As the city gears up for Gasparilla, a dispute continues between Tampa police and a woman who said she was raped - then was arrested - during last year's festivities. ...more

January 26, 2008

As Tampa gears up for Gasparilla, a dispute continues between city police and a woman who said she was raped — then arrested — during last year's festivities. ...more

January 22, 2008

Using the Internet to sell worthless art, a Wesley Chapel man bilked at least 40 people nationwide in the past 12 months, Tampa police said Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 2008

While criminals in the northwest region of Hillsborough County made some headlines in 2007, efforts at crime prevention also were in the news, with a community policing patrol established in Westchase and a visit by Sheriff David Gee to Sickles High School to stress the importance of citizens helping deputies prevent crime. ...more

December 31, 2007

For more than two years, Calvary Electric endured break-ins at job sites, an office, trailers and its warehouse. ...more

December 19, 2007

SEFFNER - A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office detective had a gut feeling something was suspicious when he spotted a dirty Mitsubishi Galant in the driveway of a home on Running Horse Lane. ...more

October 26, 2007

Developing a statewide gang-reduction strategy will be the focus of a high-level state panel formed Thursday by Attorney General Bill McCollum. ...more

October 26, 2007

One day, in the not so distant future, Rubel Melendez may carry a service weapon, write a speeding ticket and handcuff a wanted felon. ...more

October 3, 2007

WESTCHASE - One day, in the not so distant future, Rubel Melendez may carry a service weapon, write a speeding ticket and handcuff a wanted felon. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - The latest federal crime statistics and a criminologist's independent analysis offer some good news about violent crime in the Bay area. According to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report, released Monday, there were fewer violent crimes reported in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater last year compared with all of 2005. The area's crime rate also ranks comparatively low when calculated using population. ...more

September 25, 2007