A reservist from the Army Reserve Center in Pinellas Park spotted a possible explosive device this morning while jogging along Grand Avenue just south of the center, but investigators have since determined it wasn't a threat, police say. The roughly 8-inch metal pipe had wires and green tape, a Pinellas Park Police Department news release states. ...more

August 10, 2009

Three people say they were beaten when they arrived home Monday night in the River Ridge Country Club subdivision. ...more

June 24, 2009

BROOKSVILLE - A motorcyclist was arrested on suspicion of DUI Monday after he lost control of his bike. ...more

March 31, 2009

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March 31, 2009

Three Bradenton teens were arrested Tuesday morning, accused of beating a classmate with broomsticks, a metal pipe and a door off its hinges, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 9, 2008

Two teenagers were arrested Sunday after one of them used an air rifle to kill a squirrel, according to Largo police. ...more

November 24, 2008

When a Hillsborough County sheriff's sergeant tried to pull over a 1994 Isuzu driven by Duane Linscott in east Tampa Sunday night, mayhem ensued. ...more

November 10, 2008

DELTONA - An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter's boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter's room. Authorities say the father, 45, didn't even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year. ...more

September 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY A 37-year-old Port Richey woman was charged Friday with child abuse, drug possession and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit after she left two children in a car outside a grocery store. ...more

August 2, 2008

A metal pipe was the weapon used to beat a Brooksville woman into a coma and send her to a Tampa hospital in "extremely critical" condition. ...more

February 5, 2008