Thursday, May 18, 2017

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  • Former Tampa attorney accused of stealing 1.5 million from dead ...

    Former Tampa attorney accused of stealing 1.5 million from dead ...
    TAMPA, Fla. - A former Tampa attorney is accused of pocketing more than 1.5 million dollars from the dead, disabled people, and even charities.David Whigham lost his law license last year after the Florida Bar reviewed the claims against him.After a long investigation, the FDLE got a warrant for his arrest on Tuesday, charging him with 22 felony counts including grand theft and organized scheme to defraud.According to court records, Whigham’s clients started to notice money missing from their t..
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  • Tampa Man Dies in House Fire

    Tampa Man Dies in House Fire
    Spokesman Steve Hegarty said in a news release that Tampa Fire Rescue responded to the fire at 9:44 p.m. Tuesday. While putting out the fire, they found ...
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  • Suspicious Package At Tampa Courthouse Forces Street Closing

    Suspicious Package At Tampa Courthouse Forces Street Closing
    TAMPA, FL — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating the Wednesday afternoon discovery of a letter containing a powdery substance that was sent to the courthouse annex. The find prompted workers to quarantine themselves in a room and an evacuation of the building's first floor.According to the sheriff's office, a worker opened the letter around 3:40 p.m. May 17. After noticing the powder, the people in the room made the decision to quarantine themselves and call 911, an email fr..
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  • Deputies investigate homicide of Tampa man

    Deputies investigate homicide of Tampa man
    Deputies investigate homicide of Tampa man TAMPA (FOX 13) - Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the homicide of a 38-year-old Tampa man.According to HCSO, deputies responded to a home at about 9:21 p.m. Tuesday evening in the 1500 block of East 128th Avenue in relation to a 911 call. When they arrives, they discovered a man, identified as Khando Kerr, dead.Deputies say Kerr suffered trauma to his upper torso. Detectives were on scene Wednesday morning conducting an inves..
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  • Tampa motorcyclist dies in crash on State Road 574

    TAMPA — A Tampa motorcyclist died on Wednesday after running a red light on State Road 574 and crashing into a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Vance Ralph Eldridge Jr., 27, was riding a Suzuki motorcycle west on State Road 574, also called Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, approaching Interstate 4. Heading in the same direction was Donna Gail Exum, 57, of Plant City, who was driving a Toyota 4Runner. As Exum turned left onto I-4 with a green turn arrow, Eldridge rode into the..
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  • Dog on cancer treatment escapes Tampa animal hospital

    Dog on cancer treatment escapes Tampa animal hospital
    Dog on cancer treatment escapes Tampa animal hospital A dog undergoing treatment for cancer flees clinic, and there's a $1,000 reward for her return. Beau Zimmer, WTSP 11:54 PM. EDT May 17, 2017 TAMPA, Fla.— It’s not every day a missing dog makes the news, but now one of the Bay area’s premier animal hospitals is asking for the public’s help after one of their patients, a 4-year-old Boxer undergoing cancer treatment, managed to escape the facility early Wednesday.   A mas..
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  • FHP: SUV used in hit-and-run found

    FHP: SUV used in hit-and-run found
    FHP: SUV used in hit-and-run found NEW PORT RICHEY (FOX 13) - Pasco County mosquito control workers seem to have found the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that injured a bicyclist.The vehicle was found in a heavily wooded area near 4639 US Hwy 19, along a private drive behind a Hyundai dealership Wednesday afternoon.The workers then contacted the Florida Highway Patrol who located and recovered the vehicle which will be processed for forensic evidence.RELATED: Pasco hit-and-run caught on..
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  • VIDEO: Man seen on camera setting fire at Tampa mosque

    VIDEO: Man seen on camera setting fire at Tampa mosque
    Law enforcement is searching for a person seen on video setting a Tampa mosque on fire. (HCSO / CNN Newsource)TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) รข€” Law enforcement is searching for a person seen on video setting a Tampa mosque on fire. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office released surveillance video of the arson attack that took place in February 2017.The video shows the suspect setting fire to a trail of gasoline on a sidewalk in front of the Islamic Society of New Tampa.The arsonist fled the scene after..
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  • Nightmare Neighbors: Short-term rentals causing problems in some ...

    Nightmare Neighbors: Short-term rentals causing problems in some ...
    TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The short-term rental market is exploding and blowing up the sanctity of a lot of neighborhoods too. People are renting out their homes and some of the renters are turning into nightmare neighbors. There are nearly 75,000 short-term listings in Florida right now. The top cities where people are renting most in Florida are Kissimmee, Miami and Miami Beach. St. Pete comes in at number seven on that list. Of all the rentals, in all the cities, in all the world, it only takes ..
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  • Rare liver surgery performed at TGH saves Tampa man's life

    Rare liver surgery performed at TGH saves Tampa man's life
    When doctors learned during surgery that Ken Brant's liver was too riddled with cancer for a conventional procedure, they turned to his wife with two options. Do nothing, and see him survive maybe six to eight months. Or consent to a risky surgical procedure so rare it had never been done before at the hospital, Tampa General, and had only been performed about 500 times anywhere in the world. It involves cutting this largest of the internal organs in two and isolating the cancerous portion so th..
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