TAMPA - A Tampa man threatened a woman and their child with a pistol Saturday, saying, "If I can't have you, no one will," Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

December 2, 2007

Gunshots rang out at a Gibsonton trailer park Saturday night. Nobody was injured, but when the smoke cleared, two men had shot their neighbor's trailer and her brother's car, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 30, 2007

A Tampa man struck a woman several times with his open right hand, choked her, chased her with a knife and took her cell phone as she tried to call deputies for help, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 15, 2007

Talk about a travesty and miscarriage of justice! Let me see if I have this straight. Mr. Hunt was charged with negligent homicide, manslaughter, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and obstruction of justice. But, because of a plea deal, he was only charged with the manslaughter count. Prosecutor David Ward stated, "The plea was below (sentencing) guidelines." Dear God, may I ask you who obstructed justice? Did the Bemis family offer and agree to this plea? I was Bobby's spiritual leader and youth minister for many years. He was a troubled youth, but a day prior to his death, he had called me asking "Mr. P, you always said if I was ready to straighten my life out, you would help. Do you still mean that?" I responded that I did. Bobby's next question was "When is the next youth meeting?" I told him tomorrow and that we would pick him up. He was elated. Bobby's tomorrow came but was cut short as his untimely death occurred. Doing Bobby's funeral was a heartbreaking task for me. Now, I have questions for Mr. Hunt and Mr. Ward. Did Mr. Hunt give Bobby a "plea deal?" Did Mr. Hunt give Bobby a reduced sentence? Because of Mr. Hunt dastardly deed, will Bobby only serve seven and a half years? Will Bobby receive ten years probation? Who determined that Bobby's life only had a value of $5,000? Bobby had a lifetime ahead of him. Now, last but not least, I ask if justice was served? The answer is "no." Only obstruction and miscarriage of justice. ...more

November 13, 2007

DOVER - A Brandon man took a metal baseball bat to the door of a Dover family on Thursday and then hit the father in the back, according to an arrest report. ...more

November 9, 2007

A Lake Placid man remained in the Highlands County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail Wednesday, charged in connection with an armed robbery at the Ridgewood Drive Shell gas station on the Sebring Parkway. ...more

October 31, 2007

A Valrico man fired several paintball rounds at someone on a ladder, putting the target in fear of great bodily harm, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

October 29, 2007

TAMPA - Police arrested a boater found stranded north of the Courtney Campbell Parkway boat ramp early today. Clearwater Fire Rescue workers got a call from a woman about 1:145 a.m. who said her husband's boat was taking on water. Clearwater Fire Rescue and Tampa police responded. ...more

October 19, 2007

Investigators say it could take months to identify bones found Friday inside a submerged vehicle belonging to a woman reported missing in 2005. ...more

October 17, 2007