Thirty-seven people were arrested and 109 roosters seized Saturday after Polk County sheriff's deputies received an anonymous tip and broke up a Mulberry cockfighting ring. ...more

January 18, 2009

Three years ago, the Department of Children & Families found many of the same problems at the Tampa Bay Academy that other state regulators found this month: inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. ...more

December 30, 2008

State officials found that an inadequate and poorly trained staff at the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview led to abuse complaints, patient escapes and at least one alleged sexual assault. Three years ago. ...more

December 29, 2008

The owner of animals seized from a Lithia property Wednesday doesn't appear willing to surrender ownership, Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said today. Until the animals are signed over to animal services, they cannot be available for adoption, she said. ...more

December 11, 2008

Hillsborough County Animal Services is removing about 75 dogs along with cats and exotic birds from a property at 1306 Pelote Cemetery Road in Lithia. ...more

December 10, 2008

This was anything but a "happy puppy place," investigators said. That's how promotional T-shirts describe PM Tinies, a Riverview business that buys and sells small-breed dogs such as Yorkshire terriers and Chihuahuas. ...more

November 6, 2008

Seventy-seven dogs have been confiscated from a Riverview puppy mill, and three people have been arrested on charges of mistreating the animals, Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. The scene is at PM Tinies, 13605 U.S. 301. ...more

November 5, 2008

Deputies with the Highland County Sheriff's Office seized 70 cannabis plants, valued around $420,000, from a grow-house off Parkland Avenue in Lake Placid late Wednesday afternoon. ...more

October 8, 2008

Courtenay Savage, a former reserve officer with the Tampa Police Department, eluded authorities for more than a year after being charged with trying to kill eight people by firing into the Largo home of a former business associate. ...more

September 24, 2008

A Pinellas County woman featured on 'America's Most Wanted' has been caught. ...more

September 23, 2008