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LAND O'LAKES - A couple came home Sunday evening to find three men and a woman stealing from their Crosscut Road home in the Carpenter's Run subdivision.
Kishor and Maya Solanki had been visiting relatives down the street, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report said. As they walked home about 7 p.m., they noticed an unfamiliar white Honda Civic parked partly on the grass in front of their house, the report said.
As they got closer, the Solankis could see lights on in the house, even though they had turned off the lights when they left, the report said. Solanki opened the front door and started yelling to scare whoever was inside, the report said.
Mrs. Solanki later told deputies she saw three men and a woman run out the side of the house, then take off in the Honda. The burglars took an undisclosed amount of money. Deputies said a sliding window was unlocked, allowing the thieves to reach in and unlock the door.
Authorities are still looking for the burglars. Anyone with information may call the Pasco County Sheriff's Office toll-free at 1-800-854-2862.
NEW PORT RICHEY - A 27-year old New Port Richey man facing a domestic battery charge was accused by Port Richey police as being the man who punched an officer before running away, an arrest report said.
Port Richey Police Officer Bill Cabiness went to look for a man wanted for questioning after a domestic violence complaint made around 5 a.m. Sunday. Cabiness wrote in a report that he found a man matching the description of the battery suspect on Homecrest Avenue.
Cabiness said he stopped to talk to the man, and the man hit him on the left arm, then broke away from Cabiness when the officer grabbed the man. The man ran into the woods, and officers couldn't find him.
New Port Richey Police later arrested Jerrald E. Wood, 27, 7300 Grand Blvd. Apt. 9., at his home after the victim in the domestic dispute identified him. Cabiness went to the Land O'Lakes jail and identified Wood as the man who punched him and broke away into the woods.
Wood was being held Monday evening without bail because of two charges of violation of probation from Citrus County.
From Port Richey Police, Wood is facing charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and resisting arrest without violence.
From New Port Richey Police, Wood is facing charges of domestic battery and battery on a law enforcement officer. Information on the battery charge was unavailable Monday.