Chris Tisch

3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Chris Tisch

An employee at the Gold & Diamond Source jewelry store in Pinellas County stole 36 high-end watches worth $650,000 from the business, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reported. Michael Anthony Kelly, 32, of St. Petersburg, has been arrested on a felony charge of scheme to defraud in connection with the thefts. He also was fired from the business last month, the sheriff’s office said.

3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Chris Tisch

A woman is facing an attempted murder charge after she shot her father during a child custody exchange outside of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office’s headquarters on Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred about 9 a.m. at the sheriff’s administration building at 10750 Ulmerton Road. Gabriella Nascimento, 28, was arrested after the shooting while her father, Rogerio Nascimento, was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition, officials said.

3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Chris Tisch

If you prepare for hurricane season by assembling a kit of supplies, chances are it was pretty picked apart after last year’s back-to-back hurricanes. So it’s time to get it back in shape. Or, if you haven’t put together a kit before, last year might have provided a hard lesson on how difficult life can be without one. The key is to get your kit put together early.

1 month ago | tampabay.com | Chris Tisch |Tony Marrero

A tow truck driver has been arrested on vehicular homicide charges in connection with an October crash in St. Petersburg that killed two adults and seriously injured a 9-year-old boy. George Phillip Aponte, 45, of Clearwater, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the crash, which occurred on Oct. 15 on 5th Avenue South near 20th Street South. An arrest affidavit says Aponte was driving 60 mph in a 35-mph zone while talking on his cell phone as he drove west on 5th Avenue South that afternoon.

1 month ago | tbnweekly.com | Chris Tisch

LARGO — A woman and her 6-year-old child were struck by a hit-and-run driver in a Walmart parking lot here, police said. The May 8 incident occurred as Christiane Souza de Oliveira and her child, Aylla Rodrigues, were exiting the Walmart at 2677 Roosevelt Blvd. Police said the driver who hit them also struck “multiple vehicles” in the parking lot before leaving the scene. The child was taken to a hospital with “critical, life-threatening injuries,” authorities said.