When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg police report. ...more

November 14, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The arsonist who struck western St. Petersburg early Monday apparently was back at work Monday night, police said. Someone set a 1985 Buick Regal on fire in an alley behind 4632 1/2 Central Avenue about 11:30 p.m. The owner, 25-year-old George R. Flummer, told police he woke up when a smoke detector in his apartment sounded. When he looked out a window, he saw his car burning. ...more

November 13, 2007

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department report. At a news conference Monday, the 11-year-old girl, Hannah, told reporters she was afraid to go to back to school after a boy pulled off her hijab, an Islamic head scarf, and the next day threatened kill her. ...more

November 13, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Before his suicide, St. Petersburg City Councilman John Bryan acknowledged he improperly touched one of his adopted daughters twice, St. Petersburg police said, but he said the touching was unintentional. ...more

September 11, 2007

Moments after leaving a Quick Stop convenience store, two men on bikes were wounded in a drive-by shooting Thursday morning, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

September 7, 2007