Three young boys witnessed the shooting Monday of two clerks – one their father and the other their uncle – during a convenience-store robbery in Gulfport, police said. ...more

December 23, 2008

Local federal prosecutors were able to recover more $19 million from various forfeiture laws in the past fiscal year, U.S. Attorney A. Brian Albritton said today. ...more

December 23, 2008

Three men dumped a large pile of old automobile tires onto a St. Petersburg street Sunday night, police say. Officers arrested the driver, Fernada Lynn Hurst, on a felony littering charge. ...more

December 23, 2008

A former employee of Bayfront Medical Center was arrested Monday night, accused of bilking the hospital out of more than $368,000 over four years, the St. Petersburg Police Department said. ...more

December 22, 2008

Witnesses saw Tony Fantauzzi at a bar with Lisa Bickford, investigators say. ...more

December 19, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- Authorities say they have charged a man now being held in Georgia in the 1987 slaying of a woman who was found partially nude. Tony Fantauzzi, 48, is incarcerated in Newton County, Ga., said St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa. ...more

December 18, 2008

The state says a St. Petersburg police officer's actions in the shooting death in November of 46-year-old Roberto Garcia Lara were the "lawful performance of his legal duties." ...more

December 15, 2008

Police have arrested a deacon they say inappropriately touched a teenage girl who attends his church. ...more

December 10, 2008

A reward of $5,000 is being offered for information leading to arrests and convictions in the robbery and shootings of two brothers last week at their respective convenience stores. ...more

December 8, 2008

Police said they believe the same man robbed three 7-Eleven convenience stores within 90 minutes today. The man's total take: $135, police said. ...more

December 3, 2008