A Sebring man remained in jail Friday under no bond following his Thursday arrest after allegedly robbing a friend. ...more

January 3, 2009

A Riverview man is charged with felony child abuse, accused of choking his daughter during a fight over the family dogs, an affidavit states. Earaj Mirzavand, 49, was held without bail at the Orient Road jail today. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested him about 10:20 p.m. Friday at his home in the 11000 block of Black Forest Trail, records show. According to the affidavit, Mirzavand and his daughter got into an argument about the dogs that escalated when he pushed her into a wall, causing her to lose consciousness. Mirzavand then straddled his daughter and strangled her, the affidavit states. The document does not list the daughter's age. Mirzavand told deputies that his daughter had punched him in the nose, but another daughter corroborated the daughter's account, the affidavit states. Neither Mirzavand nor the daughter required medical attention, the affidavit states. ...more

December 27, 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

I am writing this letter in hopes that it will remind people of what Christmas really is about and make them realize how much we as people have commercialized Christmas. ...more

December 10, 2008

A Bradenton man was arrested for not getting medical attention for a 3-year-old boy who he says ran his eye into a lit cigarette Monday night. ...more

December 3, 2008

Traffic was creeping along at a slow pace Wednesday afternoon in the southbound lanes of U.S. 27 following a six-vehicle accident in front of the Lakeshore Mall entrance. Emergency crews were on the scene directing traffic, talking with witnesses and starting to clean up from the crash, which happened before 1:30 p.m., Wednesday. ...more

December 3, 2008

Two Tampa residents treated dogs so poorly that the animals looked skeletal, investigators say. ...more

December 1, 2008

Police are looking for two men who shot and killed a man walking a bicycle Wednesday night. ...more

November 27, 2008

Five Tampa residents who kept almost a dozen dogs in unsanitary conditions were arrested Saturday morning, deputies say. Each was slapped with four felony charges of animal cruelty and an additional 11 misdemeanor charges of improper confinement of an animal. ...more

November 8, 2008

Re: Frances Earl's column, "Nov 4: Last Chance To Get It Right," in the Oct. 30 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

November 2, 2008