A car thief got away this afternoon with what turned out to be anything but an ordinary vehicle. ...more

March 31, 2009

A 21-year-old St Petersburg woman argued with a Spirit Airlines flight crew member, punched a person in the nose and battered three law enforcement officers Monday, Tampa International Airport police say. ...more

March 3, 2009

Police in St. Petersburg fired shots in a Wal-Mart parking lot about 1:15 p.m. today, but no one was injured. ...more

March 3, 2009

Three teenagers shined a flashlight into a blue Dodge Stratus on Monday night and prepared to steal the vehicle. ...more

December 9, 2008

John Tischner of Dunedin decries handling of death of police dog. ...more

August 2, 2008

In my opinion you can't pay our police officers enough, seeing as, like the military, they are risking their lives to protect us. But there's an interesting perk that Tampa police officers enjoy that is growing by leaps and bounds. That is, it increases commensurate with gasoline prices. Many officers who live anywhere in Tampa, Hillsborough County and any adjacent county, meaning Pinellas, Pasco, Polk or Manatee, are allowed to take their cars home and their gas is paid for. ...more

July 22, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Sheriff's investigators are looking into what they think are related incidents of vandalism in the Lake Padgett Estates neighborhood. ...more

July 10, 2008

Sheriff's investigators are looking into what they believe are related incidents of vandalism in the Lake Padgett Estates neighborhood. The latest to report damage is Robert Lovering, a lieutenant with the Tampa Police Department who lives in the neighborhood. Lovering told a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy that someone used golf balls to dent the front of his police vehicle while it was parked outside his house Sunday morning. ...more

July 9, 2008

Bill Jakob arrived in this small town with an offer to help police curb the community's methamphetamine problem. ...more

June 29, 2008

An early morning traffic stop Wednesday led to two escape attempts and three arrests, police said. ...more

December 27, 2007