A man who had pulled a black T-shirt over his face and head, covering everything except for his eyes, robbed a St. Petersburg convenience store at gunpoint this evening, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

Police have released the name of a man they say robbed a group of men, shot one and pistol-whipped another, then carjacked a woman before shooting at police and ultimately turning the gun on himself Friday afternoon. ...more

March 21, 2009

Two women in a stolen vehicle led police on a chase that ended only after the getaway car struck and seriously injured a pedestrian, collided with a patrol car and then hit two civilian vehicles, authorities said. ...more

March 21, 2009

A St. Petersburg police officer is recovering after he chased a suspect on foot then was dragged at least 150 feet by the apparent getaway car. ...more

March 11, 2009

Bobby Lee Black III opted to gamble on a jury to resolve one of two rape cases against him. ...more

February 17, 2009

A man in Washington state made sure a pair of burglars didn't get away with his three flat-screen televisions — he moved their getaway car. ...more

February 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Lisa Michelle Dillard, a woman charged as an accomplice in a fatal purse-snatching in November, is accused of snatching a purse weeks earlier. ...more

January 24, 2009

Lake Wales police arrested two robbery suspects Thursday night, including one whose death penalty conviction for a 1998 murder of a citrus grower had been overturned, leading to his release. ...more

January 23, 2009

Lisa Michelle Dillard, the woman charged as an accomplice in a fatal purse-snatching in November, is accused of snatching a purse weeks before. After seeing news reports about the mugging and subsequent death of Linda Roma at a TJ Maxx in Hudson, another victim recognized Dillard as the woman who also snatched her purse Nov. 8 at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Port Richey, according to a report. ...more

January 23, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who used a machete in a bank robbery. The man entered the Bank of America, 5923 State Road 54, in New Port Richey, about 9:45 a.m., sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said. No one was injured in the robbery, Doll said. ...more

January 6, 2009