Authorities in the Bahamas have charged a lawmaker and detained two other people in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son, police said Friday. ...more

January 24, 2009

A police standoff with a man suspected of killing three people and kidnapping two of his children in western North Carolina ended Friday when the man turned a gun on himself, authorities said. The two children were safe in police custody and were being taken to their home, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Ross Dillingham said. ...more

January 2, 2009

Chris MacCaron headed to visit his sons in police custody today after they and his ex-wife were arrested at his office Christmas party. ...more

December 20, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — A middle schooler brought a gun to campus and showed it to a friend on Thursday, authorities say. ...more

October 9, 2008

After being stopped last night for having a noisy muffler, Kilbert "Flaco" Rijos ran from deputies, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, before finally being caught ...more

July 9, 2008

AVON PARK — Graduation night shooting victim Dwight Hankerson, 18, of Sebring, and his shooting suspect, Antwan Leon Jones, 18, of Avon Park, had been friends in the months prior to the shooting, according to Amina Mathis, the victim's mother. "He's been at my house before as a friend of Dwight," Mathis said late Monday. Hankerson used to date Jones' sister, Mathis said. "They broke up or something. I don't know any details," she added. Mathis said she didn't understand the motive behind the alleged shooting. ...more

June 4, 2008

AVON PARK — An 18-year-old Sebring youth remained in Florida Hospital in stable condition Monday, and a shooting suspect was in custody, after a young man was shot Saturday morning in his abdomen. The shooting occurred near the corner of East Hal McRae Boulevard and South Delaney Avenue, in Avon Park, according to police. Dwight Hankerson, 18, of Sebring was shot early Saturday morning about an hour after the Friday night graduation dance ended at the former Hopewell Academy. Antwan L. Jones, 18, of 1025 Marble Ave., Avon Park, was already in police custody Monday afternoon, to be charged with attempted second-degree murder, according to Avon Park Police Cmdr. Michael J. Rowan. ...more

June 2, 2008

Three officers of the James A. Haley Hospital police force have been suspended with pay after a patient accused them of verbal abuse, officials said. ...more

May 8, 2008

Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA - A Pinellas County man who escaped from police custody Thursday has been recaptured, Pinellas Park police say. ...more

May 2, 2008