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By Times Staff
Published June 20, 2006

Drivers urged to lock their doors after string of vehicle burglaries

LARGO - Please, lock your car doors, the Sheriff's Office says. On Monday, the agency posted electronic signs along Seminole Boulevard, at 102nd Avenue N and at Park Boulevard to remind motorists to lock doors and remove valuables. Since April, thieves have burglarized more than 60 vehicles in the Largo, Seminole and Belleair Bluffs area, with 77 percent of those vehicles having been left unsecured. Investigators also released a description of a suspect in a string of auto burglaries in Seminole. He is a white man in his 20s, about 6 feet tall, driving a light tan or cream late-model, two-door Dodge pickup with a brown stripe. Anyone with information about these crimes is asked to call sheriff's Detective Duke Snyder at 582-6200 or Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-873-8477.

Fun in the air, on the ground Saturday at Clearwater Airpark

CLEARWATER - Clearwater Airpark's open house is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. A radio-controlled aircraft demonstration is scheduled for noon. Aircraft from the U.S. Coast Guard, Army Reserve, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and Bayflite are expected. The open house will feature music, vintage aircraft, police dog demonstrations, a city firetruck, military aircraft, children's activities, petting zoo, reduced-rate airplane and helicopter rides, free hot dogs and cold drinks. The airpark is at 1000 N Hercules Ave., just north of Drew Street. Call (727) 462-6954.

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