DUNEDIN - An unemployed man was lying when he told authorities he was shot and then went to Tampa International Airport and boarded a flight, Pinellas County sheriff's officials said this afternoon. ...more

October 23, 2007

Pinellas County sheriff's investigators on Monday continued trying to confirm claims by a Clearwater man that he boarded an airplane with three bullet wounds. They also were trying to confirm whether he was even shot. ...more

October 23, 2007

LARGO - A Clearwater man's claim that he got on an airplane with three gunshot wounds was significantly cast into doubt Monday as investigators found it impossible to corroborate most of what he told authorities. "Our investigators are not able to confirm most of this guy's story," including whether he was even shot in Pinellas County before he boarded a US Airways flight at Tampa International Airport on Saturday at 7 p.m., Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner said. ...more

October 22, 2007

TAMPA - William Notaro boarded a commercial flight with more than carry-on bags in a bizarre case involving law enforcement in three states. With three gunshot wounds, Notaro, 37, of 115 Belleair Place, Clearwater, boarded a US Airways flight at Tampa International Airport on Saturday, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 22, 2007

Tampa International Airport set an all-time ridership record during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 with 9.63 million departing passengers, 2.5 percent more than a year ago, airport director Louis Miller said Thursday. ...more

October 12, 2007