A Tampa police officer was stabbed in the neck Saturday night at North Oregon Avenue and West Chestnut Street, police say. ...more

July 27, 2008

Authorities have arrested a Tampa man they say robbed a Blockbuster video store at knifepoint this week. Shermon Allen, 30, of 4708 Mill Pond Lane, was booked into the Pinellas County Jail today on charges of robbery with a deadly weapon and kidnapping, among others, jail records show. ...more

July 25, 2008

Criss Angel's not sleeping a lot. He's got a few things on his mind, like how he's going to get out of the Spyglass Hotel in Clearwater Beach in the three and half minutes before 450 sticks of dynamite explode and bring the old building to the ground. ...more

July 25, 2008

Criss "Mindfreak" Angel will visit a Clearwater beachfront hotel next week, but he won't be taking in the sun and surf. ...more

July 24, 2008

A nicely-dressed man robbed a Blockbuster video store on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard this morning handcuffing the manager before breaking into a safe, police said. ...more

July 22, 2008

"Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life," by Neil Steinberg (Dutton, $24.95) ...more

July 13, 2008

With a dresser drawer attached to her wrist by handcuffs, Norma Neumann stepped outside her mobile home Thursday and spotted a neighbor. ...more

July 11, 2008

HUDSON - Pasco County deputies are looking for four men who broke into a home just before noon today, stole guns, ammunition and other valuables and handcuffed one occupant, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

July 10, 2008

A camp counselor who worked with troubled teens was arrested on a possession of marijuana charge this weekend. ...more

July 8, 2008

SEBRING – A father who was mistakenly detained by sheriff's bailiffs who mistook him for his son is an angry man. He's angry that the mistake happened despite his insistence that they had the wrong man. He's even angrier that they didn't apologize after realizing their mistake. Wellington E. Clarke Jr., 47, of Sebring, said he was shocked to find himself handcuffed at the Highlands County Courthouse while he was there taking care of personal business June 12. "I went to court to collect back child support my ex owed," Clarke Jr. said. "The judge said, before you go, you've got unsettled business with the sheriff's office. Three, a lady and two men came up to me and said we've got a warrant." ...more

July 7, 2008