The death toll from Hurricane Ike is remarkably low so far, considering that legions of people stayed behind as the storm obliterated row after row of homes along the Texas coast. But officials suspect there are more victims out there and say some might simply have been swept out to sea. ...more

September 18, 2008

A 46-year-old man died Thursday night after being zapped three times with a Taser and bound in handcuffs and leg irons, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 13, 2008

A 46-year-old man died Thursday night after being Tasered by a Hillsborough County deputy, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

September 12, 2008

A Tampa family at home eating oxtail for dinner made a surprising discovery, their lawyer said - part of a human finger. ...more

August 29, 2008

TAMPA A Tampa family at home eating oxtail for dinner made a surprising discovery, their lawyer said – part of a human finger. ...more

August 28, 2008

A Winter Haven man was arrested today in connection with the death of his girlfriend Saturday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 25, 2008

Nearly five years ago, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office turned over what it thought were the skull and other remains of murder victim Allen E. Garner to a mortuary service, which was supposed to cremate those remains. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office isn't responsible for the disappearance of a man's skull, an office spokesman said this morning. ...more

August 4, 2008

Investigators hoped to confirm today the identity of a woman whose body was found bound with duct tape with her uterus cut open in the apartment of another woman who falsely claimed a newborn baby was her own. ...more

July 20, 2008

TAMPA Detectives today identified the man found dead at a Himes Avenue apartment complex as 21-year-old Phillip Michael Pearson of Tampa, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 16, 2008