UPDATE TWO: The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has charged Richard Patrick Singletary, 49, with Second Degree Murder with a Firearm and Tampering with Physical Evidence. UPDATE ONE: Deputies have taken a 49-year-old man into custody in connection to his wife’s death. On Monday, June 22, 2020 at approximately 3:00 p.m., the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office … Read more
A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputy was taken into custody early Monday morning following an altercation with a Plant City police officer. Shortly after midnight on Monday, June 22, Deputy Ivan Moreno encountered a Plant City police officer while sitting in the backyard of a home on the 2000 block of Walden Woods Drive in Plant … Read more
UPDATE: The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people in connection to this investigation. Detectives have charged Derek De Andre De More, 24, with Carrying a Concealed Firearm and Tampering with Physical Evidence. Michelle Rodriguez, 22, was charged with Tampering with Physical Evidence. This incident remains an isolated incident and all involved parties have been … Read more
Man Arrested After Soliciting Sex w/ a Teen Online St. Petersburg Police arrested 40-year-old Robert Staton II, of Seminole, last night for traveling to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. The teenager was actually an undercover detective. He also sent “her” a lewd photo of himself. Lowell drove to the 4100 block of 16th Street … Read more
Hillsborough County deputies arrested a man after he forced his way into a woman’s home and opened her bedroom curtains in order to watch her from outside the window. On June 5, 2020, Anthony Garcia, 31, forcefully opened the rear sliding glass door of a residence located within the Retreat at Crosstown Apartments in Riverview. … Read more
A man seen on video throwing bottles at deputies during a protest in Plant City has been arrested. Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office were monitoring a mostly peaceful protest on Tuesday evening, June 2, at the Race Trac located at 1722 James L. Redman Parkway in Plant City. They came into contact with … Read more
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Steinbrenner High School teacher for sexual misconduct. On Friday, June 5, deputies met with a victim who provided evidence that while she was a 17-year-old student at Steinbrenner High School, located at 5575 W Lutz Lake Fern Rd in Lutz, she was involved in a relationship with Jason … Read more
Detectives assigned to the Robbery/Homicide Unit have arrested a former probation officer for sexual battery. Detectives began their investigation on October 14, 2019 while the victim was housed as an inmate at the Pinellas County Jail. The victim made a complaint to detention deputies that her probation officer had blackmailed her for sexual favors. According … Read more
Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested a Seminole man for Possession of Child Pornography. According to detectives, their investigation began in March 2020, after receiving tips from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Through various investigative techniques, detectives were able to identify the suspect as 40-year-old Casey Hannah. … Read more
Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit arrested a woman and her boyfriend for child abuse and child neglect after they abused a 6-year-old child for at least four years, in unincorporated St. Petersburg. Detectives began their investigation on May 14, 2020, when 26-year-old Samantha Smith was arrested for child abuse, after patrol deputies … Read more
