A 26-year-old man died after a head-on collision at Bayshore Boulevard and Baywood Drive North on Friday night.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
A man on a motor scooter received fatal injuries in a head-on crash Friday night on Bayshore Boulevard. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office: Alex Gregory Lynam, 26, was driving his scooter south on Bayshore around 10:30 p.m. Shirley A. Gil, 73, was driving north. When Gil began to turn left at Baywood Drive North, Lynam's 2008 ZLMI Scooter crashed head-on into Gil's 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis. Lynam, who was wearing a helmet, received a head injury and multiple fractures. He was taken by air to Bayfront Medical Center, where he died about an hour later. Gil was not injured and showed no signs of impairment, according to the sheriff's office. The crash is under investigation.
Justin Blake Cleveland, 18, died late Thursday in an apparent homicide in Dunedin. Suspect Michael Parker was arrested on manslaughter charges on Friday, according to Pinellas County Sheriff's.
UPDATE: 2:37 p.m.: The victim is identified as Justin Blake Cleveland, 18. The suspect is identified as Michael Parker, 17. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office announced that Parker was arrested on charges of manslaughter. ——— UPDATE 1:31 p.m.: Detectives searched for less than two hours in Pasco County for the gun used in the shooting. They have retreived a weapon from Lake Conley, which is in a residential area off of U.S. Highway 19 in Holiday. ——— An 18-year-old man was shot and killed at a duplex on Union Street late Wednesday, Pinellas County sheriff's deputies report. A suspect was apprehended this morning on Estancia Boulevard in Clearwater, and two witnesses are being interviewed, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia …
ann laferriere
8:44 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012
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