A police cruiser rolled over after a pursuit early Monday along U.S. 301, where officials say a man smoked crack and taunted officers before he sped off in his van. ...more

January 6, 2009

On the wall of the Israeli government press office in Jerusalem is a stack of sticky notes pasted one on top of the other with 10,048 scrawled on the top. That is the number of Palestinian rockets and mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza since 2001. ...more

January 4, 2009

Another suspect was linked Monday to the case of a wife accused of hiring a band of hit-men to kill her husband. ...more

January 1, 2009

Tampa police are looking for three men accused of forcing Wachovia bank employees at gunpoint to open a safe. The attempted robbery occurred at 7:52 a.m. Tuesday at 214 S. Hyde Park Ave. ...more

December 17, 2008

An empty tank of gas likely saved Fenol Francois's life. On the morning of Nov. 18, Francois left his home early to fuel up before heading to work. In his absence, three men broke into his home at 8110 Nightwalker Road. ...more

December 17, 2008

As the number of Hispanics getting robbed at gunpoint continues to climb, the city's Hispanic outreach center is trying to arrange workshops to encourage the city's Mexican population to keep their cash in banks. ...more

December 15, 2008

Two Tampa men are being held without bond after being charged with kicking in an apartment door, holding up the tenant at gunpoint and then leading police on a high-speed chase. Javarius Lenear Taylor, 22, and Jamarcus Donnell Sapp, 19, were arrested at 8 p.m. Thursday. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA - Two Tampa men are being held without bond after being charged with kicking in an apartment door, holding up the tenant as gunpoint and then leading police on a high speed chase. Javarius Lenear Taylor, 22, and Jamarcus Donnell Sapp, 19, were arrested at 8 p.m. Thursday. ...more

December 12, 2008

Sarasota deputies have arrested a man they say raped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint this month. Marcoust Dula, 36, was arrested Wednesday night in Sarasota and is charged with sexual battery of a child, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, grand theft and kidnapping. ...more

December 11, 2008

Justin Maza pointed a firearm at a person Wednesday night and ordered him back inside a Tijuana Flats restaurant in Brandon, Hillsborough County deputies say. He held four people at gunpoint there, refusing to let them leave, and made a motion to one of the people to give him money, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. Maza, 19, later ran from the restaurant, 11007 Causeway Blvd. ...more

December 11, 2008