TAMPA - Joshua James Wilkins was charged with first-degree murder today after stabbing a 28-year-old man more than a dozen times and fleeing with the victim's leased car to Texas, Hillsborough County officials said. ...more

December 10, 2007

An unarmed, mentally ill teenager could be heard cursing and yelling "I've got a gun!" during a frantic 911 call made by his exasperated mother before police arrived and killed him with a 20-bullet barrage, according to a tape of the call released Tuesday. ...more

November 14, 2007

TAMPA - Three Tampa men have been charged with carrying out a spree of armed robberies in Tampa, Seffner and Brandon, their crimes growing increasingly violent and culminating in the stabbing of a man, deputies say. Four of the incidents took place this weekend; another occurred Oct. 19. ...more

October 31, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A 23-year-old man shot in the chest by a deputy last week is out of the hospital and behind bars. ...more

October 24, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The 23-year-old man shot in the chest by a deputy last week is out of the hospital and behind bars. Stephen Micholics, of 3450 Devonshire Drive, Holiday, was booked into Land O' Lakes Jail on Monday evening on a charge of aggravated assault. His bail is set at $50,000. ...more

October 23, 2007

HOLIDAY - The mother of a 23-year-old man shot in the chest by a Pasco County deputy last night says her son wasn't armed with knife he was holding a metal spatula. ...more

October 17, 2007

A home-schooled teenager who felt bullied amassed a cache of guns, knives and hand grenades and tried to recruit another boy for a possible school attack, authorities said Thursday. ...more

October 12, 2007