PLANT CITY POLICE This crime index is published in an effort to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Plant City Police Department between March 2-8 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by officers and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

March 18, 2009

A man booked into jail wearing an "I (heart) my marriage" T-shirt now is barred by a protective injunction from going near his wife and children, records show. ...more

March 17, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published in an effort to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Plant City Police Department between Feb. 23 and March 1 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by officers and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

March 11, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, March 5 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

March 10, 2009

A former Major League baseball player was charged with simple domestic battery Thursday afternoon after an argument with his ex-wife turned physical, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 7, 2009

A former Major League baseball player was charged with simple domestic battery Thursday afternoon after an argument with his ex-wife turned physical, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. Christopher M. Spurling's former wife said he "threw" her to the floor after a "minor dispute," a sheriff's report said. Spurling, 31, was a right-handed relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers from 2003 to 2007, according to Major League Baseball's official Web site. ...more

March 6, 2009

Siblings will fight over anything. On Thursday night, a brotherly dispute took a bizarre turn when Frederick Crevoiserat, 39, put out his brother's cigarette with a fire extinguisher, the sheriff's office said. "He wouldn't put it out, so I put it out for him," Crevoiserat said in a sheriff's report. "The victim advised the spray was unwanted and unwelcome," the report said. Crevoiserat lives with his brother, who was not named, at 4116 Grand Blvd. ...more

March 6, 2009

Authorities say a man struck his girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, a pregnant roommate and two children at a Bradenton residence Wednesday afternoon. ...more

March 5, 2009

A woman called authorities to her home after her half-sister arrived minutes earlier, punched her, put her in a headlock and head-butted her, deputies said. ...more

March 4, 2009

Law and Order briefs. ...more

February 25, 2009