Largo

Published on: June 26, 2020

Florida Man Crashed into Pilings After Taking $90,000 Boat

When a Largo man allegedly stole a pricey boat from a dealership, he reportedly left the vessel after crashing into a group of pilings.

Last Saturday around 2:00 am, the theft of a 2019 Jeanneau Leader boat with a value of $90,000 was reportedly robbed from the Thunder Marine boat dealership in St. Petersburg.

After the suspect left the shore with the boat, the alleged voyage took a turn for the worse as the vessel was navigated in a way that caused it to smash into four wooden channel-marker pilings.

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Published on: June 10, 2020

Suspect Slapped With Charges After Burger Assault

by Staycie R. Sena

A man accused his girlfriend of smashing a burger in his face during a beef, and she is facing domestic battery charges for the allegedly messy incident.

47-year-old Tanya Cordero and her boyfriend are residents of Largo, Florida, and they have four children together who reportedly live in the custody of one of their grandparents.

The couple lives in a trailer in which Cordero’s partner’s mom is listed as the owner, but Cordero was reported as not living there full time.

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Published on: May 19, 2020

Mother’s Day Domestic Violence Over Gifted Flowers

by Staycie R. Sena

When a woman who was reportedly disenchanted with her Mother’s Day gift physically lashed out at her husband she was taken into custody and charged for the alleged assault.

Sandra Kay Webb and her husband live with their children in Largo, Florida.

On Mother’s Day, part of Webb’s celebration included the plan for her to receive a bouquet from her children.

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Published on: April 25, 2020

Suspect Arrested for Using Grabby Hands on Buttocks as Greeting

by Staycie R. Sena

A man in Walmart was accused of grabbing a female shopper twice by the backside as his alleged preferred way of interacting with women with whom he is trying to become acquainted.

30-year-old Juan Antonio Velez, who is listed as being a resident of Lebanon, Tennessee, was reportedly in a Walmart located in Largo, Florida around noon on April 20.

While he was walking around the store Velez reportedly saw a 29-year-old woman who caught his attention, and he allegedly decided he would try to interact with her.

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Published on: February 26, 2020

Florida Man Offered Public Genital Showing at IHOP

by Staycie R. Sena

A man who reportedly had several run-ins with the law in the same evening was arrested after he allegedly entered an IHOP and approached each patron with a proposition to view his genitals.

Throughout the evening of February 22, 24-year-old Allan Ibanez from Palm Harbor, Florida was reportedly involved in three incidents that drew the attention of the police but did not result in the man’s arrest.

Near 3:00 am, Ibanez reportedly walked into an IHOP restaurant in Clearwater where several diners were eating their meals.

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Published on: September 28, 2019

Passenger’s Loose Lips Resulted in Drug Charges

by Staycie R. Sena

A woman riding as the passenger in a car that had been pulled over reportedly gave quite a bit of assistance to the authorities by offering them the information that she had drugs in her handbag.

Around 2:00 am on September 19, 59-year-old Jacqueline Hubbard from Pete Beach, Florida, was the passenger of a traveling car, allegedly riding without her seatbelt affixed when the driver of the vehicle was pulled over by a Largo Police Department officer.

When the officer approached the car and spoke with Hubbard, who had a purse hanging from her neck, she was allegedly asked if she was carrying any drugs. The woman was reported as immediately copping to having crack cocaine stored in what she referred to as her “felony purse,” according to the affidavit.

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Published on: May 28, 2019

Stepson Beat With Belt For Missing Curfew

by Staycie R. Sena

A woman is facing legal repercussions after she allegedly hit her adult stepson with a belt many times because he came home in the evening past the agreed-upon time.

Valerie Branch-Galloway lives in Largo with her husband and his 26-year-old son.

Branch-Galloway’s stepson, with whom she has been acquainted for half of his life, moved in with the couple approximately 3 months ago.

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Published on: October 18, 2018

Woman Chewed and Swallowed Glass Drug Pipe During Arrest

by Staycie R. Sena

An officer from the Largo Police Department was in the middle of an investigation when he asked the woman he was speaking with, 52-year-old Dariel Hutton, to search her purse for the automobile keys that she said she had misplaced and she reportedly requested that another officer perform the search through her bag.

Hutton allegedly began to look in her purse on her own and the officer was standing nearby as she shuffled through the contents trying to locate the keys when the officer reportedly noticed a glass item in the bag that raised his suspicion.

As reflected in the affidavit, the officer stated that he believed the object looked like a glass pipe with a piece of steel wool inside of it, “which is consistent with a crack pipe.” She was also accused of having a bag of white colored pills in her purse which she reportedly stated were ibuprofen.

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