CLEARWATER - The man charged with robbing five pharmacies in the Tampa Bay area for drugs – and suspected of robbing one more – has told authorities the narcotics were for his own use, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office authorities say. ...more

September 19, 2008

DUNEDIN A standoff ended this morning with a suspect's surrender and the discovery of a body inside his home. ...more

September 13, 2008

Audie Grogg, who says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, was arrested Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. ...more

September 5, 2008

TAMPA - Audie Grogg, who says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, was arrested today on a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. ...more

September 4, 2008

A series of rapes in the Tampa Bay area that has been blamed on three Mexican nationals set off a battle over the way law enforcement handles illegal immigrants, with a congresswoman and the Hillsborough County sheriff trading barbs and some local residents arguing that the immigrant crime problem had gotten out of hand. ...more

August 29, 2008

Like the politician she is, Republican Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, who represents the swamps and woods of Hernando, Citrus, Sumter and parts of Pasco counties, sent out news releases to the media the other day, attacking Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee and his office for not digging into the identity of Rigoberto Moron Martinez, a suspect in a series of violent attacks across the Tampa Bay region. ...more

August 27, 2008

The Pleasure Palace is a place where "sexy is the dress code" and "where the world comes to play," according to its Web site. ...more

August 7, 2008

TAMPA - The Pleasure Palace is a place where "sexy is the dress code" and "where the world comes to play," according to its Web site. ...more

August 6, 2008

This is an admittedly cynical guess, but do you suppose local mouthpiece Johnny Trevena's efforts to get Gov. Charlie Crist to stick his nose into the Sabrina Aisenberg case has about as much of a chance of succeeding as Jeff Garcia offering to pick up Brett Favre at the airport? ...more

August 2, 2008

An investigation into a couple selling dogs for hundreds of dollars led to a Seffner home in deplorable conditions and 55 goats, 35 dogs and seven cats living in filth, said Marti Ryan of Hillsborough County Animal Services. ...more

July 30, 2008