October may be the most beautiful month of the year, but it is also the darkest: When the leaves fall, the skies moan and the night invades. It is the month of death. ...more

October 24, 2009

Lakeland police are searching for a man they say met a woman online, then attacked her with a baseball bat. Fernando Soliz, 37, who police say was residing in Kissimmee, met the Lakeland woman on an Internet site. Police say Soliz then traveled to her house and began hitting her with a baseball bat after she demanded that Soliz leave. The attack left the woman with serious injuries. ...more

June 25, 2009

A teen girl was robbed and attacked Monday afternoon, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 24, 2009

A 21-year-old Plant City man was arrested Saturday night, accused of attacking a person with a baseball bat after an argument over a battery turned violent, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

February 1, 2009

Brooksville man's efforts keep crime watch vehicle on the road. ...more

January 19, 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

David Hernandez struck a person with a baseball bat, causing cuts to the right eye and upper lip, Tampa police say. The attack was Oct. 19. Police arrested him Sunday morning. ...more

December 8, 2008

The name says it all: mailbox baseball -- smashing mailboxes with a baseball bat or, occasionally, a golf club. ...more

November 28, 2008

Thomas Mickey threw glass bottles through a person's back window and cracked the person's front windshield, then struck the person on the left arm with a baseball bat Sunday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 17, 2008

Report: Stepfather Struck With Baseball Bat BROOKSVILLE - A Brooksville woman struck her stepfather several times with a baseball bat during an argument Saturday at 815 Hale Ave., a report shows. ...more

November 11, 2008