A Largo police officer shot and killed a man Friday who was armed with a pellet gun fashioned to look like a .45-caliber handgun, police said. ...more

October 4, 2008

The last of five men charged in a 2005 Hudson motel slaying agreed to a plea deal this morning. ...more

September 16, 2008

Pasco deputies have arrested a 60-year-old man Sunday in connection with a shooting that sent one man to a hospital. ...more

September 15, 2008

When two deputies went to investigate a report of a burglary in progress Monday night, they soon were threatened with a gun by a man who claimed he owned the home, according to Pasco County Sheriff's Office reports. ...more

September 10, 2008

Police arrested a teenager on Friday and named him as the armed robber who shot a 17-year-old boy in the torso with a .22 caliber handgun. ...more

September 6, 2008

Undercover detectives in Polk County said they busted one of their detention deputies trying to sell prescription drugs Thursday night. ...more

September 5, 2008

Two Tampa area men are in custody and charged with attempted first-degree murder after a fight reportedly broke out between two groups Saturday night in Valrico. ...more

August 31, 2008

BRADENTON - A man who is a suspect in an Aug. 18 robbery was arrested Wednesday on several unrelated felony charges as deputies tried to execute a search warrant. ...more

August 28, 2008

Two Sebring men remained in Highlands County Jail on Monday after they were arrested as suspects and charged with armed burglary of an Arbuckle Creek Road home and grand theft of firearms, video games and jewelry within. ...more

August 26, 2008

Let's cut to the chase right away. Javon Dawson could have been more armed to the teeth than "Rambo" meets "The Wild Bunch" with a trail of bodies rivaling the Russian invasion of Georgia when he was gunned down by the cops and professional phony Omali Yeshitela, St. Petersburg's answer to Jesse Jackson-lite-lite-lite, would still be whining about police brutality. ...more

August 16, 2008