John Allen Muhammad, one of the snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C., area seven years ago, may have shot a man on a Clearwater golf course, but authorities are skeptical whether they can prove it. The hurdle in getting the evidence is promising Lee Boyd Malvo, the accomplice in the shootings, immunity from prosecution, police say. ...more

November 9, 2009

Seven years ago, the captured "Beltway Snipers" - John Allen Muhammad, 41, and his 17-year old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo - were in federal custody, accused of 16 shootings and 10 murders. They had set out to create a reign of terror in the Washington area to match the terrorist attacks of the year before. ...more

November 9, 2009

A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had been abducted from her posh Florida beach community. ...more

November 7, 2009

Deputies seized 235 pills during a search of a car ...more

May 22, 2009

Deputies searched by air and ground for hours Thursday to find a sexual predator who removed his GPS ankle monitor. ...more

May 14, 2009

Weapons of choice in a pair of unrelated attacks Thursday night included a hammer and a kitchen pan. Two people were arrested and one was hospitalized with a broken nose, authorities said. ...more

March 13, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies are chasing two burglary suspects in the Lutz area. The suspects tried breaking into a home on Derby Glen Drive, but they were spotted and took off in a vehicle, deputies say. Deputies pursued them, but the suspects bailed out of their car after deputies deployed stop sticks. The suspects are being sought near 150th Street. ...more

March 4, 2009

Dorian Dillard, one of the two men charged with killing two homeless men in St. Petersburg in 2007, told his defense attorney he didn't want the case to go to trial because he didn't want the families of the victims to experience any more heartache, his defense attorney said in court today. ...more

February 25, 2009

A Chevrolet Tahoe stolen in Dade County was spotted near Ruskin this morning hauling a trailer and two personal watercraft that was reported stolen from St. Pete Beach, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

February 17, 2009

A man convicted of robbing two teenagers at gunpoint received a 30-year prison sentence Thursday. ...more

February 6, 2009