Two roommates' friendship apparently turned sour Tuesday morning, when Rick Lamar Ming was found dead inside the unit he shared at Eden Apartments with Billy Locke Jr., the Tampa Police Department said. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA A man accused today of strangling his roommate during an argument over cigarettes was arrested last month after another argument between them turned violent, police said. Tampa police charged Billy Locke Jr., 30, with felony second-degree murder in the death of Rick Lamar Ming, 43, earlier today. Locke was held without bail at the Orient Road Jail. ...more

December 9, 2008

Police have arrested a 39-year-old homeless man they say raped a woman in a bathroom in the psychiatric ward of St. Joseph's Hospital on Thursday afternoon. ...more

December 5, 2008

Two people were seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 75 Saturday night just north of Sun City Center. ...more

July 20, 2008

Audie Grogg says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, and his attorney filed a notice this week saying Grogg intends to sue. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - Audie Grogg says a Hillsborough County detention deputy abused him while he was an inmate early this year, and his attorney filed a notice this week saying Grogg intends to sue. Jail video shows Grogg swung a crutch in the direction of a deputy and that the deputy took him to the ground right after. ...more

June 12, 2008

BARTOW - Only one of six teens accused of beating one of their peers showed up today for a status hearing at the Polk County Courthouse. The other five defendants waived their right to appear. ...more

May 30, 2008

Refreshing Viewpoint What a refreshing change of viewpoint. I agree that life's joys are best experienced in a conscious state, and heartily with the writer. It's time to just say "no" to drugs and "yes" to life. ...more

January 24, 2008

Before Sept. 3, 2004, Mario Ladler II was a happy, thriving preschooler with notable smarts and talents, his attorney, David Kleinberg, says. ...more

November 2, 2007

LAKELAND - A Polk County jury awarded a Lakeland family $50 million Wednesday, three years after a drunken driver hit their car, leaving their son with severe brain damage. ...more

November 1, 2007