Restaurant owner charged in tax case
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:08:04 -0700
The owner of Remington's Steakhouse on Wesley Chapel Boulevard faces the possibility of 15 years in prison after being arrested last week and charged with stealing more than $83,000 in sales tax, the Florida Department of Revenue says.
Jury says Pasco apartment complex not liable in woman's slaying
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:28:38 -0700
The woman had been drinking, so jurors say a complex shouldn't pay for negligence.
Jury says Pasco apartment complex not liable in woman's death
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:48:41 -0700
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 23, 2010 BY MOLLY MOORHEAD Times Staff Writer NEW PORT RICHEY A civil jury decided Monday that an apartment complex where a young woman was murdered in 2004 is not liable for her death. The jury returned something of a compromise verdict. It found that Carlton Arms of Magnolia Valley was negligent, but also that Kim Delancey was more than 50 ...
Jury says apartment complex not liable in woman's death
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:43:42 -0700
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 23, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY A civil jury decided Monday afternoon that an apartment complex where a young woman was murdered in 2004 is not liable for her death. The jury returned something of a compromise verdict, finding that Carlton Arms of Magnolia Valley was negligent, but that Delancey herself, because she was intoxicated, was more than ...
Jury deliberates in Pasco apartment security case
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:29:01 -0700
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 23, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY Jurors began deliberating Monday afternoon in a civil case brought by a woman who claimed a large New Port Richey apartment complex's security failure contributed to the murder of her daughter. Kim Delancey, 27, lived at Carlton Arms of Magnolia Valley in 2004. Adam Calcote stayed next door with his girlfriend. He ...
New Port Richey's new police chief identifies department's main concerns
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:17:39 -0700
Newly appointed police chief Jeffrey Harrington doesn't hesitate when asked what issues currently blight the city he has helped serve and protect for over 17 years.
Justin Sargent's Richey Suncoast Theatre debut 11 years ago leads to Broadway
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:05:58 -0700
By Barbara L. Fredricksen, Times Staff Writer Friday, August 20, 2010 Longtime local theatergoers will likely remember a cute, chubby boy who played the Artful Dodger in Richey Suncoast Theatre's production of Oliver! in 1999. It was Justin Sargent, then 14, and he had tagged along to auditions with his parents, Lynn and Jim, who were active volunteers at the New Port Richey community theater ...
Pasco sheriff makes robocalls for Corcoran in state house 45 race
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:07:12 -0700
By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer Thursday, August 19, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY In recent months, Pasco Sheriff Bob White has spoken out twice about an issue that stretches far beyond the county line: illegal immigration. "When we let illegal aliens come into this country and spread their stuff," he said at a May news conference, gesturing toward seized drugs, "then shame on us. Shame on ...
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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:00:00 -0700
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In separate cases, two Pasco boys, both 13, charged with abusing young girls
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:43:38 -0700
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Deputies: Port Richey man sold grandma's jewelry for tattoos
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:54:17 -0700
PORT RICHEY Two things started happening after Michael Watts moved back into his grandmother's house, authorities said: Jewelry began disappearing from his grandmother's jewelry box. And Watts, who had no job and little money, kept coming home with new tattoos. When the grandmother first confronted Watts, he denied stealing her jewelry, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. But ...
Immigration issue comes to forefront again
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:17:17 -0700
Three developments last week touched off more local reactions on the powder-keg issue of illegal immigration during the election campaign season.
New Port Richey store was source of winning Fantasy 5 ticket
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:08:53 -0700
Times staff Tuesday, August 17, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY Local store was source of winning ticket One of three winning lottery tickets worth more than $66,000 was purchased at the Hess Express at 8923 State Road 54. The buyer handpicked the winning numbers 01-13-17-19-22 in Monday's Fantasy 5 drawing, according to the Florida Lottery. The other two winning tickets were Quick Pick tickets sold in ...
Basketball fundamentals camps coming to Land O'Lakes
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:08:43 -0700
By David Rice, Times Correspondent Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Coach David Zimroth works a drill with Elijah Bonter in January at a YMCA in Tampa. Zimroth will run similar basketball fundamentals camps at Academy at the Lakes gym. Youth basketball has become so focused on games and tournaments that David Zimroth worries players aren't getting what they need most: The fundamentals. Zimroth, whose ...
Watch: Inside the Polk County sex sting
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:42:11 -0700
A business man and a little league coach were among 15 suspects who arrived at a Polk County house, expecting to have sex with a child. 10 News Anchor Reggie Roundtree was the only journalist allowed inside the home during the undercover sex sting.
Lawsuit over slaying at Pasco apartment complex set for trial
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0700
Adam Calcote has been convicted of first-degree murder and is now serving a life sentence for the 2004 slaying of 27-year-old Kim Delancey. But when Delancey's mother was asked by an attorney who was to blame for her daughter's slaying she didn't name Calcote.
Port Richey Mayor Rober committed tax fraud, utility lawsuit says
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:07:36 -0700
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Saturday, August 14, 2010 Port Richey Mayor Richard Rober, 50, would not comment on the allegations. PORT RICHEY Amid reports of massive water loss, crumbling pipes and a missing well, the City Council has often looked for guidance from its resident utility expert: Mayor Richard Rober. Rober, 50, gained repute from city leaders after a decade at the helm of ...
Man sentenced in burglary now will face murder trial
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:22:55 -0700
A North Carolina man charged with killing an 82-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for a separate crime.
Deputies: Lock up before you head out
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:12:30 -0700
If you're planning on heading out this holiday weekend, Pasco County Sheriff's Office Corporal Alan Wilkett wants you to consider this: you may be providing just the opportunity a criminal is looking for.
NC man gets 15 years in Pasco armed burglary
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:22:24 -0700
Francis Sicola still faces a first-degree murder charge in a fatal shooting just after the burglary.