Beau Richard Wallace admits he made a mistake. "I had the laser on the helicopter for about five seconds," the 18-year-old Palm Harbor resident said Thursday. "It was a bad idea. I'll never do it again." ...more

December 18, 2009

In the end, it was the ice cream truck that led deputies to her. Now, 22-year-old Christierae Ogden faces a felony charge of uttering a forged check. She was arrested by deputies Tuesday at the Land O' Lakes Jail, where she was being held on previous charges. ...more

December 17, 2009

It was almost a cool getaway, but in the end it was the ice cream truck that eventually led deputies to her. ...more

December 16, 2009

When Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies showed up at 513 Greenway Drive about noon Sunday, a cockfight was under way behind the house. ...more

December 14, 2009

Lance Matthew Rogers was earning about $100 a week selling pirated movies, said Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kevin Doll. ...more

December 10, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, is no hardcore drug lord; just a "mama's boy" who never would hurt a woman, says his stepfather, Karey Freeman, of Tallahassee. ...more

December 6, 2009

Jordan Valdez, the Davis Islands teenager charged in the hit-and-run death of a homeless woman, was sentenced today to probation and 250 hours of community service. Circuit Judge Chet A. Tharpe decided the 17-year-old should be sentenced as a juvenile. ...more

November 24, 2009

Polk County authorities say Stephen Horne will have to live with one of those choices in life that can't be undone yet changes everything. ...more

November 10, 2009

Could nursing mothers be exempt from jury duty? That's a question Florida lawmakers may soon answer. On Tuesday, a proposal allowing an exemption to women who are breast feeding passed its first test, with only one dissenting vote, the News Service of Florida reported. ...more

November 6, 2009

Highlands County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Riley says he was hit in the chest by a thrown cellphone Saturday night after being dispatched to a Decatur Street home to check on an argument. ...more

November 5, 2009