Detectives today went door to door searching for clues and warning neighbors about a robber on the loose with a history of violence after a weekend home invasion. The attack happened in the middle of the day Saturday on Bougainvillea Street, west of U.S. 41, in an area known as the Southside Flower District. ...more

March 10, 2009

Two Wal-Mart employees apprehended a man after they observed him stealing several items and leaving the store without paying for them, deputies said. ...more

March 3, 2009

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

A Lorida man was free Monday on $3,000 bond after being arrested and charged with the fraudulent use of an 88-year-old woman's debit card that drained her account of more than $6,000, authorities said. ...more

February 24, 2009

On Friday, Feb. 6, a search warrant was conducted at 3233 Baldwin St. in Spring Hill. ...more

February 9, 2009

An Avon Park man was arrested over the weekend in connection with five robberies that occurred in both Highlands and Polk counties. ...more

February 9, 2009

A man once convicted of vehicular homicide has been arrested on drug charges. Hillsborough County deputies arrested Corbin Legiles Nottingham at 10:50 p.m. Sunday. The 20-year-old Tampa man was arrested at 23rd Street and 138th Avenue and charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to sell, possession of crack cocaine, and obstructing or opposing an officer without violence. He also was charged with violating probation on the vehicular homicide conviction. ...more

February 9, 2009

Police have absolved two former "persons of interest" of any involvement with the murder of a local property appraiser. ...more

January 29, 2009

A Bradenton mother was arrested on a child abuse charge after a witness told police the woman smoked crack cocaine in front of her 2-year-old child. ...more

January 27, 2009

After smelling marijuana inside the pickup he had just pulled over, a deputy asked the driver to step out of the vehicle. ...more

January 21, 2009