Shortly after he burst into a woman's home and robbed her at gunpoint, taking a laptop computer, a man tried selling the piece of electronics equipment to someone in her neighborhood, St. Petersburg police say. But the would-be buyer grew suspicious and took a picture of the man, police say. Now investigators hope that by releasing the buyer's photograph they might get a tip as to who he is. ...more

October 28, 2009

The Muslim father of a runaway Ohio teen who converted to Christianity says he believes the ordeal started with a gift he gave her last fall - a laptop computer. ...more

August 30, 2009

Police arrested two juveniles early this morning and charged them with breaking into the home of St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker and stealing electronic equipment, including a laptop computer. Charged with the burglary of Baker's home this week were Jeffrey Fleming, 15, and Terrill Floyd, 16. ...more

August 7, 2009

As a longtime resident of Sebring and reader of Highlands Today, I would like to make the following observation: I go to the library to do business research where the information must be entered into a laptop computer. ...more

July 1, 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

An infrared device originally used to help troops detect suicide bombers is now available for local law enforcement agencies, and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has purchased two of them, according to a spokesman for the company selling them. ...more

March 17, 2009

Clearwater police have arrested a 25-year-old Clearwater man on charges he manufactured checks and then used them to get cash. ...more

March 10, 2009

The man charged with killing 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood visited the bar where her father, Dale Fullwood, worked and was once seen huddled with Fullwood looking at child pornography on a laptop computer, newly released law enforcement documents show. ...more

March 2, 2009

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating 13 to 20 car break-ins that occurred overnight in a residential neighborhood in Madeira Beach, authorities said. There also might have been a few additional car burglaries in nearby Indian Shores. ...more

February 23, 2009

Two people in a parking lot outside a Starbucks tackled a would-be laptop snatcher Saturday at an outlet mall in Ellenton, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 22, 2009