Pasco County sheriff's detectives are investigating this afternoon a suspicious death in Holiday. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Winter Haven man was arrested today in connection with the death of his girlfriend Saturday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 25, 2008

Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of person found inside a burning vehicle this morning in a field off of Taylor Road. ...more

August 23, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is working on what appears to be a murder-suicide, sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers said. ...more

August 12, 2008

Blanche E. Palfrey, the mother of the woman known as the "D.C. Madam," has filed a lawsuit to stop the release of photographs of her daughter that were taken by police after she hanged herself May 1 in a shed at her mom's home. ...more

August 7, 2008

Authorities have made an arrest in the fatal beating of Sarasota High School student Gregory Kennedy. Kennedy was taken off life support Wednesday after suffering serious injuries during a brawl that broke out at a birthday party Monday. The melee involved students from his school and Riverview High School. ...more

August 1, 2008

TAMPA - The body of a man was found this afternoon at an apartment complex on Himes Avenue and investigators are trying to determine an identity and cause of death, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 15, 2008

A 24-year-old man who recently moved to Florida died in a motorcycle accident late Saturday night in Pinellas County. ...more

July 13, 2008

A 4-year-old died Friday after a fire at her day care that sent thick, black smoke billowing from the windows and roof, police said. ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA - The medical examiner is performing an autopsy on a homeless man whose body was found Wednesday at North Nebraska Avenue and East Juneau Street, Tampa police said. ...more

July 10, 2008