A radio station's turkey-frying stunt was a recipe for disaster Friday morning when an attempt to cook the frozen bird in a van resulted in the vehicle catching fire, eventually injuring a firefighter. ...more

December 19, 2009

A radio station's turkey-frying stunt turned into a recipe for disaster when an attempt to cook the frozen bird in a van resulted in the vehicle catching fire. ...more

December 18, 2009

Tampa police are looking for a man with a sawed-off shotgun who robbed a 7-Eleven store on Gandy Boulevard early Sunday morning. ...more

July 14, 2009

Pinellas County sheriff's detectives continue to investigate a human trafficking ring and on Thursday announced the arrest of Roosevelt James "Pudgie" Wade, 31, 1910 Cobb Drive in Marietta, Ga., ...more

May 28, 2009

Firefighters extricated a man from a Mercedes after a two-vehicle wreck on Gandy Boulevard this morning in St. Petersburg. The man was flown to Bayfront Medical Center and was believed to be in critical condition following the 10:33 accident at 12022 Gandy Blvd. ...more

January 13, 2009

Lee Edward Cook Jr. severely beat a 6-year-old relative with a belt because the boy didn't do his homework, Tampa police say. A 2-year-old child also was left unattended by Cook, according to police. Police arrested Cook on Wednesday afternoon at 4109 W. Gandy Blvd., charging him with child abuse and child neglect. ...more

October 16, 2008

James Patrick Fry, whose body was found in August in his burned sport utility vehicle, died as a result of a homicide, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said today. ...more

October 15, 2008

Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives have identified a body found Saturday in a burned sport utility vehicle as that of its owner, 47-year-old James Patrick Fry. ...more

August 27, 2008

Stephanie Fry says she knew before police told her the man found in a burning sport utility vehicle Saturday was her father. ...more

August 26, 2008

Stephanie Fry says she is pretty sure the man found in a burning car Saturday was her father, James Fry. They had a lunch date Saturday, she says. He was going to buy her a television for her new apartment in Sarasota. Then they were going to go to Livingstone's to eat pizza and shoot pool. ...more

August 25, 2008