Officials say the mobile home where a repeat sex offender raped and murdered a 9-year-old Florida girl in 2005 has burned down. ...more

February 16, 2009

'SWAT' Team Games Land Three Men In Jail BROOKSVILLE - A trio of young men armed with a rifle broke into an abandoned mobile home on Thursday to play "SWAT" team. ...more

February 13, 2009

Law and Order. ...more

February 13, 2009

Pasco County firefighters have been fighting two unrelated blazes this afternoon, and while some structures have been lost, no injuries have been reported. ...more

February 9, 2009

A 53-year-old Tampa man has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder. Hillsborough County deputies arrested Paul Dotson at 5:45 p.m. today at 78th Street. He was involved in the slaying last month of 57-year-old Judith Rolander, deputies say. ...more

February 6, 2009

A third man charged in the October home invasion that left a Shady Hills man dead is being held without bond in the Hillsborough County jail after his arrest Thursday. ...more

February 6, 2009

Six people were displaced this morning after a fire erupted at a mobile home in Plant City, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said. ...more

February 5, 2009

TAMPA – A woman in her mobile home got a huge surprise this morning when she heard a crash, looked out her window and saw a Ford Expedition headed straight at her. Two sport utility vehicles collided at the intersection of Waters Avenue and Ashley Street at 11:45 a.m., Tampa Fire Rescue workers said. ...more

January 16, 2009

Roger Gayle Thompson avoided a trial and possible life sentence Wednesday by pleading no contest to an attempted murder charge. ...more

January 15, 2009

Roger Gayle Thompson avoided a trial and possible life sentence today by pleading no contest to an attempted murder charge. ...more

January 14, 2009