A 28-year-old man who tried to hang himself with a bedsheet at Falkenburg Road Jail this week has died, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 5, 2008

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper clung to the running board of a pickup for about 600 feet on southbound Interstate 75 Thursday morning to avoid being run over. ...more

September 5, 2008

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper clung to the running board of a pickup truck for about 600 feet on Interstate 75 south this morning to avoid being run over by its driver. Trooper Anthony Horne was not injured in the incident about 3:43 a.m. Motorist Anthony Craig Cook, 35, of Riverview was charged with felony attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, the highway patrol said. ...more

September 4, 2008

A man who avoided paying child support for six years will spend a year in federal prison and must pay nearly $25,000 in restitution, court papers state. ...more

September 3, 2008

The case, a federal appeals court said, "began like something out of a James Bond novel." ...more

August 21, 2008

Former Marine Cpl. Steven Lee Fickey has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and stealing identities of other Marines, court records show. ...more

August 19, 2008

Barbara Freiberg went to her daughter's mobile home May 12 after a babysitter called to say Freiberg's grandchildren had not been dropped off. ...more

August 16, 2008

Barbara Freiberg went to her daughter's mobile home May 12 after a babysitter called to say her grandchildren hadn't been dropped off. ...more

August 14, 2008

Vice and narcotics detectives made an interesting find in April when they raided the home of a suspected drug dealer who lived with his parents, both of whom worked at the St. Petersburg Police Department, according to internal affairs documents released today. ...more

August 7, 2008

The clerk of the circuit court may have the most responsibility of any elected official. The office is responsible for filing and recording official documents and court records, as well as conducting audits, managing the jury system, providing courtroom clerks, storing evidence, collecting fines and investing county funds, to name just a few duties. ...more

August 5, 2008