A teenager was arrested Monday because he sent a lewd picture of himself to a 14-year-old girl via his cell phone, a report shows. ...more

March 2, 2009

GENEVA - Six in ten people around the world now have cell phone subscriptions, signaling that mobile phones are the communications technology of choice, particularly in poor countries, according to a U.N. report published Monday. ...more

March 2, 2009

Charles Lein, 70, didn't like seeing the young man speeding in the neighborhood, he told Pasco County deputies. ...more

February 18, 2009

Charles Lein, 70, didn't like seeing the younger man speeding in the neighborhood, he told Pasco deputies. So he took the matter into his own hands. ...more

February 16, 2009

A Tampa man is accused of snatching his 1-year-old child out of a moving car during an argument with his estranged wife, putting the child in harm's way, an affidavit states. ...more

February 14, 2009

Shannon Lise poked his head out of a Cadillac Eldorado during a traffic stop Wednesday and called "What's up?" to a city police officer. ...more

February 12, 2009

Rhett Hopkins refused to pay his $4 bar tab at O'Malley's bar in Sarasota because, he said, he was an undercover officer with the Tampa Police Department and worked on homeland security. ...more

February 2, 2009

A federal judge has dismissed charges against a Lutz man accused of growing marijuana in his home, finding that state troopers illegally searched the home after a traffic stop. ...more

January 29, 2009

A Hillsborough County deputy and his wife were arrested, charged with domestic battery, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 28, 2009

A vigilant witness who wrote down a license plate number cracked the case of a Circle K robbery on Saturday, deputies say. ...more

January 21, 2009