Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a pharmacy Thursday by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the AIDS virus. ...more

April 17, 2009

A gunman who tried to rob a couple outside a restaurant fled when one of the victims fought back, karate chopping the would-be robber's arm, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. The gunman remains at large, despite deputies' efforts to track him with a dog, the report said. The attempted robbery happened about 9 p.m. Monday as a husband and wife, ages 59 and 58, left the Sioux City Steakhouse at 8515 Little Road, where they had just eaten dinner, the report said. As they approached their car, a man came up, holding a handgun in his left hand, and told them he was sick and wanted their wallets, the report said. ...more

April 7, 2009

Tampa police today released video from the Bank of America branch at 3439 W. Hillsborough Ave. that shows the Feb. 12 robbery. ...more

February 19, 2009

A Chevrolet Tahoe stolen in Dade County was spotted near Ruskin this morning hauling a trailer and two personal watercraft that was reported stolen from St. Pete Beach, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

February 17, 2009

Polk County Sheriff's deputies are seeking the public's help in identifying an armed robbery suspect who robbed a Lake Wales convenience store. ...more

January 8, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies are working an attempted robbery at American Momentum bank, 15150 N. Florida Ave. ...more

January 5, 2009

Pinellas Park police are investigating a shooting near 81st Avenue and North 49th Street, an official said. ...more

December 18, 2008

Tampa police say that three times in the past month, a man threatened to shoot employees at area businesses if they did not give him money from their cash registers, police say. ...more

December 15, 2008

A 63-year-old woman thwarted an attempt by a young woman to take her vehicle in a Palm Harbor parking lot Wednesday night, even though the would-be carjacker pistol-whipped her, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 11, 2008

A man who police say robbed a Subway restaurant Sunday night was polite and apologetic, even when he demanded money and threatened to shoot an employee. ...more

December 8, 2008