A second man has been arrested in connection with the Dec. 23 shooting of another teen in the parking lot of a liquor store. ...more

January 15, 2009

A federal magistrate is recommending that a Tampa man charged with being part of a Gambino crime family conspiracy be tried along with other defendants accused in the conspiracy. James V. Cadicamo was arrested in August along with four other men charged with participating in a vast racketeering conspiracy under the umbrella of the Gambino crime family. At the same time, John A. "Junior" Gotti was named in a separate, similar indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in Tampa. ...more

January 6, 2009

Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 5, 2009

Eroy Hagens Jr. had been drinking when he came home early today and got into an argument with his wife, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. He shoved and choked her and shoved a 15-year-old boy who tried to intervene, according to Carter. ...more

January 2, 2009

A 74-year-old patient at Mease-Dunedin Hospital was arrested Monday afternoon, accused of pulling out a gun and pointing it at a nurse, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 29, 2008

The brother of actor Mark Ruffalo has died a week after he was shot in the head, police said Tuesday. Scott Ruffalo, 39, died late Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Police Sgt. Renato Moreno said. ...more

December 9, 2008

Police arrested William Balfour, the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson, on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation. ...more

December 1, 2008

An argument between two workers at a Myakka City dairy farm turned violent this afternoon when one of the men was shot in the neck, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 30, 2008

Local authorities are focusing their investigation on a new suspect in the shooting of a Lake Placid man. ...more

November 25, 2008

The Lake Placid Police Department is continuing its investigation into a Sunday night shooting at the JFK Trailer Park that left one man in serious condition. ...more

November 5, 2008