The former property manager at BayWalk, St. Petersburg's downtown entertainment and retail complex, killed himself Wednesday, authorities say. ...more

June 11, 2009

The 53-year-old man found at Philippe Park this morning with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head has died, the Pinellas Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 10, 2009

Two administrators at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg are suspected of having stolen tens of thousands of dollars in state funds by having checks made to companies that didn't provide any products in return, according to court documents. ...more

March 23, 2009

A Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge has replaced the receiver assigned earlier this week to oversee the downtown BayWalk entertainment complex, which is the subject of a foreclosure action. Hunter Swearingen of Ciminelli Real Estate Services is the new receiver and property manager, appointed Friday afternoon by Circuit Judge Thomas McGrady. Swearingen replaces Howard Rosenthal, the initial appointee, who on Thursday was booked at the Pinellas County Jail on a grand theft charge involving an accusation he stole nearly $171,000 from his former employer, Colliers Arnold Real Estate. ...more

January 16, 2009

The interim manager of the BayWalk shopping and entertainment complex in St. Petersburg was arrested today, accused of taking more than $170,000 from a real estate company where he used to work. Howard Rosenthal, 53, of 527 Harbor Groves Circle, Safety Harbor, was charged with one count of felony grand theft. He took over as BayWalk interim manager this week; none of the charges are connected to his work at BayWalk. ...more

January 15, 2009

Some people worry, when they've been away from home, that they might return to find something missing. ...more

October 18, 2008

Some $10,000 worth of gasoline was pilfered from two tanks at a St. Petersburg gas station this week, police said. ...more

September 13, 2008

Some $10,000 worth of gasoline was pilfered from two tanks at a St. Petersburg gas station this week, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

September 12, 2008

Medicare's top officials said in 2006 that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, keeping billions of dollars out of the hands of people trying to game the system. ...more

August 21, 2008

A group of 20 homeowners in Cory Lake Isles sued the community's developer Friday, accusing him of spending homeowner fees on personal expenses and to subsidize his other businesses. ...more

June 28, 2008