PINELLAS COUNTY - Later this afternoon, September 23, 2022, Deputy Michael Hartwick will be escorted from the Medical Examiner's Office located at 10900 Ulmerton Road in Largo to the Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home in Tarpon Springs. The funeral home is located at 701 East Tarpon Avenue in Tarpon Springs.

The procession will depart from the Medical Examiner's Office at approximately 3:30 p.m. and travel Eastbound on Ulmerton Road, North on U.S. Highway 19, and west on East Tarpon Avenue to the funeral home.

Please expect intermittent traffic delays between 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Your patience is appreciated during this time.

Any citizens who would like to observe the procession are asked to stage north of Republic Drive on the east side of the road.

Media is invited to view the procession either at the Medical Examiner's Office or near the funeral home.