It's reassuring that local law enforcement appears intent on keeping the lid on gang crime. Last week, some 75 suspected gang members were arrested in a joint operation conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Tampa Police Department, Florida Highway Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshal Service. ...more

February 28, 2009

Four Lake Placid middle school students are facing expulsion due to what the school calls gang-related activity in the past two months, but Principal Derrel Bryan said there has been no gang-related violence on the school's campus. ...more

February 5, 2009

While cars raced by below, a band of youngsters eagerly took paint rollers to concrete covering up graffiti on a Suncoast Parkway overpass. ...more

July 11, 2008

Rosalina Ocasio's face painting matched her shirt. The 7-year-old Mort Elementary student had the flag of Puerto Rico painted on her face; her shirt also displayed the emblem. ...more

December 22, 2007

PARRISH - Police are looking for vandals who "tagged" more than a dozen houses, cars and mailboxes with gang graffiti over the weekend, authorities reported. ...more

November 19, 2007