A group of Pinellas teens today spent part of their holiday break painting over graffiti as part of a new program implemented by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Launched last month, the Graffiti Response Team gives teens who are in trouble for minor criminal offenses an option. "We want to give the children who have committed minor nonviolent crimes an opportunity not to go through the criminal justice system and come out here and work off community service hours," said sheriff's Cpl. David DiSalvo. ...more

December 23, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are asking the public for help in identifying a bank robber that may have been homeless and reeked of body odor. The heist occurred at the Regions Bank branch at 1014 E. Brandon Blvd., Valrico, at 11:28 a.m. Saturday. ...more

December 23, 2009

A 47-year-old Plant City man picked an interesting place to illegally sell prescription drugs, deputies say. A Walgreens parking lot. ...more

December 23, 2009

Blood-alcohol level was .311, deputies say ...more

December 23, 2009

Matthew Kadel's checkered career as a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy has come to an end. ...more

December 23, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say held up a bank Monday afternoon. ...more

December 23, 2009

An 87-year-old man who was reported missing earlier Tuesday was found by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on an interstate highway in Broward County, where he had ran out of gas. ...more

December 22, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say held up a bank this afternoon. ...more

December 21, 2009

Patrick Joseph Flood, 40, of 2821 Whistle Stop, Sebring, was arrested Wednesday and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. ...more

December 20, 2009

A jaywalking arrest in Las Vegas led to the capture of a shoplifting suspect accused of running over a security officer at a Brandon Walmart, deputies said Saturday. ...more

December 20, 2009