The use of taser, pepper spray and physical force to detain and subdue a suspect who the arresting deputy later learned was legally blind was justified, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's Office administrative review. ...more

August 22, 2008

A woman suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 18 people and wounding scores of others after the government announced new measures to protect worshippers ahead of a major religious festival. ...more

August 15, 2008

Vice and narcotics detectives made an interesting find in April when they raided the home of a suspected drug dealer who lived with his parents, both of whom worked at the St. Petersburg Police Department, according to internal affairs documents released today. ...more

August 7, 2008

A man passed out behind the wheel in a stranger's driveway was arrested on drug charges Friday morning. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - Authorities seized 104 potential weapons from people who came to the rally Wednesday for presidential candidate Barack Obama at the St. Pete Times Forum, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA - A 65-year-old man who witnesses said was walking naked through the back yards of their Sarasota neighborhood Saturday tried to fight with deputies and had to be subdued with pepper spray and a Taser, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 24, 2008

In the four hours it took Alaska State Troopers to arrive at the Eskimo village of Nunam Iqua, a man choked and raped his 13-year-old stepdaughter in front of three younger children. He already had beaten his wife with a shotgun and pistol-whipped a friend after an evening drinking home brew. ...more

February 9, 2008

The Taser that Hillsborough County deputies fired at Thomas Tyrone McCleave was ineffective, so they pepper-sprayed him, authorities say. ...more

February 5, 2008

The Taser that Hillsborough County deputies fired at Thomas Tyrone McCleave was ineffective, so they pepper-sprayed him, deputies say. Even then, he refused to comply with commands and said deputies would have to kill him before he went back behind bars, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

February 4, 2008

A 36-year-old man was at large Thursday night after stealing a deputy's cruiser, dragging another deputy 75 feet and slamming through three fences at Logan Gate subdivision, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 11, 2008