TAMPA - Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office used a Taser on a man who fled on a bicycle and resisted arrest Saturday, according to an arrest affidavit. ...more

June 22, 2008

TAMPA - Investigators looking in a home where they thought they would find the breeder of pit bulls bred for fighting also discovered three pounds of marijuana, Tampa police say. ...more

June 17, 2008

Two pit bulls were taken on a judge's order Friday from the house of a man who spent six months in jail for beating his dog to death in 2003. ...more

June 10, 2008

Winston the black pit bull is gentle and happy in his new home, his adoptive family says. ...more

June 1, 2008

A New Port Richey woman was arrested Saturday on four charges of animal cruelty after deputies found several dogs dying from starvation in her home. ...more

May 26, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A stripper was arrested Saturday on four charges of animal cruelty after deputies found several dogs dying from starvation in her home. ...more

May 25, 2008

Bones protruded under the fur of the emaciated pit bull lying at the bottom of the small wooden crate. ...more

May 9, 2008

Bones protruded under the fur of the emaciated pit bull lying at the bottom of the small wooden crate. Surrounded by fecal matter and kept without food or water, she'd lost more than half her weight. Motionless, and with no detectable pulse or blood pressure, the brown and white dog showed no signs of life. Until she moved her eyes. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA - A Largo woman was charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after deputies found 17 dogs living in their own waste in her deteriorating home, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 19, 2008

Hillsborough County school officials are ready to dispose of or return more than 1,600 beef patties recalled Sunday as part of a 143 million-pound frozen beef recall by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...more

February 18, 2008