PALM HARBOR - Moments after he was ticketed for running a stop sign this morning, a Safety Harbor man tried to ram the squad car of the Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy who had stopped him – and was subsequently arrested. Anthony Louis Lanni, 30, was originally given tickets for running the stop sign and for having a license plate that wasn't clearly visible, said sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda. The license plate was covered in plastic. ...more

June 5, 2008

A confidential informant, paid $2,400 per month by the FBI while helping to gather information on the Latin Kings street gang, will not serve time in prison for violating his probation, a judge decided Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - A confidential informant, paid $2,400 per month by the FBI while helping to gather information on the Latin Kings street gang, will not serve time in prison for violating his probation, a judge decided today. ...more

May 21, 2008

CLEARWATER -- A 14-year-old Clearwater boy was arrested early today after he struck a police cruiser with a 1991 Honda Accord, narrowly missing one police officer and then gunning the Accord toward a second officer, authorities said. ...more

February 20, 2008

A new dog park on Monterey Boulevard within the Logan Gate Village subdivision was closed recently after a patrol car smashed through three of its fences. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - A pick up truck slammed into a house, hurling a television at the 97-year-old owner at 1209 Holmes Ave. and causing a gas leak just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade said. ...more

January 17, 2008

A lawsuit alleges that a rental company failed to obtain proof of insurance before loaning a car that wound up in a fatal crash. ...more

January 15, 2008

CITRUS PARK Dogs were just getting accustomed to having a new place to stretch their legs. ...more

January 14, 2008

PLANT CITY - Michael Joseph Lizzi rammed a Hillsborough County sergeant's patrol car with his Chevrolet Monte Carlo this morning and tried running over two Florida Highway Patrol troopers, authorities say. ...more

December 30, 2007

PLANT CITY - A 32-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in two separate incidents ‑ a hit and run crash where he left injured passengers behind and attempting to run a police vehicle off the road after a shoplifting at Wal-Mart, authorities said. ...more

November 23, 2007