A 77-year-old man was killed as he was trying to cross U.S. Highway 19 this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol says. ...more

April 11, 2009

A 53-year-old man died Friday in a crash at County Road 583 and U.S. 41 in Pasco County, troopers say. ...more

April 10, 2009

Emergency workers flew a 69-year-old man to Tampa General Hospital after they pulled him out from under a tree limb that fell on him. Authorities say his injuries could be considered life threatening. ...more

April 10, 2009

Authorities say an 86-year-old man threw food on his elderly wife, smacked her with the dish and pushed her Wednesday evening. ...more

April 9, 2009

A 20-year-old man tied up the sheriff's office's 911 system for 7 minutes and 47 seconds early this morning by laughing and asking a dispatcher to send him to jail, an affidavit states. ...more

April 9, 2009

A 73-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on charges he grabbed a teenager by the shirt and flashed a phony law enforcement badge. ...more

April 8, 2009

A 79-year-old Lakeland man with dementia, who had last been seen Tuesday evening, has been found unharmed. ...more

April 8, 2009

A 42-year-old man accidentally shot himself this morning while trying to unload a pistol, authorities said. ...more

April 8, 2009

BARTOW — A central Florida jury has recommended the death sentence for a 21-year-old man who killed a Florida Highway Patrol trooper. Sgt. Nick Sottile was fatally shot during a traffic stop near Lake Placid in 2007. Joshua Lee Altersberger pleaded guilty last month to first degree murder. ...more

April 3, 2009

Investigators are on the scene of an apparent murder-suicide in a Palm Harbor home, Pinellas County deputies say. ...more

April 1, 2009