CLEARWATER – Likening their client's situation to that of a troublesome inmate kept in solitary confinement, Nick Bollea's attorneys have filed court papers asking a circuit judge to let the 17-year-old go home until he is old enough to serve the remainder of his sentence with other inmates at Pinellas County Jail. ...more

June 2, 2008

CLEARWATER - Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats announced a proposal Thursday that would slash $25 million from his agency's 2008-09 budget. ...more

May 22, 2008

A security checkpoint helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but the system is not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. ...more

May 8, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A security checkpoint system helped keep a gunman from passing through the Pinellas County Judicial Building on Wednesday, but it's not in place at the much larger, busier court center in downtown Clearwater. All visitors to the downtown St. Petersburg court building and the Criminal Justice Center on 49th Street North must walk through a metal detector and have their items screened by magnetometers, or X-ray machines, before entering. In Clearwater, the seat of county government, people enter the main courts complex from several access points. Bailiffs guard only a section of the complex housing the courtrooms and judicial chambers and only visitors to that section are screened by security inspection equipment. ...more

May 7, 2008

State Rep. Peter Nehr decided to reveal himself as the source of a tip about an alleged marijuana grow house in the Palm Harbor area. The Sheriff's Office, would-be tipsters need to know, did not make Nehr's role known. ...more

February 23, 2008

If Timothy Stacy is wondering who tipped off authorities who say he had a marijuana grow house operation, here's the answer: Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs. ...more

February 21, 2008

If Timothy Stacy is wondering who tipped off authorities who say he had a marijuana grow house operation, the person he should blame is the local state house representative. ...more

February 20, 2008

LARGO – Dos empleados de la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Pinellas fueron objeto de una medida disciplinaria por violar una política de la agencia de no cometer adulterio. Esta es la primera vez que se pone en práctica desde que el alguacil de Pinellas, Jim Coats, implantó esta prohibición especial hace dos años. ...more

December 28, 2007

A married deputy found in another woman's bed is one tidbit of information among many contained in dozens of pages of internal affairs documents released Friday, one day after it was made public that Bradshaw and Heather Clouser were punished for violating Sheriff Jim Coats' anti-adultery policy. ...more

December 28, 2007

Two employees of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office have been disciplined for violating the agency's anti-adultery policy. It is the first punishment of its kind since Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats instituted the unique prohibition two years ago. ...more

December 28, 2007