The face of the neighborhood pawnshop is changing. Traditionally, they squatted on the poor sides of town, catering to the desperate and down-and-out, people who slink in with a piece of jewelry or a cheap stereo for needed cash. ...more

February 7, 2009

Some pawnshops around town are noticing a different clientele. They still are desperate, but they come in wearing designer clothes or toting Rolexes or multicarat diamond cufflinks, or even, at one North Tampa pawn shop, a Tiffany ring signifying that the wearer won a recent Super Bowl. Secrets between a guy and his pawnbroker sometimes stay secret, and Capital Pawn owner Joe Cacciatore won't say which player pawned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl ring from 2002-03, but he did say the eventual buyer traded it for a "suitcase full of money." ...more

February 6, 2009

A man the government says directed a Gambino crew that muscled into Tampa is emerging as a key figure in the case against a Tampa man accused of being part of the notorious organized crime family. ...more

October 21, 2008

This year, short dresses are the rule as high school girls get ready for their homecoming dances. ...more

October 17, 2008

A local man charged with participating in a conspiracy as part of the Gambino crime family says he was a victim of extortion. ...more

October 10, 2008

A local man charged with participating in a conspiracy by the Gambino organized crime family says the FBI illegally searched his house the day he was arrested. ...more

September 20, 2008

TAMPA – A local man charged with participating in a Gambino organized crime family conspiracy says the FBI illegally searched his house the day he was arrested. ...more

September 19, 2008

An Offensive Remark ...more

September 11, 2008

TAMPA - Angelo Cacciatore, a Tampa native and founder of the Silver Ring Cafe in Ybor City, died Sunday. He was 90. ...more

July 3, 2008

Quick! Everyone PANIC! Mother's Day is this Sunday! Is it not enough that this woman carried you for nine months while you stole every last nutrient from her weak, swollen body? Is it not enough that she went through pain like no human should ever experience just to bear you? Is it not enough that she endured your rebellious, pimpled, teenage years of loud music, sarcasm and secret tattoos with a smile and a "That's lovely, dear"? ...more

May 6, 2008