Crime & Safety

Pasco Sheriff's Corporal Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Charges

Sheriff Chris Nocco's office confirmed Corporal Donald Valverde, 37, faces two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and unlawful sexual activity involving a minor.

Sep 62 min read

Crime & Safety

Pasco Has Hundreds of Plate Readers. Only About 70 Belong to the Sheriff's Office.

Between the Sheriff's Office, private businesses, HOAs, toll gantries and car washes, something close to 470 devices read license plates in Pasco County. Roughly 70 are law enforcement, and those are the only ones with an audit log and a deletion date.

Aug 1613 min read

Crime & Safety

Teen Passenger Killed as SR 54 Pursuit Ends Against a Utility Pole Near Old County Road 54

The Florida Highway Patrol says a fleeing SUV hit 115 mph on State Road 54 before a trooper's PIT maneuver sent it off the road early Sunday. Both occupants were 15-year-old boys from New Port Richey. One of them died.

Jul 263 min read

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Deputies Seek Three Teens After New Port Richey Home Under Construction Is Vandalized

The Pasco Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help identifying three juveniles who damaged a home being built in New Port Richey on June 4.

Jul 122 min read

Crime & Safety

Gunshots in Beacon Square Traced to Residents Firing Weapons in Backyard, No Injuries

Pasco deputies detained the people responsible after reports of multiple gunshots near Pinehurst Drive. Investigators say it was an isolated incident with no threat to the public.

Jul 122 min read

Crime & Safety

Three Hospitalized After Stabbing and Shooting Inside Wesley Chapel’s The Ridge at Wiregrass Ranch

A Friday morning domestic dispute inside The Ridge at Wiregrass Ranch escalated into a stabbing and a shooting that sent three people — a 55-year-old man, a 53-year-old woman, and an 18-year-old man — to a local hospital, according to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say all three knew each other and that there is no ongoing threat to the public.

May 83 min read

Crime & Safety

Brush Fires Surge Across Tampa Bay as Drought Keeps Pasco County on High Alert

Reports of another brush fire in the Starkey Ranch area on Sunday added to a growing list of blazes flaring up across the Tampa Bay region, as fire officials urge Pasco County residents to stay alert during one of the most active wildfire stretches Florida has seen in years.

Apr 204 min read

Crime & Safety

Brush Fire Near Mirada Brings Large Response in San Antonio

A fire that began at a structure on Tyndall Road in San Antonio quickly spread into a large brush fire Saturday afternoon near the Mirada subdivision, based on a review of public safety activity in...

Mar 291 min read

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Help Identify Driver in Fatal Boyette Road Hit and Run That Killed Wesley Chapel Resident Daniel Avena

Florida Highway Patrol is asking Wesley Chapel residents to help identify the driver who hit and killed 39 year old Daniel Avena along Boyette Road near Vienna Woods Lane on the evening of Nov....

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Land O’ Lakes Woman Charged with Killing Her Own Child Today

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A Land O’ Lakes woman has been arrested after deputies discovered her son dead inside their home Friday morning, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a residence on Drexel Road around 9:50 a.m. after 40-year-old Justine Mroz reportedly called dispatch to report the incident. Mroz’s juvenile son was deceased. Detectives began an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. While the exact manner of death remains...

Oct 191 min read

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