PLANT CITY - Michael Joseph Lizzi rammed a Hillsborough County sergeant's patrol car with his Chevrolet Monte Carlo this morning and tried running over two Florida Highway Patrol troopers, authorities say. ...more

December 30, 2007

The saying goes among law enforcement officers that New Year's Eve is "amateur night" for the drunks on the road. ...more

December 29, 2007

About halfway through the deposition of phony wrestler Dolt Hogan, Pinellas/Pasco Assistant State Attorney Scott Rosenwasser had to be thinking to himself: "This dim bulb has to be dumber than a sack of aardvarks. ...more

December 13, 2007

A head-on collision between two pickups on the Hernando County / Sumter County line killed one person and sent several to the hospital, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said. ...more

November 23, 2007

TAMPA - By air and by land, Florida Highway Patrol troopers will be looking for errant drivers this Thanksgiving holiday. ...more

November 21, 2007

Besides turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie, another thing is certain this holiday: traffic. Lots of it. ...more

November 21, 2007

APOLLO BEACH – A trio wanted in connection with a series of smash-and-grab vehicle burglaries from Pasco to Miami-Dade counties were arrested Thursday on Interstate 75 in southern Hillsborough County, authorities said. ...more

November 2, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A New Port Richey woman turned herself in at the Land O' Lakes jail this morning to face charges related to an incident Oct. 21 that sent a teenager to the hospital with numerous broken bones. ...more

October 31, 2007

Florida Highway Patrol troopers this week are focusing their speed guns on tractor-trailer rigs to reduce fatal accidents because commercial drivers have been involved in more than their share recently. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - Florida Highway Patrol troopers this week are focusing their attentions – and speed guns – on those behind the wheels of semis and commercial trucks. The initiative, dubbed Operation Safe Ride, is the result of a disproportionate number of fatal wrecks involving aggressive tractor-trailer drivers, troopers said. ...more

October 24, 2007