{"id":298807,"date":"2026-06-07T00:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298807\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T00:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:22:10","slug":"suspect-arrested-after-man-found-dead-at-pinellas-park-business-pcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298807\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested after man found dead at Pinellas Park business: PCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PINELLAS PARK, Fla. &#8211; A 44-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/clearwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clearwater <\/a>man was arrested Saturday for murder after deputies say he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/death-investigation-underway-after-man-found-dead-pinellas-park-pcso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shot and killed another man during an argument at a Pinellas Park business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Pinellas Park murder investigation   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies responded to a business at 6612 69th Avenue North around 4:44 a.m. Friday morning after receiving a call about gunshots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Due to the emergency call, deputies forced their way inside the building.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vlcsnap-2026-06-06-18h21m22s072.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PCSO says deputies found 50-year-old Craig Beeth dead on the floor from a gunshot wound to his head.<\/p>\n<p> Suspect got into argument <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PCSO said 44-year-old Robert Leon Worthington was at the business with Beeth on Friday, when the two men got into an argument about issues occurring in Worthington\u2019s personal life.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The argument ended when Worthington pointed a handgun at Beeth and fired a single shot to his head, killing him, according to deputies.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PCSO said Worthington fled the scene before law enforcement arrived.<\/p>\n<p> Clearwater man faces charges <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Law enforcement tracked down Worthington and arrested him on Saturday. He was taken to the Pinellas County Jail and charged with first degree murder.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/worthington.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This is still an ongoing investigation. More updates will be released as they become available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from the Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/pinellas-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinellas Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PINELLAS PARK, Fla. &#8211; A 44-year-old Clearwater man was arrested Saturday for murder after deputies say he shot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[630,47,115,1157,4226,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":["post-298807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-pinellas","tag-pinellas-park","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}