A St. Petersburg police officer has been suspended for two days after she left a woman arrested for a traffic violation in a van for up to 45 minutes while the officer went to get lunch, according to police documents released this afternoon. ...more

February 19, 2009

An Iraq war veteran has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in St. Petersburg two years ago, according to prosecutors and police documents. ...more

January 29, 2009

A North Port man faces felony charges for an alleged drunken attack on a group of teenagers, according to a police report. ...more

January 23, 2009

A police officer was fired today after an investigation found he had sex with a teenage girl he met through a department program, according to police documents released this afternoon. ...more

December 17, 2008

A Florida teenager told police Monday that he slashed a woman to death during a burglary and a witness said the teen used the $6 he stole during the burglary to buy beer. ...more

September 29, 2008

NORTH PORT - A North Port High School military instructor admitted receiving nude photographs and lurid text messages from a teenage girl, according to newly released police documents. ...more

August 14, 2008

CLEARWATER - A county judge this morning dismissed a motion to drop charges against Jean Merola, the 76-year-old woman arrested in January and accused of blocking the drive-through at a McDonald's. ...more

June 20, 2008

The Clearwater police officer who arrested a 76-year-old woman on charges she blocked the drive-through lane at a McDonald's was cleared of wrongdoing in that case, but later resigned while under investigation in an unrelated matter. ...more

June 7, 2008

CLEARWATER The Clearwater police officer who arrested a 76-year-old woman on charges she blocked the drive-thru lane at a McDonald's was cleared of wrongdoing in that case, but he later resigned while under investigation in an unrelated matter. Officer Matthew Parco resigned May 20 after he and a police union representative looked at a case in which Parco was accused of acting inappropriately with a 15-year-old girl during a child custody dispute, according to police documents made available this week. ...more

June 6, 2008

CLEARWATER - An officer who shot and killed a dog in April has been cleared of wrongdoing, the Clearwater Police Department said today. ...more

May 21, 2008