48 Tampa Bay judges were poised for automatic reelection as the Friday election qualifying deadline passed, as were the Pinellas-Pasco state attorney and public defender.
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Calvin Roy Dutton (60, St. Petersburg) with possession of child sexual abuse material. Dutton was arrested on May 31, 2024. According to the criminal complaint, Dutton mailed a hard drive to a company in Illinois for repairs. The hard drive contained more than 1,000 images of child sexual abuse material. When an employee began his work to recover data from the hard drive, he discovered the child sexual abuse material and ...
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State attorneys answer only to voters. For 28 years in Pinellas and Pasco counties, that power was held by one man. Then Bernie McCabe died Jan. 1 at the age of 73. His passing opens the door to a new era at the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office. The 2022 election could be the first chance in decades for v ...
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shauna S. Hale.
A Pinellas deputy’s fatal shooting of a man who fired a gun at deputies, injuring one, was justified, the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office determined this week. On March 12, Sgt. Jacob Viano shot and killed Zion Bostick after the 23-year-old pulled a gun on deputies and shot Pinellas K-9 deputy Matthew Aitken, authorities said. Aitken was shot in his left wrist, right thigh and neck, resulting in temporary paralysis, according to the state attorney’s office. Pinellas-Pasco State Atto...
Although the presidential election was the focus on Nov. 5, Pinellas County voters saw community issues on their ballots as well. This included everything from Congressional elections to retaining judges. Here is how Pinellas County voted in the 2024 general election. Pinellas County voted to re-elect Republican incumbent Anna Paulina Luna as the District 13 Congressional representative with 225,489 votes. She beat Democrat Whitney Fox who received 185,756 votes. Congresswoman Luna will serve a ...
TALLAHASSEE — State lawmakers agreed Friday night to spend $50 million on a new courthouse in Pinellas County named after former State Attorney Bernie McCabe. The new site of the 2nd District Court of Appeal would be called the Bernie McCabe Courthouse in honor of the late Pinellas-Pasco state attorney, who died in January after serving as the area’s top prosecutor for nearly three decades. Both the location and the name of the courthouse were a top priority of House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R...
Marc Pelletier is a criminal defense attorney in St. Petersburg and former state prosecutor who represents people facing Felony and Misdemeanor charges arising out of St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and other areas of Pinellas County, Florida.
Pinellas County commissioners voted Tuesday to sue the state over its new elections reform law, which includes a provision they say illegally targets Pinellas to accommodate the political ambitions of one state legislator. On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that created an office within the executive branch to investigate election crime. The law includes a provision that requires county commissioners in single-member districts to run again for their seats following a redistricting process, which Pinellas finalized in December. ...