First, deputies say, Gary Eugene Adams and another man tried to kidnap and rape a woman they found walking along a road. After the woman escaped, Adams tried to run down a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy who tried to stop him, and then he sped away, running red lights and crossing into oncoming lanes, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

September 4, 2008

Three Tampa police officers suffered minor injuries in a fight with a man early this morning. ...more

September 2, 2008

A Tampa man drove through a school zone Wednesday with an excessive blood-alcohol level, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies say. ...more

August 22, 2008

While being taken to the Land O' Lakes Jail late Friday, Emmanuel Louis Fellouzis could have kept his mouth shut. Instead, he uttered something that could top a list of things one shouldn't say while handcuffed in the back of a sheriff's cruiser. ...more

August 16, 2008

A Sebring woman is in jail after she reportedly tried to swing and kick at a deputy and spat on the officer while he responded to a trespass complaint Wednesday night on Lawrence Avenue in Sebring, according to a sheriff's office report. ...more

August 14, 2008

A Miami man was free Monday on $6,500 bail after being arrested during a traffic stop in which he was a passenger, and being charged as a convicted felon in possession of a gun. ...more

August 12, 2008

Luis E. Zavala told a person he was a law enforcement officer and demanded to see her driver's license Sunday night, deputies say. One problem: Zavala isn't a law enforcement officer. ...more

August 4, 2008

A 66-year-old registered sexual offender was behind bars Friday after police said he attempted to persuade a woman to let him have sex with her children. ...more

August 2, 2008