The trial of a former Tampa police officer accused of killing his estranged wife's boyfriend was postponed today after the defendant attempted suicide. ...more

October 13, 2008

A Bartow police officer investigating a stolen vehicle complaint early Saturday morning shot at a suspect after the man slammed the vehicle in reverse, aiming at the lawman, Bartow police said. ...more

October 12, 2008

A Bartow police officer investigating a stolen vehicle complaint early this morning shot at a suspect after the man slammed the vehicle in reverse, aiming at the lawman. The bullet, or shattered glass, cut the top of the suspect's head. He was not seriously injured. ...more

October 11, 2008

A Polk County deputy, transporting a prisoner in his patrol car last night, was hit by a motorcycle, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 11, 2008

Deputies dispersed about 30 people armed with various homemade weapons Friday, but not before one person received a two-inch laceration to the head. ...more

October 7, 2008

A federal jury on Friday acquitted a white South Carolina state trooper who bragged about striking a fleeing black suspect with his cruiser in a collision captured on videotape. ...more

October 4, 2008

A Brooksville man accused of crashing a stolen truck into a deputy's patrol car in March was indicted Wednesday on charges of drug and gun trafficking, the U.S. attorney's office said. ...more

October 1, 2008

A Tampa woman is accused of entering Westchase Elementary School while drunk on Monday, punching a woman and yelling profanities in the presence of children, according to an affidavit. ...more

September 30, 2008

A 29-year-old man convicted in the 1998 murder of a Haines City police officer was sentenced this morning to life plus 10 years in federal prison. ...more

September 18, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies said that even though they were nearby, Christopher Lee Hubbard made repeated phone calls to 911 "for no reason" Saturday night. So they arrested him. But Hubbard, 37, would not go quietly into a patrol car, deputies said. ...more

September 15, 2008