Luis Vizcaino, a Colorado Rockies baseball player, was arrested this morning for driving under the influence, according to the Hillsborough County Jail Web site. Vizcaino was driving a red Cadillac 71 mph in a 45-mph zone at the 4800 block of North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa police say. ...more

October 27, 2008

A 46-year-old woman was arrested this morning on charges she struck a man in the head with a hammer at her apartment while taking his wallet from him, according to Hillsborough County jail records. ...more

October 18, 2008

Police at Tampa International Airport on Monday arrested a woman after security screeners found a switchblade knife inside her handbag, an affidavit states. ...more

October 14, 2008

Two residents stymied a would-be burglar, holding him at bay with garden tools, police said, until they could make an arrest. ...more

October 13, 2008

State investigators accused a husband and wife of trying to stage a traffic wreck for insurance money. ...more

October 8, 2008

A local defense attorney who is married to a circuit court judge is accused of propositioning an undercover police officer for sex, records show. Kevin Napper, 51, of Tampa was released from a Hillsborough County jail Monday on $250 bail. He is charged with soliciting another to commit prostitution, a misdemeanor. ...more

September 30, 2008

Police charged a 37-year-old man with misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor after officers found him drinking a beer with a 17-year-old girl, a report states. ...more

September 30, 2008

When Carlos Bello takes his medication, no one questions his mental competence. ...more

September 27, 2008

Prosecutors were unable to persuade Hillsborough Circuit Judge Ronald Ficarrotta today to proceed with imposing punishment on Carlos Bello for killing a Tampa policeman, continuing more than 20 years of legal yo-yoing. ...more

September 26, 2008

Pinellas deputies' search for a woman they say repeatedly fired a gun into a family's house because of a business dispute is getting national attention. ...more

September 19, 2008