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Pinellas cops carry torch for Special Olympics Florida

Published on April 27, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Anne Lindberg

Law enforcement officers from across Pinellas spent much of Wednesday morning carrying a torch across the county as part of the annual Torch Run for Special Olympics Florida. They began in St. Petersburg with about 40 officers, said Sgt. Spencer Gross, spokesman for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. By the end of the 23-mile journey at Paul B. Stephens Exceptional Education Center in Clearwater, there were more than 140 officers who ran or bicycled as part of the relay. As they…

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Prison workers with ties to KKK accused of plotting to kill black inmate

Published on April 2, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

Florida officials say three current and former prison employees were members of the Ku Klux Klan who planned to kill a former inmate who is black. The three men — Thomas Jordan Driver, 25, David Elliot Morgan, 47, and 42-year-old Charles Thomas Newcomb — each were arrested Thursday on one state count of conspiracy to commit murder, according to a statement from Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s office. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office says they planned the murder after the…

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