Deputies arrest 3 in Pasco drug bust

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published April 15, 2000

NEW PORT RICHEY -- A man and a woman were charged with dealing drugs and contributing to the delinquency of children Thursday after officials allegedly found crack cocaine, marijuana and three sleeping children in their home.

Shavonda Kanise Anderson, 23, and Steven Antonio Thompson, 29, were arrested by Pasco County sheriff's deputies at their home at 7662 Mitchell Ranch Road.

Deputies confiscated 32.2 grams (or 1.13 ounces) of crack cocaine and 26.1 grams (0.92 ounces) of marijuana from the home. The marijuana had been placed on an infant seat accessible to the children, deputies said.

The children, ranging in age from a newborn to a 10-year-old, were taken by the state Division of Children and Families and placed in the custody of relatives, said deputies.

Anderson was charged with trafficking in crack cocaine, possession of 105 Alprazolam pills (an anti-anxiety drug), contributing to the dependency of a child, possession of marijuana and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, all felonies. She was held at the county jail on $70,250 bail. Thompson was charged with three felonies: possession of marijuana, contributing to the dependency of a child and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. He was booked at the county jail and held on $2,000 bail. A third person, Debra Ann Villano, 35, of 5141 Limestone Lane, Port Richey, was also arrested Thursday in connection with the case. Villano was charged with sale of a controlled substance. Deputies said she sold the 105 Alprazolam pills to Anderson.

Villano is being held at the county jail on $5,000 bail.

Waitress charged with assaulting co-worker

PORT RICHEY -- A 26-year-old waitress was charged Thursday with aggravated battery after officials said she struck another waitress in the head with a beer mug.

A group of waitresses from the Olive Garden restaurant were having drinks at Chili's in Port Richey, according to witnesses, when two of the women got into an argument.

Angela Kay Marcum struck Lisa Ann Harlan, 24, in the head, said a Pasco County sheriff's deputy.

Harlan was treated at a local hospital for lacerations on her forehead and under her ear, officers said. Marcum told deputies that she did not remember striking Harlan, according to a report.

Marcum of 14016 Bream Drive, Hudson, was booked at the county jail in Land O'Lakes and was released after posting a $3,000 bond.

Officers accuse man of DUI, resisting arrest

NEW PORT RICHEY -- A 28-year-old man was arrested after he fled from officers with his car, and then on foot Thursday at 8 p.m., police said.

David Labosky of 5737 Rowan Road was charged with fleeing to elude a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Police said Labosky skidded through a red light at the intersection of U.S. 19 and Main Street and refused to stop for an officer's car. After he was chased by an officer, Labosky stopped the car at the intersection of Main and Sea Forest, and got out of the car and ran from officers.

According to a police report, Labosky refused to let officers handcuff him and tried to run away. An officer struck Labosky in the thigh twice with his baton, the report said.

Labosky was booked at the county jail and released on a $2,200 bond.

Deputies say driver tried to strike two people

HUDSON -- Pasco sheriff's deputies arrested a 25-year-old woman after they said she tried to hit two people with her car.

Kelly Jean Miller of 10323 Frierson Lake Drive was charged with aggravated assault. Deputies and three witnesses said Miller told a man and woman that she would kill them, and then drove her car toward them.

She told an officer that she did not try to hit the two people, a report said.

Miller was booked at the county jail in Land O'Lakes and was released on her own recognizance.

Former inmate files suit over medical care in jail

TAMPA -- A former inmate at the county jail in Land O'Lakes is suing Pasco Sheriff Lee Cannon, alleging he got improper medical treatment during his incarceration.

Duane Bethea, a Hillsborough County resident and a quadriplegic, was being held at the Pasco jail in April 1998, and poor medical care there contributed to a hip ulcer and a urinary tract infection, according to the lawsuit filed Friday at U.S. District Court in Tampa.

Bethea is seeking more that $75,000 in damages.

© St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.