Three South Carolina residents were released from a Hillsborough County jail Tuesday on $100,000 bail each; all face charges that they tried to extort $1.2 million from one of their relatives, Lazydays RV SuperCenter co-founder Don Wallace. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - Three South Carolina residents were released from a Hillsborough County jail Tuesday on $100,000 bail each; all face charges that they tried to extort $1.2 million from one of their relatives, Lazydays RV SuperCenter co-founder Don Wallace. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa man accused of dealing cocaine was arrested Monday night on charges he threatened a confidential informant who helped make the case against him. ...more

June 17, 2008

A physical-education teacher who just finished his first year with the Hillsborough County School District was arrested Sunday on a charge of felony cocaine possession. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A physical-education teacher who just finished his first year of employment with the Hillsborough County School District was arrested Sunday, charged with felony cocaine possession. ...more

June 16, 2008

Deputies charged two women with felony child abuse after they "jumped" a female minor, punching and kicking her, records state. ...more

June 2, 2008

Police are showing up more around adult businesses in Drew Park after complaints from residents and other business owners. ...more

May 29, 2008

A Land O' Lakes man is accused of embezzling nearly $1 million from DigiQuest Technologies, where he worked as chief operating officer, Tampa police said. ...more

May 24, 2008

Following two tips, Tampa police and U.S. marshals arrested a man wanted for rape in Maryland a day after America's Most Wanted television program aired a segment about him. ...more

February 17, 2008

AVON PARK — The 27-year-old Avon Park woman who was allegedly attacked by Paul Dian Hamilton on Sunday remained in critical condition at a local trauma center as of Friday evening. According to Avon Park Police Department interim Police Chief Michael Rowan, the woman was set to undergo surgery on Friday in an attempt to repair nerve damage she suffered to her hands. Rowan said that doctors were unsure as to whether the victim will ever have full use of her hands following the attack. Rowan also said the woman suffered severe cuts to her head and chest. Law enforcement officials are searching for the weapon that Hamilton allegedly used during the attack, which Rowan described as a "machete-type instrument." ...more

February 16, 2008