The man who jumped from a second-story balcony in December to escape a Clearwater condominium fire is now accused of setting it. Gerald Parks, 60, was arrested Friday on a charge of arson. ...more

January 12, 2009

Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged by arson, leading the governor to apologize if the fire was connected to "undeserved negative attention" from her failed campaign as the Republican vice presidential nominee. ...more

December 13, 2008

One night was all it took to steal 40 years of Buford White's life. ...more

June 19, 2008

CASE HEADED FOR DISMISSAL TODAY ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA The fiery explosion lifted the flaming car tire some 200 feet into the air. It was enough to make the students shudder. The boom came a second later and set car alarms off almost a quarter of a mile away. ...more

June 4, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - More than a year after an arsonist severely damaged their mosque, members of the Islamic Education Center of Tampa celebrated its reopening to worshippers Saturday. ...more

June 1, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - More than a year after an arsonist severely damaged their mosque, members of the Islamic Education Center of Tampa celebrated its reopening to worshippers Saturday. ...more

May 31, 2008

Twice, the arsonists tried to burn Rose Mohr out. The first blaze was small. On Sept. 25, someone broke into her store, the Massachusetts Avenue Farm Market, stole the cash register and intentionally set a fire with gasoline. ...more

January 7, 2008

This references Dean Johnson's Dec. 6 letter and Billy Raymond's Dec. 15 letter, subject "I agree." Apparently both of these gentlemen are convinced that it does not matter whatever mankind does here on earth, it will not affect the climate or result in global warming, because "God controls the world's temperature, not man. God controls the climate, the earth's ecosystem, and our environment." So, I guess we do not have to be concerned about excess vehicle emissions and smog affecting the climate or ecosystem. We can dump our batteries, paints, acids, oils, nuclear waste, etc. into our landfills, because "God controls our ecosystem, not man." In view of the above covenants stated by the two writers, if the recent California fires, which destroyed thousands of acres, was caused by arson and there is any resulting ecosystem damage, we cannot hold the arsonist responsible, we must hold God accountable. It should be noted that Mr. Johnson has previously stated he believes that "global warming is the biggest hoax." ...more

December 21, 2007

A Ruskin church that had a trailer full of food stolen last week is reaching out to a Pinellas Park church damaged by an arsonist on Sunday. ...more

November 21, 2007