Investigators are searching for leads this morning in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Palmetto. ...more

February 28, 2009

A 44-year-old woman was arrested on theft and fraud charges after authorities say she stole credit card information to get breast implants and a hotel room for Valentine's Day. ...more

February 26, 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

Friends of a 49-year-old hotel owner missing on Florida's Gulf Coast are frustrated police haven't found her, or made any arrests, in a months-long case. ...more

February 15, 2009

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 38-year-old woman considered a possible suspect in the robbery of a Bank of America today. ...more

February 14, 2009

Manatee County sheriff's deputies are looking for a 23-year-old Bradenton woman who was last seen around 5 p.m. ...more

February 14, 2009

Manatee County sheriff's deputies continued searching this morning for a man who opened fire on two men and a woman in the 1200 block of 57th Avenue East in Bradenton shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday. ...more

February 13, 2009

MANATEE COUNTY – An 82-year-old woman staying in a Bradenton hotel room fought with a purse-snatcher and chased him through the parking lot, according to a Manatee Sheriff's report. ...more

February 12, 2009

Naked and injured from a blow to the head with a jack handle, a man still tangled with his acquaintances and later, the deputies who arrested him, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 8, 2009

The body of a 54-year-old woman was found in a burning Bradenton home when fire crews were battling the blaze this morning, Manatee County deputies say. The woman's name wasn't available. ...more

February 6, 2009