Browse past news stories for Orient Road Jail in Tampa, FL.

• Tampa police seek possible witness in fatal UT hit-and-run (The Tampa Tribune)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:04:00 pm
  Tampa police are looking for the driver of a tow truck who may have witnessed the hit-and-run that killed University of Tampa student Erik Nicoletti and left Cree Riley critically injured. The Tampa Police Department said witnesses saw a small, black tow truck with yellow lettering on the side chasing the car that hit the two as they were crossing Kennedy Boulevard near North Boulevard at 1:13 a ...
• Tampa Police seek witness in deadly hit-and-run (ABC Action News Tampa Bay)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:51:27 pm
  Detectives believe a tow truck driver may have seen a vehicle hit a UT student and his friend.
• Man accused of setting wife on fire denied bond (ABC Action News Tampa Bay)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 11:21:27 pm
  Deputies told a Hillsborough County Judge that Christopher Hanney confessed to them at the scene of the fire on November 17.
• With one student dead and another critically injured, University of Tampa holds vigil in wake of hit-and-run crash (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:45:16 pm
  As a student is taken off life support, charges in the hit-run are upgraded.
• Man charged in Tampa hit-and-run that injured University of Tampa student and friend (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 03:13:40 am
  Two pedestrians on a sidewalk were critically injured.
• Identity theft victim goes to court to clear her name (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:38:37 pm
  Tampa, Florida -- Vicki Rodriguez says he favorite show is Law and Order , but she feels as if she has been in an episode of the show for the past two weeks.
• Ballistics show bullet that injured deputy is same caliber as his own weapon (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:48:11 am
  TAMPA The bullet that struck Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy Miguel Galarza in the back of the neck last month came from a .40-caliber gun, new ballistics test results show. The deputy fired a round from a gun of the same caliber during the struggle.
• Tampa man accused of possessing child porn (The Tampa Tribune)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 04:42:00 am
  A 56-year-old Tampa man was arrested Friday and charged with 14 counts of possession of child pornography, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
• USF Police:Student disabled smoke alarm to smoke pot (ABC Action News Tampa Bay)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:10:19 pm
  USF Police say a 19 year old student dismantled the smoke alarm in his dorm room so he could smoke marijuana without getting caught.
• 2 year old victims in child porn arrest (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:53:27 am
  Hillsborough County, Florida -- James John Trude has been arrested and charged with 14 counts of possession on child pornography. Some of victims are as young as two years old being depicted in child porn videos.
• Child porn suspect had video of toddlers, Hillsborough sheriff says (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 03:54:36 pm
  TAMPA Deputies arrested a 56-year-old Tampa man Friday and charged him with possession of pornography involving children as young as 2 years old.
• Woman arrested says someone else committed crimes - with her identity! (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:38:36 pm
  Tampa, Florida -- Victoria Rodriguez is a 22-year-old Tampa woman who says she is always walking everywhere, because she likes it and the New York native never learned to drive.
• Inmates who came to guard’s rescue get help, too (Crestview News Bulletin)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 10:37:01 pm
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Four inmates who came to the rescue of a Gulf coast Florida jail guard when he was attacked by another inmate may be getting some help of their own. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office will write letters to the inmates’...
• Inmates Who Came To Guard's Rescue Get Help (WFTV 9 Orlando)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 06:05:00 pm
  TAMPA, Fla. -- Four inmates who came to the rescue of a Gulf coast Florida jail guard when he was attacked by another inmate may be getting some help of their own.
• Watch Video: Florida jail inmates rush to save jailer from brutal inmate attack (Reno Gazette-Journal)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 03:55:15 pm
  Tampa, FLA. - Four inmates at Hillsborough County's Orient Road Jail are being hailed as heroes for saving the life of the detention deputy. Surveillance video captured the brutal attack, as inmate Douglas Emanuel Burden lunged toward Deputy Kenneth Moon and placed him a choke hold.
• Inmates Rescue Deputy in Jail Attack (ABC 2 Baltimore)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:48:08 pm
  CAUGHT ON TAPE | A Hillsborough County Detention Deputy was nearly killed in a jail house attack that was caught on tape.
• Prison inmates save guards life (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:51:35 pm
  Authorities in Florida have released surveillance camera footage of a brutal attack on a jail guard by an inmate at the Orient Road Jail in Tampa.
• Former inmate denies she disobeyed deputy's order in 2006 Hillsborough jail abuse case (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 05:34:57 am
  The officer claims she disobeyed an order. She is alleging excessive force and has filed suit.
• WATCH: Inmates rescue deputy in jail attack (WPTV West Palm Beach)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:54:37 pm
  Jail commanders in Tampa say the deputy might have died if inmates hadn't come to the rescue.
• WATCH: Inmates rescue sheriff's deputy in jail attack (ABC Action News Tampa Bay)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:18:19 pm
  Jail commanders say the deputy might have died if inmates hadn't come to the rescue.
• Inmate attacks jail deputy (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:39:25 pm
  An inmate at the Orient Road Jail brutally attacked a detention deputy on Monday, but other inmates rushed to the deputy's aid, preventing serious injuries.
• Tampa woman accused of child abuse (ABC Action News Tampa Bay)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 02:48:09 pm
  Police say the victim showed up at school with welts over her body.
• Hillsborough prisoner attacks deputy, other inmates rush to stop the choking (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 01:27:44 pm
  With the officer in a choke hold, other prisoners rush in to save him.
• Judge to decide whether 2006 Hillsborough inmate abuse case goes to trial (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:14:32 am
  TAMPA A former female inmate at the Hillsborough County jail never, ever disobeyed a lawful order from a deputy she claims grabbed her by the hair and slammed her to the floor, her lawyer said Wednesday in federal court.
• Deputies: Man kidnapped wife, tried to set her on fire (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:47:01 pm
  A man was arrested after deputies said he kidnapped his wife, then tried to set her on fire.
• Hillsborough sheriff's corporal arrested in domestic battery (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 12:15:02 pm
  TAMPA A Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal is being held without bail after he hit his girlfriend while they were riding in a car together, deputies say.
• Another jail incident with inmate in wheelchair; nurse fired (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 03:08:27 am
  Tampa, Florida -- The latest incident involving a wheelchair-bound person at a Tampa Bay area jail occurred August 8th at the Faulkenburg Road Jail, which is the jail's medical facility.
• Ejected from club, woman calls 911 twice, lands in jail (The Tampa Tribune)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 07:10:04 pm
  A 26-year-old woman miffed at being kicked out of an Ybor club for not paying a $16 tab this morning called 911, even after being told by police she would be arrested if she did so.
• Allegations of misuse of DUI machines at Hillsborough Jail (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 03:38:27 am
  When a law enforcement officer arrests someone for DUI and takes them to the Hillsborough Orient Road Jail, we have seen there can be problems. Wanda Sullivan who was arrested for DUI found that out when she was pulled from a chair and dragged across the floor.
• Misuse of DUI machines at Hillsborough Jail? (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 03:38:27 am
  Tampa, Florida -- When a law enforcement officer arrests someone for DUI and takes that person to the Hillsborough Orient Road Jail, we have seen there can be problems.