BUCKHORN RESIDENTS

BE ON THE LOOKOUT

On Tuesday, a nearby resident got two flat tires as he returned to

his home. A subsequent check by his family of suspicious items

on South Miller Road between Oak Lane Road, by the dog

kennels, and Buckhorn Run Drive revealed numerous roofing nails

that have a small nail protruding through an orange disc on and

near the roadway.

This morning, it was further discovered that nearly 100 of the

roofing nails were discovered on the pavement and in the grass

on South Miller Road between Oak Lane Road and Arborwood

Drive. The Sheriff’s Office was notified and a street sweeper was

dispatched to the area in an effort to protect the public from

needless and costly flat tires.

The sad thing is that, for those of you on the Next Door app, you

may have seen this same scenario be reported weekly in the

Riverview, Brandon and Valrico areas. The Sheriff’s office

spokesperson related that there have been over 400 flat tires

reported in the past few weeks via these same orange nails.

CARELESSNESS OR INTENTIONAL ACT? Who knows?

Keep your eyes open when you are driving on area roads. Be especially

mindful if you are driving behind any roofing contractor vehicles

and if you see any of these roofing nails coming from the vehicles

onto the roadway make every effort to get the company name

and tag number and report it immediately to the Sheriff’s Office

at 813-247-8200.

BE VIGILENT, BE CURIOUS, BE SUSPICIOUS, AND REPORT YOUR

OBSERVATIONS IMMEDIATELY!