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Food trucks to come help celebrate medical staff

Food trucks to come help celebrate medical staff

St. Petersburg, Florida -- Bayfront Medical Center is celebrating its nurses, volunteers and staff during hospital week. 

Throughout the week there will be special events thanking the medical heroes which will culminate on Friday, May 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with six food trucks in the West Circle area of Bayfront's campus. The event will be open to the public and outdoor picnic tables will be provided. 

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Attempted murder, suicide at St. Pete motel

St. Petersburg, Florida - One man is dead and another injured after a shooting at the New Plaza Motel early Tuesday morning.

At around 4:30 a.m. St. Pete police found the motel night clerk, 47-year-old Jerome Horacek, shot several times in the upper torso. He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center, where he was treated and released.

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Pinellas County Animal Services close on May 21

Pinellas County Animal Services close on May 21

St. Petersburg, Florida -- Pinellas County Animal Services will be closed on Tuesday, May 21 for in-service day. 

This will affect the Pinellas County Animal Services located at 12450 Ulmerton Road in largo.

Regular business hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., will resume on May 22. 

Underage prostitution sting to target johns next

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- Two different Bay area sheriff's are targeting the website Backpage.com. They say it's a haven for sex crimes and human trafficking.

On Sunday in Pinellas County, two men and a woman were arrested at the Knights Inn on 54th Avenue North in St. Petersburg.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says Donell Jenkins of St. Petersburg forced two young runaway girls  to sell their bodies over a period of about a week.

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Cops: 3 arrested for forcing minors into prostitution

Lealman, Florida -- Officials say they've arrested three people in connection with the sex trafficking of juveniles in Pinellas County.

According to a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office report, 21-year-old Donell Octavis Jenkins, 28-year-old Stacy Jo Bumgarner and 30-year-old Antron Laquay Smith forced two runaway girls into prostitution with threats of beating them if they did not participate.

"The whole thing is just a tragic, horrific situation," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told reporters during a news conference on Monday afternoon.

Suspected arsonist back in jail on battery charge

St. Petersburg, Florida -- The 26-year-old woman recently suspected in a series of arsons in the Causeway Isles neighborhood is back behind bars -- this time for shoving her mother in front of police.