TAMPA - An Illinois man accused of stealing painkillers from a local pharmacy enlisted an unusual getaway car: a waiting cab, police said. Tampa police charged Anton Ziherle, 22, of Park Ridge, Ill., with felony robbery on Monday after the heist at Walgreens, 315 W. Platt St. ...more

May 20, 2008

It was just the sort of celebration their gregarious pastor and his fun-loving, guitar-playing son would have enjoyed. ...more

May 18, 2008

It was just the sort of celebration their gregarious pastor and his fun-loving, guitar-playing son would have enjoyed. ...more

May 17, 2008

TAMPA - Police are looking for a man they say offered candy bars to children at a city park, then offered to masturbate in front of them. ...more

May 12, 2008

Some administrative procedures at Hillsborough County jails need tweaking, according to an ongoing audit of the policies. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - Some administrative procedures at Hillsborough County jails need of tweaking, according to an ongoing audit of the policies. ...more

May 9, 2008

AVON PARK — A man was arrested late Saturday afternoon after he was accused of smashing his car into a house and then taking off, according to an official with the Avon Park Police Department. Roberto Jimenez, of Plant City, was charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and driving without a valid driver's license in connection with the Saturday evening accident at 2601 Woodruff Heights, said police Sgt. Sally Vega. All three charges are misdemeanors. Jimenez was being held at Highlands County Jail in lieu of a $2,250 bond Sunday. According to Vega and other witnesses, a red Plymouth Breeze with Ohio license plates backed through the wall of the house at around 4:18 p.m. Saturday. Vega said that car was driven by Jimenez, who was visiting a neighbor when he hit the house. The home, owned by Reina V. Rodriguez and Angel L. Maldonado according to Highlands County Property Appraiser records, was unoccupied at the time of the accident, and no injuries were reported. ...more

February 11, 2008

More than a year ago, the chief executive of luxury-home builder Toll Bros. Inc. thought the housing slump could be touching close to bottom. ...more

February 7, 2008

A man who tried a "he went that way" maneuver with police late Tuesday found it had backfired when officers placed him at the scene of a burglary through an electronic monitoring device on his ankle, police said. ...more

January 10, 2008

TAMPA - A man who tried a "he went that way" maneuver with police late Tuesday found it backfired when officers placed him at the scene of a burglary through an electronic monitoring device on his ankle, police said. ...more

January 9, 2008