Officers shot and killed a pit bull this morning after it charged them and bit one, St. Pete police said. ...more

July 15, 2009

A St. Petersburg police officer has been suspended for two days after she left a woman arrested for a traffic violation in a van for up to 45 minutes while the officer went to get lunch, according to police documents released this afternoon. ...more

February 19, 2009

A St. Petersburg police officer resigned amid allegations she falsified her application for a job with the department. Had Elisha Perkins not resigned, she would have been fired, according to a police memorandum released Monday. ...more

November 4, 2008

Had he not retired, a St. Petersburg police officer would have been fired for posting degrading computer-altered pictures of police administrators and others on a Web site popular in the law enforcement community, according to a memorandum released this afternoon. ...more

July 24, 2008

Administrators think the effectiveness of a Seminole High School teacher "has been diminished" after an investigation revealed he picked up a 17-year-old boy at a bar and took him to his apartment for sex, Pinellas County school documents show. Now, Superintendent Clayton Wilcox wants Gerald DiPanfilo fired. ...more

February 8, 2008

LARGO - School administrators think the effectiveness of a Seminole High School teacher "has been diminished" after an investigation revealed he picked up a 17-year-old boy at a bar and took him back to his apartment for sex, Pinellas school documents show. ...more

February 7, 2008