carjacking victim offers suspect a ride - WTSP 10 News

carjacking victim offers suspect a ride WTSP 10 News Pinellas Park, Florida -- "That's my thing-lookin' in a barrel of a gun, you just don't argue," says Judy May of her close call Tuesday morning. May didn't argue, but she was surprisingly chatty with the man trying to take her car by gunpoint. It ... and more »

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Police switch on to photo-ID databases The Age "This is a tool to benefit law enforcement, not to violate your privacy rights," said Scott McCallum, head of the facial-recognition unit in Pinellas County, Florida, which has built one of the nation's most advanced systems. The technology produces ...

Pinellas teens to get summer crash course in law enforcement Tbo.com The Pinellas Park High School senior spent Monday morning training for the upcoming Florida Statewide Explorer Competition; the training culminated in a mock burglary and suicide threat. "My dream is to become a police officer or work in forensics," ...

State photo-ID databases become troves for police Eagle-Tribune "This is a tool to benefit law enforcement, not to violate your privacy rights," said Scott McCallum, head of the facial-recognition unit in Pinellas County, Fla., which has built one of the nation's most advanced systems. The technology .... That ... and more »

Mom who fled Pennsylvania for Keys gets year in jail KeysNet A mother who disappeared from her central Pennsylvania home in 2002 and was later declared legally dead before resurfacing in the Florida Keys on April 26 has been sent to jail on a probation violation. The Pensacola News ... She ended up sitting in ... and more »

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Time for Legislature to do right by young offenders Tampabay.com Florida law allows only one sentence for Harleme Larry, who two weeks ago was convicted of a murder he committed in Dade City when he was 14 years old: life in prison with no chance of parole. If you think this isn't right, that we need to clear the ...

Missing mother who abandoned her two children , fled to Florida for 11 years ... Daily Mail The 54-year-old was released from jail in April after being arrested for drug possession and driving with an expired tag in Pinellas County, Florida. Following her release, she did not report to her parole ... Heist worked as a cleaner in the Panhandle ... and more »

In 2012, Pinellas logged most domestic homicides in two decades Tampabay.com LARGO — The Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force recorded 13 homicide cases in 2012 — the highest number the group has logged over the nearly two decades it has collected data. Eighteen people died, because five of the homicide cases ...

St. Pete Charity head, pastor implicated in real estate scam Tbo.com The charity, founded in 2000, once oversaw an array of programs for children in the Child's Park neighborhood but saw most of its funding cut in 2008. The organization lost its tax-exempt status in February, meaning donations are no longer tax ...

NSA phone data-mining operation of all Verizon customers revealed Daily Caller The NSA has been collecting the phone data of all Verizon customers anywhere inside the U.S. since at least April 25, according to a newly leaked top secret order from the U.S. government's spy court. The court order showed that the Foreign ... and more »