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Possibly two different flashers in Pasco County

Submitted by Melanie Michael, Morning Anchor/Reporter
Thursday, March 21st, 2013, 11:11am

New Port Richey, Florida - He's accused of doing dirty deeds on buses, the library, a Dollar General, a RaceTrac gas station and even up against a homeowner's sliding glass door.

And Pasco County detectives believe the mystery man riding the bus and exposing himself could possibly be a second person.

"We are looking into that possibility," Sheriff Chris Nocco told 10 News on Wednesday.

He is an African-American man, roughly in his 30s.  Multiple surveillance images have been released.

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Burned man gets 10 years for attempted murder

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Monday, February 11th, 2013, 5:24pm

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - A Tampa Bay area man who severely burned himself while trying to set his estranged wife on fire has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Photo Gallery: Man severely burned photos from crime scene

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Rocket launchers, flute gun given up in Bay area gun swap

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Monday, February 4th, 2013, 12:21pm

TAMPA, Florida - Two rocket launchers and a flute fashioned into a gun were among the weapons turned into the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's Gun Swap program on Saturday.

"We knew in light of the recent tragedy in Newtown that it would be popular," said Captain Chad Chronister.

A total of 2,541 weapons were exchanged for $75 and tickets to a Tampa Bay Rays home game at five locations throughout the county.

Gun Swap was an amnesty program of sorts, aimed at getting unwanted weapons of the streets.

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Year in Review: Weird, weird Florida...

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Monday, December 31st, 2012, 3:43pm

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- In 2012, Florida was a state where a lifeguard got
fired for saving a life, a woman got arrested for riding a manatee and a
man repeatedly used 911 as a phone sex service.

Think that's weird? It gets worse and more tragic.

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Red light runners Vol 10.

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Thursday, October 18th, 2012, 10:48am

Check out these red light runners from around the bay area.

Can't watch the video? Click here for photos

FIND: Red light cameras are in your area

More Red light runners:

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'Hog hunters' detained near RNC hotel

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Monday, August 27th, 2012, 6:19pm

WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida (AP) - A Pasco County man who told deputies he was on a hog hunting trip near where delegates are staying for the Republican National Convention is now in jail.

Jail records show 40-year-old Scott Joseph Demers was being held Monday without bond. He's charged with trespassing on cultivated land and violating his probation for battery in nearby Pinellas County. An attorney is not listed.

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Man defrauds over $14,000 in chandeliers in 4 counties

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012, 4:24pm

Land O' Lakes, Florida -- Pasco County Sheriff's detectives have arrested a man they say was responsible for defrauding multiple Home Depots stores in four counties.

Detectives say Nicholas Anderson, of Land O' Lakes, went to Home Depot stores over 61 times in Pasco, Hernando, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties and stole chandeliers through ticket-switching.

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