A teenager was shot twice in the chest this afternoon and found lying on a sidewalk, Tampa police said. ...more

November 12, 2009

By all indicators, Raquel Torres should be cleaning houses. And that's only if she had stayed out of a drug gang. ...more

November 1, 2009

A Miami woman was returned from Orange County and jailed in Highlands County Tuesday on a slew of charges stemming from an alleged illegal shopping spree. ...more

January 29, 2009

Detectives are looking for two men after two people were injured during an armed robbery and shooting Saturday afternoon at Lucky Pool, 4717 49th St. N. ...more

August 24, 2008

Detectives are looking for two suspects following an armed robbery and shooting at Lucky Pool, 4717 49th St. N., that left two people injured Saturday afternoon. ...more

August 23, 2008

Rigoberto Moron Martinez had worked at one of the restaurants where he is accused of raping an employee during a robbery, and investigators believe he did so, at least in part, because of a dispute over money he had had with the owner. ...more

August 22, 2008

PALMETTO - A 22-year-old man was killed Saturday morning in Palmetto in what investigators think was a gang-related shooting, police said. ...more

May 31, 2008

LAKE PLACID — When a Lake Placid man came home at 7:40 p.m. Friday, he found his roommates being held at gunpoint by three robbers, one with a pistol, the other with a sawed-off shotgun. A lookout was outside. The man took off, said sheriff's Lt. Kenny Johnson, and so did the other occupants of No. 8 Parkdale Drive. When they returned, they discovered the man's wallet was missing, along with cash and other items. ...more

December 23, 2007

Hillsborough County School Board members continued to question their process of awarding contracts Tuesday while approving two they had placed on hold. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies are scouring a Pebble Creek subdivision northeast of Tampa this afternoon looking for a trio of burglars, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. At 2:15 p.m., Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded to a home invasion robbery at a home on Big Pond Way in Tampa. ...more

October 31, 2007