TAMPA - A 30-year-old Hillsborough County man was arrested Saturday on charges of attempted murder after he choked and beat his ex-wife, authorities said. ...more

January 5, 2008

Regarding the story about a Lake Placid man charged with attempted murder: This story raises some serious questions for the residents of Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Placid and surrounding areas. Why would a person with non-life threatening injuries have to be flown to the Tampa area? Are our hospitals in this area not qualified to handle such emergencies? Who pays for this several thousand dollar airlift? ...more

December 31, 2007

AVON PARK — A Lake Placid man was arrested Tuesday, accused of trying to kill his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend during an argument, while she was holding their baby girl. Coy Lee Bellamy Jr., 20, of 109 Bonnie Road, was charged by Avon Park police with attempted murder (with a knife) domestic violence related. Between 2:05 and 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to the Avon Park home of the victim in the 1300 block of Tulane Avenue after she had reportedly been slashed severely by Bellamy Jr., according to Det. Daniel Burke. ...more

December 27, 2007

A Polk County Jail inmate charged Sunday with four counts of attempted murder was found hanging in his cell Monday morning, deputies say. He died at Bartow Regional Medical Center shortly after 3 p.m. ...more

December 24, 2007

A Polk County Jail inmate charged Sunday with four counts of attempted murder was found hanging in his cell Monday morning, deputies say. He died at Bartow Regional Medical Center shortly after 3 p.m. ...more

December 24, 2007

TAMPA - A Valrico man has been arrested for shooting two brothers during a drug deal, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 18, 2007

Sometime during their eight-month relationship, Gary Lee Wilson Jr. made an ominous promise to Kelly Webster: ...more

December 18, 2007

CLEARWATER - Police arrested a 26-year-old man accused of stabbing a man in the neck with a screwdriver in Glen Oaks Park on Tuesday. Attempted Murder Charged In Stabbing At Clearwater Park ...more

December 12, 2007

CLEARWATER - Police arrested a 26-year-old man accused of stabbing a man in the neck with a screwdriver in Glen Oaks Park on Tuesday. ...more

December 11, 2007

A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate led to one of the largest civil rights protests in years pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor battery charge that could see him released from a detention center in about eight months. ...more

December 4, 2007