There was food aplenty but fewer guests than expected to share the feast as volunteers for THORN Ministries traveled to several locations in Tampa frequented by the homeless to deliver Thanksgiving dinners. ...more

November 27, 2008

A homeless man apparently crawled over or under a security fence at Tampa International Airport and carried a suitcase onto a runway Saturday night before an airline pilot spotted him and airport police arrested him, authorities said. ...more

November 18, 2008

PLANT CITY A homeless man was charged last week after he was accused of yanking copper wire from a Plant City business, causing extensive damage to three air conditioners, according to a police report. ...more

October 22, 2008

A former Chicago police commander was arrested at his Apollo Beach home Tuesday on federal charges relating to a torture case. ...more

October 22, 2008

Three people eating breakfast on an outdoor patio called for police Monday after a homeless man exposed himself in front of them, an affidavit states. The man, Eric Vickers, 36, was held at Orient Road Jail today on $750 bail. Police charged him with misdemeanor exposure of sexual organs and possessing an open container, an ordinance violation. ...more

October 21, 2008

From street racers to pornography producers to foreclosure ripoff artists to sellers of scrap metal for recycling, there's a little something for everyone affected by some 30 new state laws that went into effect Oct. 1. ...more

October 4, 2008

A jury on Friday found two South Florida men guilty of fatally beating a homeless man with a baseball bat and viciously attacking two others. ...more

September 20, 2008

Two men charged with beating a homeless man to death and viciously attacking two others intended to kill because they repeatedly hit the victims in the head with baseball bats, a prosecutor said Thursday. ...more

September 5, 2008

Divers from the Tampa Police Department recovered the body of a man today who apparently drowned in the Tampa Bypass Canal. ...more

August 17, 2008

A group of homeless people waiting in line for food outside city hall Tuesday night beat unconscious a man who had attacked two of their group for no apparent reason, St. Petersburg police said. The man was incoherent and could not be identified, St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa said. ...more

July 30, 2008