An execution-style slaying in a Bartow drug house is the subject of a rare, federal death penalty trial starting this week. ...more

February 23, 2009

Zorro the Bandit's crime spree is over, St. Petersburg police say. Fingerprints from a bag of candy he left behind during a robbery were the keys to catching him, police said. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Zorro Bandit's crime spree is over. The robber who wore clothing reminiscent of the famed Spanish swordsman was taken into custody this afternoon in Tampa, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. ...more

February 11, 2009

Monica Caison figured it was worth a shot, so she wrote a letter, one paragraph, to the man on death row for kidnapping and killing Alice Donovan during a two-week, 2,300-mile crime spree. ...more

February 1, 2009

A federal judge accused a 29-year-old Tampa man of faking mental problems, and then sentenced him today to life behind bars, plus 82 years, for his role in a crime spree in which a county firefighter was carjacked. ...more

January 23, 2009

Two Seffner teenagers went on a crime spree with a hammer and spray paint, causing nearly $7,000 damage, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 14, 2009

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could still appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat despite charges that he tried to barter it away for cash or a plum job in what prosecutors call "a political corruption crime spree." ...more

December 10, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA Three men accused of committing a crime spree in Hillsborough and Polk counties in July were indicted today by a federal grand jury. ...more

November 6, 2008

Robert Pettyjohn, who authorities said was part of one of the worst local animal cruelty sprees in recent history, is back in jail on a probation violation charge. ...more

October 20, 2008