A jailed gang member accused of firing an AK-47 as he ran through a North Miami Beach apartment complex is considered the main suspect in the shooting death of a police detective, officials said Wednesday. ...more

January 10, 2008

"Extracurricular Activities," by Maggie Barbieri (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24) ...more

December 30, 2007

There's a new type of scam for scrap metal: stealing your old car. ...more

December 19, 2007

Was he a victim of amnesia or a con artist who tried to fake his death to collect life insurance? ...more

December 6, 2007

A motorcyclist died this afternoon after striking the side of an empty school bus, police said. ...more

December 3, 2007

TAMPA - A reward is being offered for information on the Halloween night beating of a 27-year-old man at North 50th Street and East Serena Drive. ...more

November 29, 2007

A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of Jose Godineaux, 22. Godineaux was shot once in the head about 7 p.m. Friday in the St. James Street apartment he shared with his girlfriend. He was flown to a St. Petersburg hospital and pronounced dead Saturday morning. ...more

November 15, 2007

A Tampa police detective and an FBI agent paid large sums of money to a known thief, liar and convicted felon, using him as their chief informant during an investigation of the Latin Kings street gang, a defense attorney is trying to prove in a hearing that began Thursday. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - A Tampa police detective and an FBI agent paid large sums of money to a known thief, liar and convicted felon, using him as their chief informant during an investigation of the Latin Kings street gang, a defense attorney is trying to prove in a hearing that began Thursday. ...more

November 8, 2007

LAKELAND - Video clips that are the source of some of the charges against 18-year-old Shawn Newberry do little to answer the key question surrounding the 18-year-old gun enthusiast: Was the collection of weaponry and body armor he amassed through much of 2007 part of a destructive plot? ...more

October 30, 2007