The two undercover detectives were driving by when they noticed three teens on bicycles acting oddly outside a gas station Monday evening. ...more

January 28, 2009

Hours after the teenager was taken into custody on charges he tried to kill an undercover police officer, the family of James A. Seay came to his defense this morning, saying the allegations were out of character for him. ...more

January 27, 2009

Three Pinellas County teenagers are in custody this morning charged with the attempted murder of a police officer. ...more

January 27, 2009

A 40-year-old man who was shot while driving his work van Thursday night has died, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

January 23, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG -- A former Air Force sergeant was arrested this morning in Putnam County on charges he killed his girlfriend and their baby in St. Petersburg in 2007 while he was stationed at MacDill Air Force Base. Ralph Daniel Wright Jr., 40, of 1701 Wetherbee Road, was indicted this month and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Paula O'Conner, 37, and their 15-month-old infant son, Alijah O'Conner. ...more

December 31, 2008

St. Petersburg police have arrested two men and are searching for a third they say are suspected of robbing two insurance companies Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 31, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- St. Petersburg, where New Year's Eve revelers have been known to fire guns into the air, is putting out a public service announcement this morning advising them not to do the same Wednesday night. Last New Year's Eve, there were 16 incidents of stray bullets falling from the sky, and in two cases people were struck and wounded. ...more

December 30, 2008

A new report issued by criminologists at Northeastern University in Boston finds a "dramatic surge" in homicides involving black juveniles and guns — but leaves Florida and Washington, D.C., out of the analysis. ...more

December 29, 2008

In an attempt to identify a suspect, St. Petersburg police this morning released a video of a robbery in which a sawed-off shotgun was used. The robbery was at the Game Stop at 3942 Tyrone Blvd. N. at 10 p.m. Dec. 19, said Jennifer Dawkins, a St. Petersburg police spokeswoman. ...more

December 29, 2008

Fingerprints found after a violent convenience store robbery in Gulfport may help police. ...more

December 24, 2008