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Monday, December 17, 2012

OMG PD: Soldier Robbed, Water Tower Shot, Stolen Perfume

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the Tampa Bay region.

Sgt. Robert Fearon was in Tampa training to prepare for his fourth tour of duty in the Middle East last weekend, when burglars broke into his home stealing electronics, jewlrey and signed sports jerseys, according to Bradenton Patch. City officials estimate 550,000 gallons were lost from a reclaimed water tower damaged during a golf cart shooting spree early Tuesday at local golf club, reports Dunedin Patch. The 200-foot city water tower just south of Curlew Road, near the intersection of Bayshore Boulevard, was struck by a bullet while Mark Fitzgerald, 49, of Dunedin rode around Dunedin Golf Club with two weapons during the early morning hours, according to a Pinellas County Sheriff's news release. According to the arrest affidavit on …

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Soldier's Home Burglarized As He Trained For Fourth Tour in Middle East (in Bradenton Patch), City Loses Half Million Gallons from Water Tower Shot Tuesday (in Dunedin Patch), Police: Man Wearing Only a Shirt Chased Women Through Largo Parking Lot, and 2 more ›

Saturday, December 8, 2012

OMG PD: Kittens in Freezer, Pot in Underwear

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the Tampa Bay region.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Saturday, December 8, 2012

Instead of the beer she was looking for, a woman visiting a St. Petersburg man this week found four kittens wrapped up in sandwich bags in his freezer, St. Pete Patch reports. One of the kittens didn't make it, but the three others are doing fine and recovering at the SPCA Tampa Bay, Largo Patch reports. As for the man, 49-year-old Rodney J. Blanchard, he was arrested and charged with four counts of animal cruelty, plus one count of battery for pushing the woman. And to top it off, Blanchard's son was charged with attempted murder this week. Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say the same thief struck a Kmart in Brandon three times on three separate days in November, Brandon Patch reports. The alleged thief used the same trick to …

In this Article:

Deputies: Man Froze Kittens in Sandwich Bags (in St. Pete Patch), Three Kittens Found in Freezer are Recovering in Largo, Son of Man Accused of Freezing Kittens Charged with Attempted Murder (in St. Pete Patch), and 3 more ›

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