In the wake of a rape suspect's escape last year, multiple layers of razor wire are being added to the fence surrounding Falkenburg Road Jail. ...more

July 19, 2009

The girlfriend of Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes stabbed him in the head with a pair of scissors and in the neck with a knife, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

March 9, 2009

Brooksville police say 35-year-old Monty Gregg Albright robbed and strangled a man this week. Albright was arrested at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday. He was charged with first-degree homicide. Police say Albright went to 27 Cherry St. on Monday and bound the victim, 58-year-old Steven Van Slyke, who is a local property appraiser. Albright got Van Slyke's bank card and pin number, took the victim's vehicle to a bank machine and withdrew cash, police say. ...more

January 22, 2009

A suicidal man on top of the Sunshine Skyway told a St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue lieutenant on Friday it had been his worst Christmas. ...more

December 27, 2008

Religious and secular decorations alike get vandalized or stolen during the holiday season, but thanks to modern technology it is becoming a lot easier to prevent or resolve holiday heists. ...more

December 11, 2008

Jazz musician Valerie Gillespie and the Valerie Gillespie Quartet have released their fifth CD titled "A Little Rough Around the Edges." ...more

December 3, 2008

Police are investigating two armed robberies in South Tampa on Saturday that could be related. ...more

October 28, 2008

Sami Al-Arian lost a bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court consider his case. Al-Arian appealed rulings that he could be prosecuted for contempt for refusing to testify before a Virginia grand jury investigating Islamic charities. His attorneys argued that his 2006 plea agreement in Tampa exempted him from having to cooperate with prosecutors. ...more

October 7, 2008

Bartow's city commission rejected a proposed contract with the Polk County Sheriff's Office and opted to keep its own police department, City Manager George Long said. ...more

July 23, 2008

TAMPA - For the first time, a text tip received by Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay has resulted in arrest. ...more

July 8, 2008