Randy Nowak of Mulberry says a friend he loved like a brother manipulated him into hiring a hit man to kill an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer. ...more

December 17, 2008

Police said they twice Tasered a man who refused to drop a gun and then ran away before attacking an officer. ...more

December 15, 2008

A man accused of firing an assault rifle on the streets of Plant City Friday during a massive manhunt was denied bail today on multiple charges. ...more

December 6, 2008

Largo police shot and wounded a 36-year-old man this morning after he pointed a knife and then a replica of a handgun at them, officials said. ...more

December 6, 2008

A lawyer was stunned with a Taser twice this afternoon after he became upset at a Tampa Code Enforcement Board meeting, police say. ...more

November 26, 2008

A man and woman are accused of pulling a gun on an undercover officer during a drug buy, forcing a struggle for the weapon. ...more

November 22, 2008

Garrey Deon Gibson continued resisting arrest Tuesday night even after being zapped by a Taser, Hillsborough County deputies say. About 9:50 p.m. at Symmes Road and North Street in Gibsonton, deputies conducted a traffic stop on Gibson. They saw him put a green leafy substance into his mouth, and they believed it was marijuana. ...more

November 19, 2008

A 39-year-old Plant City man placed a new John Deere lawn tractor in his mother-in-law's shed, Hillsborough County deputies say. It was valued at $1,650. One problem: It had been reported stolen to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 18, 2008

Sequence had a rough Sunday morning patrolling the streets of Ybor City. The Tampa Police Department horse had a leg grabbed, was struck by two women and later was harassed or intimidated by another person, police say. ...more

November 18, 2008

Sequence had a rough Sunday morning patrolling the streets of Ybor City. The Tampa Police Department horse had a leg grabbed, was struck by two women and later was harassed or intimidated by another person, police say. ...more

November 17, 2008