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Year in Review: Weird, weird Florida...

Monday, December 31st, 2012, 3:43pm

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- In 2012, Florida was a state where a lifeguard got
fired for saving a life, a woman got arrested for riding a manatee and a
man repeatedly used 911 as a phone sex service.

Think that's weird? It gets worse and more tragic.

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Red light runners Vol 10.

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff

Thursday, October 18th, 2012, 10:48am

Check out these red light runners from around the bay area.

Can't watch the video? Click here for photos

FIND: Red light cameras are in your area

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911 dispatcher arrested for faking stolen cell phone

Submitted by Eric Glasser, Anchor/Reporter

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 11:15am

Bartow, Florida -- A 911 dispatcher with the Polk County Sheriff's Office was arrested after she was caught lying to a detective over a stolen cell phone.

Officials say 24-year-old Nicole Corps-Torres was employed as a civilian Telecommunicator call-taker and dispatcher at PCSO.

On June 16, they say she called the sheriff's office and reported her cell phone had been stolen.

A detective was assigned to the case.

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Best/Worst Pet Paparazzi pic yet! (Warning: It may offend)

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Monday, June 4th, 2012, 3:01pm

Best/Worst Pet Paparazzi pic yet! (Warning: It may offend)

"Bruno thinks he's a man...a man with no manners but still a man", says his owner Tony Jimenez of Lutz.

Tony submitted this Pet Paparazzi pic to our 10 News Morning Show crew and it was the talk of the newsroom Monday afternoon.

While maybe not in the best taste, this should undoubtedly brighten everyone's day for a brief moment...and who doesn't deserve a good laugh?!

Check out our other Pet Paparazzi pics below:

Pet Paparazzi: First Edition

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Men bust through walls in Bartow burglary

Submitted by Eric Glasser, Anchor/Reporter

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012, 9:37pm

Men bust through walls in Bartow burglary

Bartow, FL -- Bartow Police arrested David Overholt in connection with a business burglary that occurred at the Coin Laundry in the 1200 block of N Holland Pkwy last week.

Detectives say Overholt, a transient from Lakeland, and two accomplices entered the 24-hour business and forced their way through the wall into two adjacent businesses, Tips and Toes Nail salon and ATA Stereo.

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Pair not wearing seatbelts arrested after police chase

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 10:18pm

Pair not wearing seatbelts arrested after police chase

Willow Oak, Florida -- Two people are in jail Thursday after they engaged in a high speed pursuit when an officer who tried to pull them over for not wearing seatbelts.

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, this afternoon on SR 60 in the area of Espo Drive, an officer noticed 23-year-old Keli Goff and 36-year-old Derek Smith not wearing seatbelts while riding in a Chevy Tahoe. When the officer tried to pull them over at a gas station at SR 60 and Willis Road, they took off.

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Man steals appliances, parade float

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, November 4th, 2011, 8:07pm

Lake Wales, FL -- Detectives arrested a man for stealing a number of appliances from two places in Polk County, including a parade float.

According to the sheriff's office, detectives discovered that 25-year-old Anthony Scottie Wyatt brought the float to a recycling center to be scrapped after he stole it from a Lake Wales home.

Back on Oct. 31, the homeowner, at 1224 SR 60 West in Lake Wales, called police saying someone stole his air conditioner, hot water heater, refrigerator and fan.

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