Lesley Cosme Torres

Tests showed Michael Jones’ blood alcohol level was 0.22, according to a report.

The South Howard Avenue restaurant will remain closed “while we figure out a way to rebuild our iconic flagship,” a message posted Monday on social media said.

In an interview with detectives, the boy said the shooting was random and that he got the gun from his father’s bedroom.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is fulfilling its promise to seize cars from people who flee deputies.According to the sheriff’s office, there have been six vehicle seizures under a policy launched over a month ago that aims to reduce dangerous high-speed police chases.Many other law enforcement agencies seize vehicles involved in felonies, but Pinellas is the first agency in the nation to enact a blanket seizure policy for evasion cases.“It’s called the law, and it’s obvious people don’t c…

A flight headed to Phoenix was delayed Wednesday morning after a tire on the plane exploded during takeoff at Tampa International Airport, video shows.Video posted on YouTube by the user Captain Steven Markovich shows an American Airlines plane taxiing on the runway when its right tire catches fire and smoke fills the air. Video shows the tires sparking and tire fragments left on the runway.“A blown tire,” Markovich yells in the video. “Emergency, emergency, emergency. They’re on fire,” he says.…

A power outage that was affecting about 7,000 Duke Energy customers in St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning has been resolved.The outage was reported around 9:15 a.m. after an animal came into contact with Duke Energy equipment, causing damage to a power line, according to Audrey Stasko, a spokesperson for the company. By about 10:20 a.m., all power had been restored, Stasko said. Stasko said northeast St. Petersburg was the most affected by the outage. Neighborhoods without power included Harbor…

Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez announced Monday that her office is expanding its gun violence unit amid a rise of gun-related crimes in the Tampa Bay area.According to Lopez, the expansion will allow prosecutors to work more collaboratively with law enforcement. Prosecutors in the unit respond to gun-related incidents alongside police to understand each case from the very beginning. The unit began 15 years ago in partnership with Project Safe Neighborhoods, a nationwide initiative coordi…

The girl’s aunt said she was told that the girl died by suicide in her room on May 29, but she said the family wants more answers.

A staff member saw Angela Mercado, 43, push the man into a doorway and repeatedly kick him, deputies say.

A Pasco teacher who was accused of using artificial intelligence to generate child pornography based on yearbook photos of his students has also been charged with grooming one of his students, according to a criminal complaint.Steven Houser, 67, a former third grade teacher at Beacon Christian Academy in New Port Richey, was originally arrested in March on five counts of possession of child pornography. Deputies said he admitted to using yearbook photos of three students’ faces to generate them…