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Date: Wed Aug 25, 2010 16:13:06

From: Pasco County Sheriff's Office

 

 

8-25-10, Bank robbery, Land O' Lakes

 

Pasco Sheriff's deputies are investigating a bank robbery that occured at the Bank of America, 22850 State Road 54, Land O' Lakes. We received the call at 4:03 p.m. Preliminary information indicates that a white male dressed in a green plaid shirt, brown hat,and blue jeans handed a teller a note demanding money. He left with an undisclosed amount of money and it's possible a hidden dye pack exploded in the money as the robber was leaving the parking lot of the bank. The robber was last seen on foot heading westbound. He is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, and about 30-35 years old.

 

Anyone with any information about this case is asked to contact the Pasco Sheriff's Office at 727-844-7711.

 

Kevin Doll, PIO, 4:10 p.m.

 

 

 

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Deputies: Pasco inmate floods cell block,

says he was thirsty

 

 

LAND O'LAKES — A Pasco County jail inmate used a cord to break a ceiling sprinkler on Saturday, flooding a dozen cells and soaking medical and kitchen units below his floor, the Sheriff's Office said.

Kevin Roach, 21, told jail deputies he removed the sprinkler's temperature gauge around 2 p.m. because he was thirsty, an arrest report states. Deputies wrote Roach has also flooded his cell toilet and tried to flood a shower while bathing.

Roach was charged with criminal mischief and obstructing fire extinguishment equipment. He has been in the jail since May, when he was arrested on charges he stole, stripped and sunk docked boats as part of a New Port Richey boat theft ring. He is being held without bond

 

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Pasco man offered stolen goods,

to rightful owner, deputies say

 

NEW PORT RICHEY — A 44-year-old man is accused of stealing items out of a parked pickup, then trying to sell them to another man, not realizing he was talking to the rightful owner.   Edgar Roderick Pugh, of 12206 Bayridge Ave., faces a charge of dealing in stolen property.

A Pasco County Sheriff's Office report says a man was visiting a home on Mystic Avenue, around the corner from Pugh's residence in Moon Lake on Sunday. While there, the man said, a drill, a bottle of perfume and cable connectors were taken from his truck.

Later that night, the report says, Pugh came into the home and tried to sell the drill to the man, who refused. Pugh also tried give the perfume to the man's girlfriend, the report said

 

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Man accused of urinating on 100-year-old

 

MANATEE — A drunken 56-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly urinated on a 100-year-old man’s pants, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report.

Michael J. Yawitz, who was arrested Wednesday on a charge of battery on a person 65 or older, posted a $2,500 bond Thursday, according to the jail’s Web site.  Yawitz, who rents a mother-in-law suite from his 100-year-old landlord in the 8400 block of Coral Way, came into the residence drunk and peed on the blue jeans the man was wearing at about 5 p.m.

 

Read more from this story at: bradenton.com