Tampa International Airport police who want to carry Tasers will be equipped and trained with the weapons in the next week or two, a move that police say can reduce reliance on handguns and other force methods such as pepper spray and batons. ...more

November 7, 2008

All Tampa International Airport police who want to carry Tasers will be equipped and trained in the next week or two with the weapons police say can reduce reliance on handguns and other force methods such as pepper spray and batons. ...more

November 6, 2008

It was an easy arrest thanks to the armed-robbery suspect returning to the crime scene at Orlando International Airport. ...more

October 26, 2008

A 44-year-old Tampa man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of carrying a weapon on an airplane. Raul Gambe Mata admitted in a plea agreement that he brought a hunting knife with a six-inch blade in his carry-on bag when he attempted to board Delta flight 5634 from Tampa to Cincinnati on July 29. ...more

October 23, 2008

Kanye West and one of his bodyguards were arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after an altercation in which the rapper allegedly smashed a camera on the floor. ...more

September 12, 2008

Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton have ended their engagement. ...more

August 28, 2008

The city plans to boost police salaries starting in October to stem the loss of officers to higher-paying law enforcement agencies. ...more

August 20, 2008

TAMPA - When Laverne Deffenbaugh tried to get on her Continental Airlines flight to Tulsa, Okla., this morning, she didn't get far. Transportation Security Administration screeners noticed something strange in her purse, according to Tampa International Airport police. Two sets of brass knuckles. ...more

June 4, 2008

Between Monday and Thursday, an Orlando man at the Tampa Airport Marriott racked up room charges, honor bar fees, a bar tab at the hotel lounge, movie charges, phone bills and more. ...more

May 24, 2008

TAMPA - Between Monday and Thursday, an Orlando man at the Tampa Airport Marriott racked up room charges, honor bar fees, a bar tab at the hotel lounge, movies charges, phone bills and more. The problem was he wasn't a hotel guest, according to airport police. Raymond Theodore Terry Jr., 39, was arrested Thursday and charged with 10 counts of felony petty theft, four counts of defrauding an innkeeper, fraudulent use of personal information and forgery. ...more

May 23, 2008