St. Petersburg police today released a video of an armed robbery in which the suspect asked that the cash be put in a trash-can liner. The holdup occurred at 3 p.m. Friday at the Pinellas Federal Credit Union, 3100 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg police said. ...more

September 21, 2009

Hernando High School Principal Ken Pritz got some complaints from parents after the school's homecoming this year. ...more

February 28, 2009

A man in his mid-20s pretended to be a police officer and robbed a Bradenton man Friday, Bradenton police say. ...more

February 10, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man who robbed a Bank of America on Thursday morning. ...more

January 10, 2009

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man who robbed a Bank of America on Thursday morning. ...more

January 9, 2009

TAMPA A man who stole scores of laptop computers across the country, then sold them on eBay, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today. U.S. District Judge James Moody imposed the maximum statutory sentence on Eric Brandon Almly, 34, exceeding federal sentencing guidelines by two years. ...more

December 10, 2008

Detectives are searching for a suspect from an armed robbery at a Palm Harbor bank on Sunday afternoon. ...more

November 9, 2008

Polk County deputies are seeking help finding Cosme Olay Ibay, a missing elderly man. ...more

September 12, 2008

People who knew him say that when Lee Boswell turned up at Florida College, they could have placed a wager on the garb he would sport and the gifts he would bear. ...more

August 27, 2008

People who knew him say that when Lee Boswell turned up at Florida College, they could have placed a wager on the garb he would sport and the gifts he would bear. "He would arrive on campus in khaki pants, a straw hat and usually with a cigar in his mouth," said Bob Owen, Florida College president from 1982 to 1991. "And, he always had two sacks: One was a sack of oranges for the students, and one was a sack of money to make sure the faculty got paid." Owen, who is married to Boswell's daughter Janelle, was among the speakers at the Aug. 15 dedication of the new 320-capacity Boswell Hall for male students, named in honor of the college's longtime supporter, a Lakeland citrus farmer who died in 1994, and his wife, Margaret, the mother of their five daughters. The ceremony also marked the opening of the Christian college's 90-student-capacity Terrace Hall, the neighboring new women's dormitory. ...more

August 22, 2008