A video captured burglars breaking into a home yesterday – and one of them rushed the door as if he were a football player, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

April 1, 2009

St. Petersburg police are looking for three people they say smashed a minivan into a hip-hop clothing store early Monday morning to commit a burglary. The incident was captured on video, police said. ...more

March 31, 2009

A 61-year-old Sarasota man is accused of having 70 images of child pornography on a home computer, officials said. ...more

March 25, 2009

During their efforts to identify a con artist, the man Largo police dubbed "Plasma Pat" called detectives to say he's scammed thousands of people. ...more

March 25, 2009

A Burger King assistant manager stole at least $5,000 after a customer accidentally left her purse at the restaurant, Tampa police say. ...more

March 24, 2009

Pennsylvania authorities say a former NFL quarterback who failed to show for sentencing on drunken driving charges nearly four years ago has been killed in a car crash in Greece. A Chester County detective says authorities had initially been skeptical about the fatal crash reports of William "Jeff" Komlo, who played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1983. ...more

March 20, 2009

Lakeland police are asking for the public's help in finding a man charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a shooting on Monday. ...more

March 18, 2009

The father of a missing north Florida girl says he doesn't want the media to focus on his personal life. ...more

March 13, 2009

A Pinellas Sheriff's narcotics detective accidentally shot a 43-year-old woman this morning in St. Petersburg as he and other detectives were bursting through a door to a home, Pinellas Sheriff's authorities say. ...more

March 11, 2009

An Ocala man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to soliciting over the Internet a parent whose children he wanted to have sex with. Ricky R. Savage, 57, was actually communicating with an undercover Pinellas sheriff's detective posing as the parent, sheriff's officials have said. ...more

March 10, 2009