Saturday, May 4, 2013
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights from Land O' Lakes Patch!
Gators Say Goodbye to Benedetto Friends, family, former students and colleagues gathered May 2 to honor the memory of Land O' Lakes High School football Coach John Benedetto. New Homes For Sale in Land O' Lakes This Week Find homes for sale in Land O' Lakes on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow. Is Your Lawn Award Worthy? Tampa Bay Water is looking for the most attractive landscaping that's also water efficient. Does yours have what it takes to win? Pasco Sheriff: We Need More Space to House Inmates The Sheriff wants County Commissioners to consier giving a jail expansion priority over a plan to build a courthouse in Land O' Lakes. *** Sign up for the Land O' Lakes Patch email newsletter to get our top headlines delivered …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A roundup of recent crime reported in and around Land O' Lakes.
Teens burglarized a vacant Newhall Pass Lane home in Wesley Chapel and apparently urinated and defecated inside of it, authorities said. Patrol deputies found a group of individuals at the home April 23, including some who were walking from the abode’s rear where a broken window was discovered, according to Pasco County Sheriff’s Office report. Authorities found one of the person’s cellphone inside the home, the report stated. There was also an odor of excrement and a puddle of suspected urine. Two teens were arrested and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center, the report stated. It is unclear whether the others involved were arrested as well. *** A man in group confinement at Land O’ Lakes Jail struck a fellow inmate and was charged with…
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Sheriff wants County Commissioners to consier giving a jail expansion priority over a plan to build a courthouse in Land O' Lakes.
Pasco County’s inmate population has swelled. In the first quarter of the year, the Land O’ Lakes Jail recorded an average daily inmate population that was about 11 percent over capacity. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco and his command staff want to make it clear that the Sheriff’s Office want more space. Maj. Ed Beckman talked to the Pasco County Public Safety Coordinating Council, which focuses on jail issues, on Friday about the high numbers at the jail. “We really need to explore now adding onto the facility,” he said. Nocco plans on making a request this year for funding to staff the third floor of the existing jail. He also has a long term goal of seeking a new annex at the facility. Nocco told the council that the expansion is a …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
County commissioners agreed to explore a proposal to build a $28 million courthouse tower on the campus of the Land O’ Lakes jail.
The days of those accused of crimes in Pasco County reporting to either the Dade City or New Port Richey courthouses might be numbered. The Pasco County Commission unanimously agreed Tuesday, Jan. 22, to take a preliminary step forward on a plan to build a three-story, $28-million courthouse tower on the grounds of the Land O’ Lakes jail. The move, proponents say, will consolidate criminal courts and the jail in one central location. Though many questions and concerns remain about the proposal, commissioners opted to instruct County Administrator John Gallagher to explore the proposal further. Gallagher will report back to the commission at a later date with more details about potential bond funding and more concrete design and …
Friday, September 21, 2012
The pigs are raised by inmates at the Land O' Lakes jail.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has a program at the Land O' Lakes jail taxpayers can go hog wild about. The department's swine program saved Pasco citizens more than $13,000 in 2011. And that figure is likely to increase for 2012. This time last year, the program had 60 pigs, Deputy Keith Adams said. On Thursday, that figure stood at 243 pigs, not including more than a dozen that were born that very afternoon. Swine-raising is just one portion of the jail's agriculture program, which includes hydroponic gardens and cattle raising. The sheriff's office's Inmate Labor Section oversees the agricultural undertakings, as well as the overall grounds keeping at the facility. The programs were designed to save taxpayer dollars and raise the …
Susan Smith
9:03 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
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