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Briefs
Pit bull's owner can't stop it from killing puppy
By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published May 7, 2006
NEW PORT RICHEY - A puppy's debut before its owner's friends ended in bloodshed Friday when a pit bullterrier attacked.
An 18-year-old Hudson woman was with her puppy at a house on Loras Street around 7 p.m. when the pit bull, owned by one of the residents, found its prey, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
The pit bull's owner tried to restrain his dog, but the pit bull held on. He only let go when the owner kicked him in the chest, and by then the puppy was dead.
The owner put the puppy in a garbage bag and called animal control to take his dog.
The report said: "(He) advised if animal control did not come and remove the pit bull, he would kill the dog himself."
Man finds door kicked in, intruder drinking his beer
MOON LAKE - A man came home Friday afternoon to find his back door kicked down and an intruder drinking his beer.
The intruder fled, but sheriff's deputies caught a suspect minutes later, a report states. Christopher Martin Jr., 46, who lives barely 2 miles from the victim's house, faces charges of residential burglary and criminal mischief. He was held in lieu of $20,500 bail on Saturday.
Obscene calls traced to coach's stolen cell phone
MOON LAKE - Obscene phone calls from a heavy breather were traced to a cell phone stolen from a coach at River Ridge High.
A woman on Jerome Drive told a deputy Friday she had gotten 15 to 20 nasty calls between 5 and 8 that morning. The woman saw the number on the caller ID, and her husband called back and heard the coach's voice mail greeting.
But the phone had recently been stolen, according to a sheriff's report, and when the coach learned of the calls, he had it disconnected. The heavy breather remains at large.
Man exposes himself to undercover officer
NEW PORT RICHEY - A Tarpon Springs man is accused of approaching an undercover police officer and exposing himself.
The incident took place around 9 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of U.S. 19 and Green Key Road, according to a report from New Port Richey Police.
Kevin Michael Thomas, 21, was charged with indecent exposure of sexual organs. He went free Friday on $250 bail.
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