A man released from a state prison this year was behind bars again Tuesday after police said he threatened a woman at gunpoint. ...more

August 27, 2008

A Tampa man brought about $21,000 to a meeting with an undercover Tampa police officer Wednesday night to buy a kilogram of cocaine, police say. ...more

August 21, 2008

A 39-year-old man was shot this morning during a home invasion after he threw a ceramic mug at the intruder, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

August 20, 2008

TAMPA - In May, Ronald Westley Murphy fired a 9 mm handgun at a vehicle occupied by two people, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

June 19, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring teenager who was booked into jail Feb. 8, 2007, in connection with the armed robbery of the Dollar General store was turned over to the care of his mother Thursday after he pleaded to a lesser charge for his part in the crime. The store is located at 1040 Lakeview Drive in downtown Sebring. After spending 16 months in jail, David Lozano Jr., now 16, was released at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, according to sheriff's booking. Lozano Jr. pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Assistant State Attorney Richard Castillo said Friday that Lozano Jr. helped plan the robbery, carried the handgun or BB gun to the store and acted as a lookout while Roosevelt Smith, now 17, carried out the robbery. Smith, who pleaded guilty several months ago to robbery with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for robbing the store and pistol whipping a female clerk, whose name is being withheld by Highlands Today. ...more

June 15, 2008

TAMPA - While Robert L. Davis Jr. reclined and slept in his 2007 Suzuki on Monday morning in the center lane of Causeway Boulevard, his vehicle remained in drive and his foot rested on the brake pedal, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

June 10, 2008

A Tampa man who bought a stolen Smith & Wesson handgun kept it unsecured and loaded in his 2005 Dodge Ram pickup and let his children use the vehicle, Tampa police say. ...more

January 21, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A woman was arrested today after bailiffs said she tried to bring a handgun into the Pasco County Courthouse. ...more

January 17, 2008

TAMPA - A woman took a 9 mm Smith & Wesson gun from another woman and fired it, striking an occupied home, police say. ...more

January 17, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $30,500 bail Thursday, charged with trying to rob a Lake Placid woman at her home on E.A. Smith Avenue. ...more

January 3, 2008