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Rocket launchers, flute gun given up in Bay area gun swap

Monday, February 4th, 2013, 12:21pm

TAMPA, Florida - Two rocket launchers and a flute fashioned into a gun were among the weapons turned into the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's Gun Swap program on Saturday.

"We knew in light of the recent tragedy in Newtown that it would be popular," said Captain Chad Chronister.

A total of 2,541 weapons were exchanged for $75 and tickets to a Tampa Bay Rays home game at five locations throughout the county.

Gun Swap was an amnesty program of sorts, aimed at getting unwanted weapons of the streets.

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Year in Review: Weird, weird Florida...

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff

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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Cops: Woman steals over $550 in Crest Whitening Strips

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Thursday, November 29th, 2012, 4:50pm

Tampa, FL-- An early evening trip to a local Walgreens resulted in 13 packages of free teeth whitening kits for one woman- but only because she took them without paying for them.

According to reports, Hillsborough deputies are asking for the public's assistance in locating the woman pictured above.

They say on Monday just before 6 p.m., she stole over $550 worth of Crest Whitening Strips from the Walgreens located on the 6000 block of Waters Ave.

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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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Man defrauds over $14,000 in chandeliers in 4 counties

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

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012, 4:24pm

Land O' Lakes, Florida -- Pasco County Sheriff's detectives have arrested a man they say was responsible for defrauding multiple Home Depots stores in four counties.

Detectives say Nicholas Anderson, of Land O' Lakes, went to Home Depot stores over 61 times in Pasco, Hernando, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties and stole chandeliers through ticket-switching.

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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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Bizarre Tampa crime spree

Submitted by Grayson Kamm, Multi-Media Journalist

Friday, May 4th, 2012, 7:46am

Tampa, Florida -- It's hard to imagine what was going on in the mind of a 21-year old man who police say went on a weird crime spree along Waters Avenue.

The strange string of events began at an address that's in front of the Belara Lakes Apartments on W. Waters Avenue near Armenia Ave.

Tampa Police say at around 6:30 Thursday evening, a 21-year old man pulled out a gun and started shooting at two people he didn't know. They managed to get out of the way of the gunfire and avoid being hit by the bullets.

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