It was a drug deal gone "very, very bad" and someone ended up dead, Pasco County Sheriff's Office Detective Lisa Shoneman said Wednesday, summing up a fatal shooting Sunday. ...more

July 24, 2008

It was a drug deal gone "very, very bad" and someone ended up dead, Pasco County Sheriff's Office Detective Lisa Shoneman said today, summing up a fatal shooting Sunday. By today, the three men detectives think are responsible for the slaying of Pedro Perez were behind bars and facing felony murder charges. ...more

July 23, 2008

Authorities have identified a man fatally shot in the chest at a home in Port Richey on Sunday, Pasco County sheriff's deputies say. Pedro Perez, of 9735 El Camino Paloma St., was shot several times in the chest, sheriff's spokesman Doug Tobin said. Perez is believed to be 42 years old. ...more

July 21, 2008

A man was shot in the chest this afternoon at a home on El Camino Paloma Street, and Pasco County sheriff's deputies are searching for two men who drove off in a white or pearl Cadillac. ...more

July 20, 2008

Relaxing in their Seffner backyard on Memorial Day evening, Ann and Jose Delafuento would not have been surprised to hear a few fireworks. But Jose Delafuento knew he wasn't hearing Roman candles shooting off. "It was definitely gunshots. Seven or eight of them. Pow, pow, pow," he said. A few minutes later, the Delafuentos discovered the source of the shots as sheriff's cruisers hastened to the CNK Beverage Pit at 12002 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., nearly across from their home. ...more

May 27, 2008

About 20 pirates kicked off the long prelude to Saturday's events today when they arrived downtown aboard a parade float to abduct the mayor and demand the city's surrender. ...more

January 22, 2008

An 18-year-old man was recovering Wednesday from a gunshot wound after a shooting at Branchwood and Joe King roads, north of State Road 60 in the Bealsville area, officials said. ...more

November 29, 2007

Arthur Bremer, who as a young loner 35 years ago made a bold grab for notoriety by shooting four people - including Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace - in a suburban Maryland parking lot, was released from state prison early Friday morning after officials said he had turned himself into a "model prisoner." ...more

November 10, 2007

Polk County deputies are seeking information about the fatal shooting of one horse and the wounding of another in the Fort Meade area this weekend. ...more

October 30, 2007

Polk County deputies are seeking information about the fatal shooting of one horse and the wounding of another in the Fort Meade area this weekend. "It's a senseless crime," Deputy Sheriff Mike Ard said Monday. "These animals are standing out there doing their thing and minding their own business. And for whatever reason, somebody shot them."." ...more

October 29, 2007