Bartow police said a woman they thought was in danger this morning is back safe with her family. ...more

February 3, 2009

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has cancelled an Amber Alert issued earlier today for a 1-year-old boy missing from the Orlando area after the child was found safe. ...more

January 18, 2009

The bagpipes that traditionally mark the passing of police officers and firemen sounded for Denise Lee today, as the community that was shocked by her murder a year ago gathered to memorialize her legacy of reform to Florida's emergency response system. ...more

January 17, 2009

Pinellas County Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the county's first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 2, 2009

Pinellas Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 1, 2009

A quarter-century ago, Adam Walsh's accused killer accompanied police to a bus bench outside a Sears where he claimed to have snatched the 6-year-old boy. Then, Ottis Toole went with authorities to a turnpike where he said Adam cried for his mother. Later, they stopped at a bridge where Toole said he hacked off the boy's head. ...more

December 20, 2008

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - The abduction happened 27 years ago, at a time when parents routinely left their children playing in the toy store, unattended, and continued shopping. ...more

December 17, 2008

The abduction happened 27 years ago, at a time when parents routinely left their children playing in the toy store, unattended, and continued shopping. ...more

December 17, 2008

Nathan Lee, husband of slain North Port mother Denise Lee, is scheduled to appear on the Dr. Phil show today to discuss a mishandled 911 call that might have saved Lee's life, and already the show is generating controversy. ...more

December 12, 2008

U.S. Special Forces soldiers freed a kidnapped American working for the Army Corps of Engineers during a nighttime mission last week - a rare hostage rescue in a country where ransom abductions have become increasingly common. ...more

October 22, 2008