Pasco County Sheriff's Office investigators say Arron Derell Jackson, 19, used brass knuckles to batter two people at a home on Casey Drive in New Port Richey on May 30. ...more

June 17, 2009

Two River Ridge High School juniors were arrested Tuesday in connection with a March 14 burglary of the school. Cameron Tortarelli and Anthony Dickens, both 17, are charged with armed burglary, grand theft, trespassing on school property and criminal mischief. Dickens also is charged with throwing a missile into a public building. A third boy, 17, had not been arrested as of Wednesday ...more

March 25, 2009

Already, we have witnessed history at the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, an event that has thus far been more about brass knuckles than magic moments. ...more

March 22, 2009

Deputies discovered a man in a men's bathroom Tuesday at a local funeral home wiping blood from his face. ...more

February 5, 2009

For no apparent reason, an 18-year-old Lithia man punched a former schoolmate on the mouth, knocking out two front teeth, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 19, 2009

It started over a girl and ended with three young men in the hospital after being beaten with baseball bats, tire irons and brass knuckles, according to authorities. ...more

October 23, 2008

IN THIS CORNER   Sharks rule The Tank; USC exposes overrated Ohio Who? and Washington gets 'Locked out.' ...more

September 18, 2008

Well, it was a dumb idea in the first place. The "civil campaign" pledge. What a hoot. ...more

July 30, 2008

TAMPA - When Laverne Deffenbaugh tried to get on her Continental Airlines flight to Tulsa, Okla., this morning, she didn't get far. Transportation Security Administration screeners noticed something strange in her purse, according to Tampa International Airport police. Two sets of brass knuckles. ...more

June 4, 2008

Threats! Stolen yard signs! Innuendo! Boycotts! Ugliness! Duplicity! And yes, certainly there must be a hint of backstabbing going on here - please? ...more

May 31, 2008