A 63-year-old Tampa man molested two girls younger than 12, Hillsborough County Sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said. Deputies arrested Juan Esteban Burgos at 9:45 a.m. Monday. ...more

December 16, 2008

TAMPA - Five members of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida for sale to street gangs in Puerto Rico received prison sentences this morning ranging from one to four years. They join seven other members of the ring, who were sentenced last week to up to 14 years behind bars. One of the leaders of the ring, Melvin Omar Velez-Santos, 30, had his sentencing hearing postponed until next week. ...more

December 12, 2008

A man arrested Tuesday morning on petty theft and drug possession charges kicked out the rear window of a deputy's patrol car on the way to Orient Road Jail and escaped for a brief time, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. ...more

December 9, 2008

The remnants of Tropical Storm Alma dumped rain on Honduras and Guatemala on Friday, as officials in Nicaragua and Costa Rica cleared trees from roads and repaired roofless homes. ...more

May 31, 2008

TAMPA - Police arrested a man Tuesday who fled the day before from a prostitution sting at Robles Park. ...more

May 20, 2008

Police are searching for a felon who with another man beat a Tampa police officer early Monday during an undercover prostitution sting. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - Police are searching for a convicted felon who with another man beat a Tampa police officer early this morning during an undercover prostitution sting. ...more

May 19, 2008

TAMPA – Una redada de prostitución terminó violeta luego de que un oficial recibiera una golpiza esta madrugada. ...more

May 19, 2008

Not much rivals the energy level inside Gracie Tampa when one of the school's fighters is days away from a mixed martial arts fight. ...more

January 12, 2008

Thousands of dissidents silenced under Argentina's military dictatorship - tortured, executed and made to "disappear" in the so-called Dirty War against dissent - are gaining new voice through poetry. ...more

December 28, 2007