Lane. When deputies questioned Hoffman, she told them she thought she grabbed a BB gun, not a shotgun. Hoffman was arrested and charged with two counts of …
A Pasco detective found Henry Sizemore near a pawn shop in West Pasco.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that deputies have arrested Henry Sizemore, a man they say might be connected to at least five robberies in the last month. A warrants detective spotted him near a pawn shop in West Pasco. Sizemore was wanted in connection with multiple robberies that took place between April 29 and May 14. Some of those robberies include: Sizemore was also wanted in connection with a purse snatching and has an active warrant out for his arrest for violation of probation.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies are warning New Port Richey residents to be on the lookout for a man they say has committed multiple robberies and is considered armed and dangerous.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is on the hunt for a many they say might be connected to at least five robberies in the last month. Henry Sizemore, 32, is a homeless man who is known to hang out in the area around State Road 54 and Rowan Road, a sheriff’s office media release said. He is wanted in connection with multiple robberies that took place between April 29 and May 14. Some of those robberies include: Sizemore is also wanted in connection with a purse snatching and has an active warrant out for his arrest for violation of probation. Anyone who sees Sizemore is asked to call 911 “as he is possibly armed with a handgun,” the release said. Residents who might know his whereabouts can also call the sheriff’s office at 727-844-7711. …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The merger could lead to improved services.
It looks like New Port Richey City Council members like the sound of an idea that would put an end to city-run 911 dispatch services. The majority of council members made it clear during a workshop session with representatives from the Pasco County government and the Pasco Sheriff’s Office Tuesday that they want to move toward merging the city’s dispatch services with the county’s. The merger could cost New Port Richey $36,166 in its first year, but the city could realize $90,283 annually in cost savings each subsequent year. The city would lose its ability to perform independent dispatch services under the merger. Pasco would offer the police department’s full-time staff jobs with no loss of salary or seniority. Jody Kenyon, Pasco's …
Pam Bondi has been working in Tallahassee to help with local crackdowns on synthetic drugs.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi got a first a firsthand look Tuesday at the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office's efforts to stop the sale of synthetic drugs. Bondi joined deputies on one of three raids of stores accused of selling synthetic drugs in West Pasco. When deputies arrived at the Mobil convenience store, 7011 Massachusetts Ave. in New Port Richey, on Tuesday morning, Bondi followed them inside. The Mobil was one of several stores in West Pasco where deputies had made made undercover purchases of synthetic drugs this year. Those purchases enabled them to get search warrants. In the store, deputies talked to Sikander Noorani, a man behind the cash register who identified himself as an employee. At some point, he collapsed, …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Pasco Deputies raided three stores in West Pasco Tuesday, and state Attorney General Pam Bondi joined one of the visits
Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies raided three stores suspected of selling synthetic drugs on Tuesday, May 14. Deputies had made undercover purchases of synthetic drugs from the three stores in West Pasco between late January and May. Those purchases enabled them to get search warrants. Armed with warrants, deputies returned to those three store Tuesday to conduct searches and make arrests as part of Operation Consequences. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi joined them for one of the busts. The following stores were searched: Bondi came along for the bust at the Mobil on Massachusetts Avenue. The sheriff’s office warned convenience stores in December that it was going to start enforcing a new Pasco county ordinance prohibiting possession, …
Bill C
8:23 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I have a story to tell about my experiences in holiday over the last 10 yearabut cannot do it in 1500 letter, can someone at the Patch help me! more ›