CRIME & SAFETY
One dead, several injured in US 301/Northgate Blvd crash
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - On Tuesday, Florida Highway Patrol reported a serious crash at US 301 and Northgate Blvd in Sarasota. According to the release from FHP, vehicle 1 failed to stop for the red light at the intersection of US 301 and Northgate Blvd as vehicle 2 was in the intersection.
Sarasota woman sentenced to 10 years prison for 10K Skyway Bridge crash into FHP trooper
A Sarasota driver was sentenced to prison after she was arrested in 2022 for barreling past barricades and colliding head-on into a Florida Highway Patrol trooper's car on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Kristen Watts, 54, pleaded no contest to charges for fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement and DUI...
Video shows FHP trooper forcibly stopping woman driving the wrong way on highway
A St. Petersburg woman was arrested and charged with DUI on Tuesday morning after FHP troopers had to forcibly stop her from driving the wrong way on a highway. Cynthia Elizabeth Serrano Roncal, 27, was spotted driving north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 275 at about 12:41 a.m., according to arrest affidavits.
Law enforcement reacts to violent weekend involving teens in Pinellas County
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It was a violent weekend in Pinellas County involving teens. St. Petersburg Police arrested 16-year-old Randy Reynolds on Sunday night, and charged him with first degree felony murder and armed robbery with a deadly weapon in 21-year-old Marcus Rivers’ murder on Saturday. Police also arrested...
Three crashes damage two businesses, one crosswalk signal
HOLMES BEACH – Two cars drove into two neighboring businesses on two separate days last week, followed by a crash into a crosswalk signal and pedestrian barrier at the nearby intersection of Marina and Gulf drives. Six people were injured in the accidents, none reported as critical. The first...
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