No bomb found; several homes are evacuated - St. Petersburg Times

A bomb panic Monday afternoon led Clearwater police force to evacuate respective places on Second St Martin Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Officers went to the 1300 block of MLK after a adult female called police force shortly after twelve noon to describe that her neighbour said he had a bomb that would travel off in 11 minutes.

Officers talked to the adult male and determined that he was mentally ill. After about 90 minutes, the adult male came out and was taken into detention for a 72-hour mental wellness evaluation. No 1 was ache and no bomb was found.

School Board meeting Tuesday to be televised

The Pinellas County School Board will ran into at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the territory disposal building, 301 Fourth St. SW, Largo.

The public is invited to attend. Anyone wishing to talk on either docket or nonagenda points can make so by filling out a word form at or before the meeting. Citizens may talk about any point on the docket not involving a hearing on employee subject by registering five proceedings before the point is introduced.

The meeting will be televised at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, for two hebdomads following the meeting date. All broadcasts are shown on WPDS-14, which looks on Knology Ch. 14 and Bright House Networks Ch. 614.

To see the meeting unrecorded online, travel to www.wpds.tv and chink on the "Watch WPDS Online" nexus on the underside left of the page.

Coast Guard Auxiliary offerings exigency course of study of study

The Clearwater Seashore Guard Auxiliary is offering a "suddenly in command" course at 8 a.m. Jan. Nineteen at the Clearwater Community Seafaring Center at 1001 Gulf Blvd., on Sand Key. The course of study is designed to learn riders what they necessitate to cognize if the skipper of their boat ever got sick, was ache or drop overboard. The cost is $25. Call 469-8895.

Dunedin's Seashore Guard Auxiliary, at 51 Main St., is offering:

- A suddenly in bid course, 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 27. The cost is $20.

- A safe boating course of study from 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. Twelve and 13. Registration is Jan. 7, and the cost is $30.

- A comprehensive course, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Feb. Eleven to March 3. Registration is 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 6. The cost is $50.

Call 736-1191 or 599-8837.

Two work force confront separate battery complaints

It was a busy - and eccentric - weekend for Largo police. On Saturday, military officers received a phone call about a adult female horseback riding on the hoodlum of a auto on Ulmerton Road about 12:30 p.m.

After she was dropped off at a gas station at Ulmerton and Belcher roads, she told police force she had been arguing earlier that twenty-four hours with her boyfriend, Joey Batdorff, 28. When he tried to go forth their place at the Meridian Palms Apartments, 305 Glades Circle, she jumped on the auto to halt him. But Batdorff continued to drive at velocities of up to 50 mph, witnessers said. Batdorff, who have been released from jail, confronts one count of aggravated domestic battery.

Then, at 1:19 a.m. Monday, military officers were called to Cork Street in response to a ailment of domestic battery. The suspect, Saint Patrick Kilgore, 35, fled the house wearing only his pugilist shorts. Officers establish him on the roof of his home.

Kilgore was charged with three counts of domestic battery and was being held Monday at the Pinellas County Jail in stead of $15,000 bail.

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