CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published in an effort to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office between Nov. 8-14 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

November 26, 2009

Phillup Partin, the drifter who killed 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook in 2002, will die for his crime. ...more

December 3, 2008

Convicted killer Phillup Partin was sentenced to death this afternoonin the 2002 slaying of 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook. ...more

December 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A deputy at the Land O' Lakes jail was injured early Wednesday morning when he tried to break up a fight between two inmates in the maximum-security wing. ...more

November 22, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A deputy at the Land O' Lakes jail was injured early this morning when he tried to break up a fight between two inmates in the maximum-security wing. ...more

November 21, 2007

A second attempt to try Phillup Alan Partin on a first-degree murder charge in the July 2002 slaying of a 16-year-old runaway is scheduled to begin Jan. 7, the judge in the case ruled Friday. ...more

October 13, 2007

Tara Ramsdell waited five years for the trial of Phillup Alan Partin, the man investigators say killed her daughter. ...more

October 10, 2007

The murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin stands on the precipice of mistrial after his attorneys learned for the first time Friday that DNA tests were conducted on a controversial blood stain. ...more

October 6, 2007

Blood and tire tracks have become contentious issues in the first-degree murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin. ...more

October 5, 2007

When Patrisha Windham sat on the witness stand Wednesday, she saw the man charged in the 2002 slaying of Joshan Ashbrook. ...more

October 4, 2007