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UpdatedWed, May 26, 2021 at 3:40 pm ET Replies(3) Details are limited about what led to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deadly task force conducting an investigation on Fifth Avenue N near 34th Street N in St. Petersburg Wednesday. (Shutterstock) ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Update: As of Wednesday after just 3 p.m., all lanes of Fifth Avenue North just east of 34th Street N have been opened following an investigation led by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office's deadly task force late Wednesday morning. Patch reached out to the St. Petersburg Police Department and to the Pinellas County S...

UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 3:22 pm ET Reply A man wrapped himself in sheets before a SWAT team entered the room he barricaded himself in at Comfort Inn & Suites in Pinellas Park. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office ) PINELLAS COUNTY — A standoff that lasted for about 12 hours with a suspect who barricaded himself inside a hotel room Wednesday night was arrested Thursday morning, Pinellas Park police said. Walter Brois, 49, had a gun with him inside the Comfort Inn & Suites room on Ulmerton Road, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Officers were in contact with him through te...

UpdatedThu, Apr 15, 2021 at 9:20 am ET Reply A pedestrian was hit and killed early Thursday morning as he crossed Gandy Boulevard. Traffic was snarled for hours. Lanes have reopened. (Skyla Luckey | Patch ) ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Update: Lanes have reopened on Gandy Boulevard westbound following a fatal pedestrian crash investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. Update: A 54-year-old St. Petersburg man was killed early Thursday morning when he walked in front of a Ford truck traveling westbound on Gandy Boulevard near San Martin Boulevard, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash h...

UpdatedMon, Jan 11, 2021 at 11:23 pm ET Reply A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy was killed in Brandon after a suspect he was chasing crashed into him on Lumsden, police said. (Shutterstock) BRANDON, FL — A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy was killed in the line of duty Monday night after a suspect crashed into his cruiser at a high rate of speed, deputies said. Monday afternoon, authorities went to Paddock Club Apartments, 921 Paddock Club Drive, for a complaint about suspect, Travis Garrett, 28, who had been throwing clothes from the apartment where he stayed, accor...