It'll be a while before police in the small Pasco municipality of Port Richey know if the new red-light camera system on U.S. 19 will habitually deter lead-footed motorists who drive irresponsibly and risk innocent lives. ...more

July 16, 2008

TAMPA – A vehicle that sped away from police Tuesday evening ran a stop sign and hit a sport utility vehicle, sending two people to a hospital, police said. ...more

July 9, 2008

A server from a Sarasota pizza shop was robbed while walking home Friday afternoon, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

June 27, 2008

Manatee County deputies say they have a lot of evidence linking four people to the theft of four air conditioners. ...more

June 23, 2008

SEBRING — In Sebring Police Sgt. Mike Warner's own words, the police "beat the bushes for hours" Saturday looking for a suspect linked to a carjacking and robbery that morning. A man smacked a woman to the ground, snatched her car keys and drove off with a 2000 Chevy Cavalier shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday. About eight minutes later, a car matching that description was used as the getaway vehicle after a man, matching the description of the suspect in the previous carjacking, snatched a purse out of a 72-year-old woman's lap as she sat in a car. "That's the type of crime I won't stand for," Warner said in a phone interview Sunday. ...more

June 15, 2008

LAKELAND - A man was tied up and shot to death at his home, and Polk County detectives are asking for the public's help in investigating the case. ...more

June 14, 2008

South Carolina's lieutenant governor announced Thursday that he is willing to put up $4,000 of his own money so his state can become the first in the nation to issue "I Believe" license plates with the image of a cross and a stained glass window. ...more

June 13, 2008

Police are searching for a man they say robbed and beat his neighbor after accusing him of stealing cable service. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - Police are searching for a man they say robbed and beat his neighbor after accusing him of stealing cable service. ...more

June 9, 2008

Moments after he was ticketed for running a stop sign Thursday, a Safety Harbor man tried to ram the squad car of the Pinellas County sheriff's deputy who had stopped him - and was subsequently arrested, authorities said. ...more

June 6, 2008