A member of a jury that ordered a prominent car dealer to pay millions in an age discrimination case has been found guilty of filing a false police report. ...more

February 24, 2009

A mother is blaming Scientologists for her disabled son's death, which police ruled a suicide. ...more

February 17, 2009

Sarasota County will immediately change how it handles 911 calls as a result of an infant's death last month, when emergency workers were sent to an address 30 miles from the baby's home. ...more

February 11, 2009

A 22-month internal affairs investigation using GPS technology has resulted in the departure of four Tampa police officers accused of billing the department for hours they didn't work. ...more

December 19, 2008

What started as a multimillion-dollar age discrimination verdict against a prominent auto dealer has turned into a sheriff's investigation into a 21-year-old former car dealer who served on the jury. ...more

September 19, 2008

Pasco Sheriff's deputies are investigating the theft of about 75 gallons of gasoline that were siphoned from three U-Haul trucks at a rental business in Land O' Lakes. ...more

July 3, 2008

Authorities are looking for two women who were seen bringing four children on a shoplifting trip to a Bealls department store on Route 54 in New Port Richey. The women were captured on store surveillance cameras as they entered the store, selected a large purse and began taking items from the men's and children's sections and putting them in the purse, according to an investigation report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Department. ...more

July 1, 2008

A 28-year-old Bartow man was killed in a car wreck on U.S. 98 in Polk County early this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

July 1, 2008

TAMPA - Before being charged with having sex with two underage students, teacher Stephanie Ragusa told one of the boys during a 17-minute phone conversation that she knew what they had done was illegal. ...more

May 8, 2008

The reliability of Charlotte County's 911 system came into question Friday after more details were released about an emergency call that might have saved the life of slain North Port mother Denise Lee. ...more

February 16, 2008