TAMPA - An astute TBO.com reader helped lead police to a man sought in a convenience-store heist, a spokeswoman said. Harold Drier, 42, of Tampa, was held without bail at Orient Road Jail today, charged with felony armed robbery, records show. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA - An Illinois man accused of stealing painkillers from a local pharmacy enlisted an unusual getaway car: a waiting cab, police said. Tampa police charged Anton Ziherle, 22, of Park Ridge, Ill., with felony robbery on Monday after the heist at Walgreens, 315 W. Platt St. ...more

May 20, 2008

The Pinellas Park Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred this morning. ...more

May 12, 2008

TAMPA - Pinellas Park police are seeking the public's help identifying whoever stabbed 58-year-old Andrew Lee Mitchell multiple times Wednesday morning, police said today. ...more

May 2, 2008

One person died in a single-car crash this morning, police said. ...more

February 23, 2008

TAMPA - Two professional hockey players and a former professional basketball player from Lakeland were arrested outside a South Tampa nightclub early this morning, police say. ...more

February 11, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - In yet another incident of violence at the downtown retail and entertainment complex, an 18-year-old Largo man was robbed at gunpoint in the parking garage at BayWalk early this morning, police say. ...more

February 8, 2008

Winter Haven police officers thought the man they arrested looked familiar. They were right, and a man arrested Monday on a marijuana possession charge now faces charges in connection with an armed carjacking 11 days earlier, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 29, 2008

Winter Haven police officers thought the man they arrested looked familiar. They were right, and a man initially arrested Monday on a marijuana possession charge now faces charges in connection with an armed carjacking 10 days earlier, according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 29, 2008

Four victims of gunfire were recovering from wounds from three separate shootings, including a double shooting on Christmas morning, police officials said. ...more

January 2, 2008