Top Stories: Seminole Heights Arrest; DUI On Horse Court Hearing

The arrest of the suspect in the Seminole Heights serial killings dominated the top headlines on Tampa Bay Patch sites this week. Here are five of the week's top headlines on Tampa Bay Patches:

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in the four shooting deaths in Seminole Heights, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan announced late Tuesday night. Howell Emanuel "Trai" Donaldson III has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder, police said. Donaldson, a McDonald's employee, was taken to police headquarters Tuesday afternoon for questioning regarding the shootings. About 2:45 p.m., a police officer doing paperwork at a McDonald's at E 13th Avenue in Ybor City was approached by the restaurant's manager about a gun that had been left behind by Donaldson. Tampa Police Make Arrest In 4 Seminole Heights Slayings and Accused Seminole Heights Killer Held Without Bond

A Polk City woman was in court Tuesday fighting to regain custody of her horse "Bo Duke" after being charged earlier this month for being intoxicated while riding the horse on a Lakeland road. After a report from a passerby that the woman on the horse seemed confused, deputies found Donna Byrne, 53, riding the horse on Combee Road near North Crystal Lake Road in Lakeland, an arrest affidavit said. Florida Woman Arrested For DUI On A Horse Fighting For Custody

It had to be one of their easier arrests. A Pasco man attempted to break into an unmarked sheriff's vehicle in a New Port Richey neighborhood on Nov. 15 only to find deputies inside, according to a sheriff's office report. The sheriff's office vehicle was occupied by members of the Strategic Targeted Area Response (STAR) unit, a team responsible for tracking down car thieves and auto burglars. Man Attempts To Break Into Sheriff's Car With Deputies Inside

A pit bull attacked a 45-year-old mother and her 14-year-old daughter Friday at their Safety Harbor home, deputies said. Another daughter stabbed the dog to death after it bit her sister and mother. Pinellas Woman Stabs Pit Bull To Death After Attack

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