The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is searching for Joshua Brett Taylor, 17, whose mother told detectives he had run away from their Sunset Drive home on Feb. 23. ...more

March 2, 2009

A man pretended to deposit $2 million at an ATM and then withdrew a hunk of money from a woman's account, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says. ...more

February 25, 2009

Detectives with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office are seeking the public's help in locating a woman who was reported missing Thursday night. ...more

February 20, 2009

Pinellas County deputies arrested a man they say was caught in a sting Wednesday when he traveled from Oklahoma to Florida to meet two underage girls for sex. ...more

February 19, 2009

A Brooksville man faces 35 rape charges after multiple sexual encounters that left a teenage girl pregnant. ...more

February 18, 2009

Largo authorities have seized the laptop computer of a 21-year-old woman they say used it to access and destroy some of her former employer's files because she was upset she had been fired. Brittany Jenkins, of 245 59th Ave. N.E., was arrested Feb. 2 on a charge of unauthorized access to a computer system. The laptop was seized last week. ...more

February 16, 2009

A man in his mid-20s pretended to be a police officer and robbed a Bradenton man Friday, Bradenton police say. ...more

February 10, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's detective was taken to a hospital this afternoon after his unmarked car was involved in a crash with a BMW and a Mercedes-Benz. ...more

February 9, 2009

Police say a man impersonating a police officer stole $200 from a Bradenton apartment. ...more

February 8, 2009

The undercover St. Petersburg detective who was shot Jan. 26 while trying to apprehend robbery suspects was released from Bayfront Medical Center on Monday afternoon, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

February 4, 2009