The letter containing suspicious powder that was intercepted at the county's criminal justice center today was sent by an inmate at the Pinellas County Jail and addressed to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office, the Pinellas Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 14, 2009

The 18-year-old man whose leg was severed when he was struck by a car early Monday on Main Street in Safety Harbor remains in critical condition this afternoon. ...more

April 21, 2009

A pedestrian's leg was severed when he was struck by a car early today on Main Street in Safety Harbor, Pinellas County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

April 20, 2009

An unemployed Connecticut woman has taken her job search to the side of a highway. ...more

April 10, 2009

Monday's raid of five connected warehouses in Palm Harbor not only revealed hundreds of marijuana plants and several thousand dollars, but it also led to a second location, where more drugs and money were found, Pinellas sheriff's authorities said. ...more

March 10, 2009

Narcotics detectives this morning dismantled a marijuana-cultivation operation they uncovered in a string of small warehouses behind a Palm Harbor business plaza, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. Search warrants were executed at the five units behind the Four Seasons Plaza, 39070 U.S. 19 N., sheriff's officials said. ...more

March 9, 2009

The interim manager of the BayWalk shopping and entertainment complex in St. Petersburg was arrested today, accused of taking more than $170,000 from a real estate company where he used to work. Howard Rosenthal, 53, of 527 Harbor Groves Circle, Safety Harbor, was charged with one count of felony grand theft. He took over as BayWalk interim manager this week; none of the charges are connected to his work at BayWalk. ...more

January 15, 2009

A standoff between a homicide suspect and Pinellas County deputies has ended peacefully this morning and residents are being allowed back into their homes. ...more

January 1, 2009

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says it is investigating a possible homicide tonight at 6080 Gulfport Blvd. S. ...more

December 20, 2008

A Progress Energy employee is being treated for second-degree burns after making contact with a live electrical wire, an official said. ...more

December 20, 2008