Oscar Richardson, convicted of robbing a Tampa convenience store at gunpoint, escaped from a work release center 30 years ago. Investigators finally captured him Saturday in Missouri, where he has lived under an assumed name for most of the past three decades, according to the News-Leader in Springfield, Mo. ...more

December 21, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say held up a bank this afternoon. ...more

December 21, 2009

A probation officer was arrested on a domestic battery charge Sunday night after repeatedly kicking her estranged husband in the testicles, a sheriff's report states. ...more

December 21, 2009

A 26-year-old man was jailed Saturday after sending his ex-girlfriend an e-mail on MySpace even though she had a domestic violence injunction against him. ...more

December 21, 2009

A fugitive who fled from a work release program in St. Petersburg two months ago has been arrested in Hillsborough County, Pinellas deputies say. ...more

December 18, 2009

A search in St. Petersburg for two armed suspects who threatened somebody at a Tampa nightclub is over, but the pair was not found, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

December 18, 2009

TAMPA -- A 31-year-old Tampa man sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a parking lot near his home, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Michael Cornelius Williams on Wednesday evening. ...more

December 17, 2009

TAMPA -- Arson investigators say that an early morning fire today, which heavily damaged a vacant house near a neighborhood that has been plagued by a series of arsons this year, appears suspicious. This morning's blaze is the 19th over the past 12 months in and near the V.M. Ybor neighborhood just north of the historic district. ...more

December 15, 2009

Bay County deputies say a 23-year-old man who was shocked with a stun gun died after choking on a large bag of marijuana during an attempted arrest. ...more

December 12, 2009

With a rash of arsons plaguing the V.M. Ybor neighborhood, Tampa Fire Rescue has created a new link on its Web site for anonymous tipsters. ...more

December 11, 2009