Officer Prentice K. Shellman didn't buckle an arrestee into the back seat of his police cruiser. He didn't close the cruiser's window. And he didn't notice when the arrestee escaped out the window as Shellman drove to an inmate transport van. ...more

December 23, 2009

A transient was sentenced to five years in prison this morning in connection with the strangulation of a man in Clearwater in 2008. ...more

December 22, 2009

TAMPA -- A 31-year-old Tampa man sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a parking lot near his home, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Michael Cornelius Williams on Wednesday evening. ...more

December 17, 2009

Police are investigating whether a botched 911 distress call contributed to the recent death of a motorist on Lovering Road. ...more

December 17, 2009

A man was robbed and shot Monday morning outside his apartment apparently by four teenagers, the St. Petersburg Police Department said. ...more

December 7, 2009

In the classic Bill Murray military comedy "Stripes," Murray's character, John Winger, gets dumped by his girlfriend, who said she needs someone who will grow with her. "Talk about massive potential for growth!!" Winger, a committed and newly jobless slacker, shouts as the girlfriend walks out of his life for good. We flashed back to that scene when we read the comments John Hagen offered after being named the president of the Pasco Economic Development Council. ...more

November 25, 2009

Man wanted on violation of probation, domestic battery charges ...more

November 19, 2009

A Sebring man remained in the Highlands County Jail Wednesday under no bond following his arrest for allegedly assaulting his brother's girlfriend and snatching her cell phone. ...more

November 19, 2009

An 88-year-old man was reportedly just returning a lost dog to a woman, but her boyfriend told law enforcement a different story after being arrested on battery charges against a person over 65. ...more

November 5, 2009

The Clearwater Police Department clarified its rundown of a shooting, saying a suspect did not fire at an officer before the officer fired at him. Neither the suspect nor the officer was struck with a bullet in the Saturday night incident. ...more

November 2, 2009