Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats held a news media photo opportunity Wednesday but he was not showing off any newly captured cache of illegal firearms or load of seized drugs. ...more

February 21, 2009

Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats is holding a news media photo opportunity this morning but he's not showing off any newly captured cache of illegal firearms or load of seized drugs. Instead, the county's top law enforcement officer is highlighting four closed housing units at the Pinellas Jail complex. ...more

February 18, 2009

A county jail addition now under construction could relieve overcrowding of inmates as the number of prisoners begins to swell again and inspections turned up "notable violations" at the two existing jails. ...more

September 10, 2008

Overcrowding is the cause of nearly all problems found at Pasco County's two jails, but inspectors gave detention operations at the two facilities overall high marks for their "exemplary" conditions. ...more

September 5, 2008

In her monthly address to the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners, Sheriff Susan Benton told the board the jail population is down largely due to streamlining the process. ...more

August 16, 2008

Nick Bollea was moved Thursday from an isolated cell to another part of the Pinellas County Jail occupied by teenage inmates and which includes a television. ...more

June 6, 2008

CLEARWATER — Nick Bollea was moved today from an isolated cell to a special pod occupied by other teenage inmates, where he has access to a television and a telephone, Pinellas County sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda has confirmed. ...more

June 5, 2008

Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The newborn began dozing within seconds. ...more

May 25, 2008