Police reports

Man, 67, charged with assaulting wife, deputy

ZEPHYRHILLS -- Pasco County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday arrested a 67-year-old man who they say pointed a .357-caliber revolver at his wife and later threatened to shoot at deputies before a SWAT team arrested him.

About 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, Robert Dalton of 36430 Cherrywood Lane in Zephyrhills went in the bedroom where he confronted his wife, Nancy, reports stated.

Nancy Dalton gave deputies the following account: She said her husband grabbed her by her arms and told her that she was going to have sex with him. She said she pulled away and left the room.

Robert Dalton followed her and pulled the revolver, pointing it at her, she said. She grabbed his arm and he pulled the trigger, but she said the gun didn't go off because it wasn't loaded, according to reports.

Nancy Dalton said she grabbed a portable phone, fled the house and called police.

When deputies arrived, they found Robert Dalton sitting in a chair with the revolver in his hand and the cylinder open. Deputies could see at least one bullet loaded into the cylinder.

They said Dalton rotated the cylinder to line up the bullet with the barrel. He was ordered to drop the gun several times but refused, they said. Later, he cocked the hammer of the gun and said he would shoot one deputy's flashlight if he didn't turn it off.

Deputies backed out of the house and called the SWAT team, which later arrested Dalton. They confiscated the gun, which had two bullets loaded in it.

Dalton faces charges of domestic battery, aggravated assault and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.

He was taken to the county jail in Land O'Lakes, where he remained Thursday without bail.

Pedestrian killed by hit-run driver, police say

NEW PORT RICHEY -- A 45-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night in a hit-and-run accident while she was walking across U.S. 19, police said.

Dawn Haywood of New Port Richey was crossing east near Gulf Drive at 9:48 p.m., New Port Richey police said. She was hit by a northbound pickup truck, which did not stop.

The truck is described as a late 1980s or early 1990s model, gray or light silver, Toyota or Ford Ranger. It likely has serious front-end damage and was last seen traveling east on Balsam Street, just north of the crash scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call New Port Richey Officer Keith Campbell at (727) 841-4550.

Drivers license office evacuated because of bag

PORT RICHEY -- The state drivers license office was evacuated for half an hour Wednesday morning after workers found a green canvas bag on the counter, Pasco County sheriff's deputies said.

Deputies opened the bag and found a can of cola, a chicken meal in a Tupperware container, headbands and other gym clothes.

"In light of what's been going on, they did the right thing," Sgt. Ray Stanley said.

Deputies left the bag at the office, 10600 License Lane, to be reclaimed.

$10,000 worth of fireworks missing

HUDSON -- Forty-seven cases of fireworks are missing from storage trailers off Hudson Avenue, Great Show Fireworks reported Wednesday to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

The missing fireworks are worth about $10,000, a company employee told deputies.

They were taken between April 1 and Monday, when the company sold some fireworks, did an inventory and discovered the missing fireworks, according to a report.

Great Show Fireworks is an Oldsmar company but stores fireworks in trailers off Hudson Avenue, deputies said.

Vehicle reported stolen from disaster-aid group

HUDSON -- A 2-week-old, all-terrain six-wheeler belonging to the Tampa Bay Regional Disaster Network was reported stolen early Wednesday morning from a Hudson home.

According to a report, the disaster network aids in any type of disaster and assists the federal government.

Federal grants paid for the the John Deere vehicle, which had a stretcher carrier attached to it, the report states.

Ronald Wegner told deputies that at 2:08 a.m. he looked out his window at 13203 Shadberry Lane and saw a sport utility vehicle had backed into his yard. He also noticed that someone had disconnected the six-wheeler's trailer from his sport utility vehicle.

Wegner said he ran outside his house in his underwear and chased the vehicle east. It was pulling his trailer and the John Deere vehicle. He lost it as it headed north on Clayton Boulevard, he told deputies.

Man charged with DUI, reckless driving

PORT RICHEY -- A 22-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after the vehicle he was driving knocked over signs and mailboxes on Embassy Boulevard, Pasco County sheriff's deputies said.

The man was also doing 360-degree turns and nearly hit several cars while driving his Ford east on Embassy, deputies said. He stopped at Embassy and Regency Park boulevards about 11 p.m. when his car stalled, deputies said.

Louis Joseph Morin Jr. of 7746 Montrose Drive faces charges of driving under the influence, willful wanton reckless driving and resisting arrest without violence, deputies said.

When deputies asked him to get out of his Ford, Morin swore and refused, they said. Deputies said they had to spray him with a foam and force him out.

Morin posted $500 bail Thursday afternoon and was released from the county jail in Land O'Lakes.

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