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Officer cleared in shooting during burglary

By Times Staff Writer
Published February 16, 2008

CLEARWATER/TARPON SPRINGS

An off-duty Clearwater police officer who shot at an intruder at his Tarpon Springs home last month was cleared of any wrongdoing by an internal investigation. Recruit Officer Eliad Glenn was in the shower Dec. 19 when a burglar broke into his home. Glenn armed himself with a handgun he owned personally, confronted the burglar and fired one shot at the man while he was in the garage and four or five more at the suspect and his car. Investigators did not find evidence that Glenn hit the man or the car. Glenn, a Clearwater officer for nearly a year, has returned to duty. Police have issued an arrest warrant for Quentin Y. Washington, 21, of Tampa in connection with the burglary. Anyone with information about Washington is asked to call Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-873-8477.

PALM HARBOR

Pharmacy robber demands painkiller

A gun-wielding robber demanded not cash, but the powerful painkiller Oxycontin during a holdup at a Walgreens pharmacy Friday morning, officials said. A stocky white man wearing a dark wool overcoat, matching wool cap and black gloves went into the Walgreens at 33670 U.S. 19 N at 5:37 a.m. Friday, brandished a gun and handed the pharmacist a note demanding the drug, Pinellas County sheriff's officials said. He ran out after receiving an undisclosed amount of Oxycontin. Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff's Detective Paul Martin at (727) 583-6200 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-873-8477.

CLEARWATER

Young tennis stars can hit with pros

Youths 5 to 13 have a chance today to be chosen to hit with some of the women tennis pros expected to compete in next week's fourth annual Jim Coats Clearwater Women's Open at the McMullen Tennis Complex. From 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Clearwater tennis professional Eric Chall will introduce tennis using the USTA's QuickStart format. Young players with less than a year's tennis experience are invited to compete for a place in a doubles exhibition Monday before the 6 to 9 p.m. pro-am competition. For information, visit www.clearwateropen.com.

Corrections

- Jack St. Arnold is a Sixth Judicial Circuit judge in the probate division. A story Friday listed a different title.

- To find out about guitarist Michael Tyrrell 's show at the Royalty Theatre, call (727) 688-2345 or (727) 441-8868 or visit myspace.com/royaltytheatre. A calendar item Friday included an incorrect telephone number. The show is at 7 tonight at the theater, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Tickets are $20.

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