Andre Givens is a little boy, only 4, but he was honored Tuesday for doing a big thing. On March 26, Andre called 911 and got help for his ailing mom. For quick thinking, Andre got the Tampa Police Department's Chief's Bravery Medal. ...more

April 15, 2009

Authorities arrested a Sarasota man Friday in connection to a woman's rape and murder in DeSoto County in 1984 after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene, police said. ...more

April 11, 2009

A 20-year-old man tied up the sheriff's office's 911 system for 7 minutes and 47 seconds early this morning by laughing and asking a dispatcher to send him to jail, an affidavit states. ...more

April 9, 2009

A 79-year-old Lakeland man with dementia, who had last been seen Tuesday evening, has been found unharmed. ...more

April 8, 2009

Deputies: Man threatens fiancee with clothes iron SPRING HILL - A Spring Hill man was charged with misdemeanor assault after deputies say he threatened his fiancee with a clothes iron. ...more

April 8, 2009

A woman called 911 to report she didn't get as much shrimp as she wanted in her fried rice at a Texas restaurant. ...more

April 7, 2009

Jennifer Johnson had about a minute to talk before her cell phone lost its connection with a 911 operator in Plant City. ...more

April 2, 2009

Jennifer Johnson had about a minute to talk before a 911 operator in Plant City lost a connection with her. "Ma'am, I'm in a trunk right now," the 31-year-old Tampa mother yelled on a copy of the call released today. "They got me in the trunk. … I don't know where I'm at." No officers were dispatched to find her, according to a report contained in the 700 pages of discovery material released with the call today. ...more

April 1, 2009

Investigators are on the scene of an apparent murder-suicide in a Palm Harbor home, Pinellas County deputies say. ...more

April 1, 2009

A man died when he became trapped inside a burning van outfitted as a camper this morning in a Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot. ...more

March 31, 2009