6:15-6:30 a.m.: Seen by a passerby on 15th Street SE just north of 21st Avenue SE, walking north ...more

March 14, 2009

Crime Report This is a partial list of crimes reported Dec. 25-31 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Questions should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-0455. ...more

January 14, 2009

The southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 41 have reopened at 19th Avenue NE in Ruskin, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 29, 2008

Police said three or four suspects broke into a home on the 2700 block of 19th Avenue East at about 2:55 a.m. today and started shooting. A 50-year-old Tampa man remains hospitalized after being shot in his bedroom. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA - A 50-year-old Tampa man remains hospitalized after being shot in his bedroom. Police said three or four suspects broke into a home on the 2700 block of 19th Avenue E. at about 2:55 a.m. today and started shooting. A man, whose name is not being released by The Tampa Tribune because his assailants have not been apprehended, was shot once in the chest. ...more

December 12, 2008

There was food aplenty - but fewer guests than expected to share the feast as volunteers for T.H.O.R.N. Ministries took to the streets, traveling to several locations in Tampa frequented by the homeless to serve Thanksgiving dinner. ...more

December 10, 2008

Taxpayers didn't purchase conservation lands all across Hillsborough County only to have developers access subdivisions through the middle of them, South Shore residents told a county official last week. ...more

November 26, 2008

Two women were arrested on prostitution charges at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and a man police said is HIV positive was arrested on a prostitution charge on Nebraska Avenue this morning. ...more

November 23, 2008

Until about six weeks ago, a privately owned strip of land through an endangered scrub preserve was a narrow dirt path traversed by low riders like indigo snakes and gopher tortoises, along with the occasional sod truck. ...more

November 16, 2008

It might have been accidental; it might be a crime. But whatever it was, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Someone dumped roofing nails on 19th Avenue Northwest near the entrance of E.G. Simmons Park early Sunday morning, said park ranger Paul Calderoni. ...more

November 3, 2008