It's reassuring that local law enforcement appears intent on keeping the lid on gang crime. Last week, some 75 suspected gang members were arrested in a joint operation conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Tampa Police Department, Florida Highway Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshal Service. ...more

February 28, 2009

A lawyer sleeping in court may be "inexcusable," according to a federal appeals court, but it's no excuse for the client. ...more

December 31, 2008

1,406 Banks robbed nationwide from April 1 to June 30, compared with 1,609 banks robbed in all of 2007. ...more

December 31, 2008

The crime only took a minute. The man walked into the Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union in Lakeland on Nov. 20 and handed the teller a note demanding money. The teller complied, and the robber walked out. He hasn't been caught. ...more

December 31, 2008

Welcome to bank robbery in the modern age. No guns a blazing. No elaborately choreographed heists. No dramatic car chases or shootouts. ...more

December 30, 2008

A man accused of robbing two banks in Palm Harbor received additional charges today, police say. ...more

November 24, 2008

Pinellas detectives have arrested a Clearwater man in connection with a pair of bank robberies and say he's a suspect in three others. ...more

November 21, 2008

A man sporting a khaki hat and sunglasses robbed a Florida Bank branch at gunpoint this afternoon, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

November 20, 2008

Jeffrey Gordon Merritt, who officials said was captured fleeing a bank robbery in Lithia last month, was indicted today on four federal bank robbery charges. ...more

November 18, 2008

A day care operator has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 1-year-old girl in her care, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 8, 2008