Three arrested in Orange County in connection to New Port Richey homicide
A group came from Central Florida to Pasco County with intentions to rob.
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Krystal Koren, Christopher Neff and Kevin Scott Barnes Jr. were arrested in connection to a New Port Richey homicide in late April. [ Courtesy of Orange County Government ]
Updated May 10
Three Orange County residents face homicide charges related to the death of a 52-year-old man in New Port Richey, according to the Pasco Sheriffâs Office.
Christopher Neff, 38, Krystal Kerri Koren, 37, brother and sister, and Kevin Scott Barnes Jr., 31, were arrested on charges of murder for the death of Matthew Parrish, who was found shot at a New Port Richey Sunoco on April 25. All three remain in jail in Orange County while they await extradition to Pasco County, officials said.
UpdatedWed, May 5, 2021 at 12:46 am ET
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School Resource Officer Cpl. Kevin Brantley began a lunchtime Pokémon card and game club at Paul R. Smith Middle School to build relationships with students. (Pasco Sheriff)
LAND O LAKES, FL In response to accusations that the Pasco County Sheriff s Office is using predictive policing to identify children likely to become criminals, the sheriff and school system has revised its agreement regarding the sharing of information about students.
The new agreement was unanimously approved by the Pasco County School Board at Tuesday s regularly scheduled meeting.
Under the revised agreement, school resource officers will no longer be able to obtain student data, including student grades, attendance and discipline. Additionally, SROs will no longer have access to the school district s Early Warning System, which designates which students are considered off-track, on-track or at-risk.
Pasco school resource officers will no longer access student data
The Sheriffâs Office and School Board amended their agreement that previously allowed school resource officers to access grades, discipline and more
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Pasco County School Resource Officers will no longer have access to student data like grades and discipline after an agreement with the school board was updated Tuesday
Updated May 4
Pasco Countyâs school resource officers will no longer have access to student data, including childrenâs grades and discipline histories, after the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office and School Board revised their data-sharing agreement Tuesday.
The officers will also no longer have access to the school districtâs early warning system, which designates students as on-track, off-track or at-risk, according to the Sheriffâs Office.
Deputies say threat at Centennial Middle School was a hoax
The Pasco County Sheriffâs Office did not release details about the threat, but the Dade City middle school remained under a âcontrolled campusâ watch.
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Updated Apr. 29
DADE CITY â Deputies were on scene at Centennial Middle School Thursday afternoon to respond to an âunsubstantiated threat,â according to the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office.
The Sheriffâs Office tweet Thursday afternoon that the threat was a hoax. They did not release any details about the nature of the threat.
US Department Of Education Now Investigating Florida Sheriff s Student Pre-Crime Program
Published: April 29, 2021
The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff’s Office decided to bring some of its predictive policing nonsense indoors. It also started looking for smaller targets. The program used to harass residents over things like uncut lawns and missing mailbox numbers was extended to schoolchildren, who were subjected to the same sort of spreadsheet bullshit. Low grades? Miss a few school days? Victim of domestic violence?
According to the Pasco County Sheriff juvenile intelligence analysts, these were all risk factors that could signify future criminal behavior. The Sheriff claimed it wasn’t trying to pre-crime children, but its own documentation said analysts should use the so-called predictors to identify at-risk youth who are destined to a life of crime.