Report: Fleeing TransAm Tops 100 mph WEEKI WACHEE - A chase that hit top speeds of more than100 mph Sunday afternoon resulted in felony charges for the driver. ...more

October 28, 2008

Luis Vizcaino, a Colorado Rockies baseball player, was arrested this morning for driving under the influence, according to the Hillsborough County Jail Web site. Vizcaino was driving a red Cadillac 71 mph in a 45-mph zone at the 4800 block of North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa police say. ...more

October 27, 2008

Police accused a 20-year-old man and two teenagers of attacking three people in Copeland Park on Tuesday, stabbing one of them. ...more

October 22, 2008

Three people eating breakfast on an outdoor patio called for police Monday after a homeless man exposed himself in front of them, an affidavit states. The man, Eric Vickers, 36, was held at Orient Road Jail today on $750 bail. Police charged him with misdemeanor exposure of sexual organs and possessing an open container, an ordinance violation. ...more

October 21, 2008

Local defense lawyer Kevin Napper, accused of propositioning an undercover police officer, has been placed in a pretrial diversion program. Napper, married to Circuit Judge Katherine Essrig, was put in the misdemeanor program designed for first-time offenders. ...more

October 16, 2008

A Polk County sheriff's clerical assistant was arrested today, accused of falsifying documents to cover up her involvement in an animal neglect case, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

October 15, 2008

A 16-year-old Robinson High School student was arrested this morning after she wrote a threatening message on a mirror in the girl's bathroom, Tampa police said. ...more

October 14, 2008

Pinellas Judge rejects a prosecutors demands for restituition in a case where Gulfport police beat and tasered a man in what began as a trespassing case. ...more

October 10, 2008