An undercover detective was justified in using his firearm when he got into a gunbattle with one of three robbery suspects in April, a shooting review board ruled Monday. ...more

September 16, 2008

An undercover detective was justified in using his firearm when he got into a gun battle with one of three robbery suspects in April, a shooting review board ruled today. ...more

September 15, 2008

Authorities have arrested a Tampa man they say robbed a Blockbuster video store at knifepoint this week. Shermon Allen, 30, of 4708 Mill Pond Lane, was booked into the Pinellas County Jail today on charges of robbery with a deadly weapon and kidnapping, among others, jail records show. ...more

July 25, 2008

A nicely-dressed man robbed a Blockbuster video store on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard this morning handcuffing the manager before breaking into a safe, police said. ...more

July 22, 2008

Capital Pawn is out to shatter stereotypes of the industry: chained rows of rusting bicycles at the entry of a dimly lighted store full of dusty shelves crammed with old power tools and a clientele of shady customers. ...more

January 7, 2008

Capital Pawn is out to shatter stereotypes of the industry: chained rows of rusting bicycles at the entry of a dimly lit store full of dusty shelves crammed with old power tools and a clientele of shady customers. ...more

January 5, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A box of Blockbuster video store forms with credit card and Social Security information that was dumped in a trash container last week now is under Sarasota County Sheriff's Office protection. ...more

October 25, 2007

Blockbuster video sent a letter about corporate document shredding policies to all its stores this week after a Sarasota store's membership forms and employment applications were discovered in a trash container. ...more

October 24, 2007

SARASOTA - Jonathan Murray was fishing in a trash container for boxes Friday when he found what could have been a thief's bonanza. Amongst the trash from a Blockbuster video store were membership forms and employment applications that included names, addresses, credit card numbers and Social Security numbers. ...more

October 23, 2007

A man who was looking through a dumpster behind a Sarasota Blockbuster video store found several boxes of paper with sensitive financial information from customers. ...more

October 22, 2007