Three weeks before Timothy Scott Riggs was shot in the chest and killed outside his Clearfield, Ky., mobile home, he awoke in a Fort Lauderdale motel room to find a friend dead, his father said Tuesday. ...more

February 20, 2008

DADE CITY -- Three weeks before Timothy Scott Riggs was shot in the chest and killed outside his Clearfield, Ky. mobile home, he awoke in a Fort Lauderdale motel room to find a friend dead, his father said today. ...more

February 19, 2008

A 33-year-old patient is accused of raping another patient in the behavioral health wing of Community Hospital, according to a police report. ...more

February 19, 2008

SEBRING — A countywide underage alcohol sale sting operation conducted this weekend showed that of 38 businesses checked, 26 did not sell alcohol to minors, said Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton in a press release Tuesday. An underage operative was used to enter the businesses and try to buy alcohol. Most didn't take the bait. "We congratulate these companies and their staffs for helping us work toward the vision of a 'Safer Highlands County' supporting our youth by reducing the availability of alcohol," she added. Investigators have submitted affidavits to the state attorney's office on charges of sale of alcohol to underage persons on the 12 employees who reportedly sold to the minors. Each could potentially face a second-degree misdemeanor charge. The mission of the Highlands County Community Coalition Against Substance Abuse, is to organize, inform, educate, and unite our community in its efforts to reduce substance abuse, Benton wrote. ...more

February 8, 2008

LARGO - A 27-year-old Largo man was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning on charges he got his 11-year-old niece to send him naked photos of herself using her cell phone, Largo police said. ...more

February 4, 2008

Helena took the garbage out shortly after 9:15 a.m. Saturday. She glanced to her right across the empty lot and noticed one of her neighbors was standing outside. He was not carrying anything, nor did he look frightened, angry or excited. ...more

February 2, 2008

LAKELAND - Budwin Brace and his wife Loma divorced just days before she was found beaten to death 21 years ago inside her Lakeland home. Suspicion quickly focused on Brace, then a successful Pasco County builder. He was later convicted of forging his wife's signature on documents surrendering ownership of property they owned in common. He served more than a year in state prison. ...more

February 1, 2008

Eight people whose skeletal remains were discovered last year in a wooded area just outside downtown Fort Myers were the victims of homicide, police said Friday. ...more

January 18, 2008

A Wesley Chapel man is accused of bilking his former company, Quest Diagnostics, out of nearly $1.2 million. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA A Wesley Chapel man is accused of bilking his former company, Quest Diagnostics, out of nearly $1.2 million. ...more

January 17, 2008