Monday, March 4, 2013
Kevin Mahaffey of Dunedin was charged with possession of crack cocaine.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office stopped 50-year-old Kevin Mahaffey for a "bicycle infraction" just after 9 p.m. on Feb. 25. According to the arrest affidavit, as the deputy was asking for consent to search Mahaffey, he handed over a white plastic tube, which had .4 grams of cocaine inside. Mahaffey, of Roanoke St., was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Three days prior to his cocaine arrest, Mahaffey was arrested by deputies on a DUI charge. Deputies said Mahaffey admitted to smoking the cocaine about one hour before being stopped. The affidavit said Mahaffey claimed the cocaine was given to him "by an unknown subject of a debt that was owed to him." Sign up for the free Dunedin Patch email …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Joshua Whittle, 30, was arrested on burglary and loitering charges after multiple neighbors alerted authorities to a suspected prowler early Sunday morning in Dunedin.
A Dunedin man caught prowling and taking items from cars intended to sell them for drug money, authorities say. Joshua Whittle, 30, of New York Avenue in Dunedin, was apprehended with the help of a deputy K9. Deputies received multiple calls beginning at 5:12 a.m. Sunday from residents in the Lotus Drive, Falcon Road and Sea Spray Lane areas. The residents told deputies they saw a stranger both trying to get inside and taking items from cars that were parked outside, Pinellas County Sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda said. The suspect had fled each of the areas by the time deputies arrived on each of the calls, but a K9 deputy was able to track the suspect's backpack, which had been stashed in some bushes on San Christopher Drive. About…
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Clearwater police arrested two suspects involved in a robbery and are looking a third suspect, 19-year-old Chase Matthew Brown of Dunedin.
Clearwater detectives arrested two suspects involved in the robbery and beating of Steven A. Carrigan of Tarpon Springs. They are looking a third suspect, 19-year-old Chase Matthew Brown of Dunedin. Detectives say that Melody Michelle Sanders lured Carrigan, 20, to the 2600 block of Seville Boulevard on July 26. He was then battered by 18-year-old Timothy Hugh Miller and Brown. They stole his pants, which contained an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities said. According to detectives, Carrigan met Sanders, 20, while in jail. They decided to hang out once they were released, authorities said. On July 26, Carrigan met up with Sanders and a female witness whose name is not being released. Carrigan suffered serious, but non-life-…
Charlie Martin
1:06 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
what specifically is a "bicycle infraction" ? can they do it to me when i travel by bicycle? more ›