A 19-year-old man was charged with second-degree murder late Thursday after he told detectives he shot another 19-year-old on his lawn, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Kristopher D. Sanders, of 850 Rocky Mountain Court, Valrico, was being held without bail at the Orient Road Jail this morning, records show. ...more

December 19, 2008

The theft of a pair of purses in Lutz turned into a two-county pursuit that didn't end even after sheriff's deputies boxed in the suspects' car and opened fire. ...more

December 19, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating the possible slaying of a man found dead in a front yard in Valrico. ...more

December 18, 2008

RIVERVIEW -- A violent attack in the parking lot of the just-opened Green Iguana Bar & Grill in Riverview early this morning left one man critically injured and another being sought by Hillsborough County deputies. It was the bar's grand opening. ...more

December 18, 2008

The theft of a purse at a day care center turned into a two-county police pursuit and ended with gunfire this morning, authorities said. ...more

December 18, 2008

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

Abby was just doing her job Sunday night, but the 20-month-old bloodhound was rewarded for finding a Westchase father and his young daughter who got lost in the woods. ...more

December 16, 2008

A Westchase father and his young daughter were found Sunday night by a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office bloodhound after the two had been reported missing, Hillsborough County deputies say. "They apparently got lost in the woods, and our bloodhound Abby tracked to them," a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office news release states. "They are cold, but safe." ...more

December 15, 2008

A 20-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested today on a first-degree murder charge in an Oct. 9 shooting, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County firefighters were busy this morning, first responding to what had been reported as a hot-air-balloon collision in Lutz that turned out to be nothing and then to alarms in northwest and north Hillsborough County on unrelated calls. Firefighters did find smoke coming out of a duplex at 5910 Mar Jo Drive in North Tampa this morning. They determined that the smoke was coming from a burning pot on the stove. The resident, whose name was not released, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. ...more

November 28, 2008