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Sheriff called after midnight fishermen threaten bridge tender

June 19, 2026
By Staff Report

Early Friday morning, just after midnight on June 12, a group fishing on the Causeway threatened bridge tenders when they were told to leave. The emergency call that came in at 12:26 a.m. said that “Subjects on the bridge fishing and when they were asked to leave, they threatened.” The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority confirmed […]

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