Deputies were suspected of making a Pinellas County Jail inmate urinate on himself, according to documents released Wednesday. ...more

November 29, 2007

A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning after he barricaded himself in his home when a SWAT team went in with a warrant and found two loaded handguns, officials said. ...more

November 28, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A 20-year-old student at the Life Skills Center of Pinellas County was arrested Thursday on charges that he brought a loaded gun onto the alternative- school campus. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - A random traffic stop on Friday night culminated with the arrests of the driver and a woman charged with operating a marijuana-growing house. ...more

October 21, 2007

TAMPA - A Brandon woman was caught performing oral sex on a Tampa man in a closed city park Monday night, in plain view of the roadway, Tampa police say, and she provided police a false name. ...more

October 16, 2007

Suspended Penn State running back Austin Scott is charged with raping a woman at his campus apartment after meeting her at a bar. ...more

October 13, 2007

VENUS — A remote 10-acre site off of County Road 731 was the site of the 49th growhouse operation to be dismantled in Highlands County since November. More than 100 marijuana plants were seized in this operation. Deysi Lavin Jimenez, 38, and Carlos David Morales, 32, both of 327 County Road 731, Venus, were charged with producing marijuana, possession of marijuana in excess of 25 pounds or 300 plants and possession of narcotics equipment. ...more

October 11, 2007

TAMPA - She saw Bobby Joe Helms in person for the first time today in a Hillsborough County courtroom. After serving 13 years in prison for rape, he was a free man. The woman, now 60, is one of about a dozen women whom Helms acknowledged attacking in the early 1980s as part of a plea agreement decades ago in which he linked himself to about 10 rapes and four attempted rapes. ...more

October 8, 2007

University of Florida coach Urban Meyer has stripped senior safety Tony Joiner of his captaincy, and Meyer said Wednesday night that Joiner will not play Saturday against top-ranked LSU as long as he remains accused of a felony. ...more

October 4, 2007

A moment of silence was held to honor Memphis defensive lineman Taylor Bradford before Tuesday night's game between the Tigers and Marshall. Memphis won 24-21. ...more

October 3, 2007