With one hand, Yang Aiping held her squirming 4-month-old son amid the crowd in the maternity hospital. With the other, she dug through her purse for the near-empty bag of milk powder that she worried had sickened him. ...more

September 26, 2008

About 200 knockoff designer handbags were spread out on a patch of grass at the University of Tampa on Thursday, and Ashley Zernich had her eye on one. ...more

September 26, 2008

A Bradenton woman was arrested Saturday after authorities say she went to a restaurant to apply for a job, then stole cigarettes and prescription drugs from one of the employees who tried to help her. ...more

September 22, 2008

A 26-year-old woman called 911 Sunday morning and told the operator that if she had an AK-47 assault rifle, "she would stick it in the 911 operator's mouth and shoot it," according to a Tampa police criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

September 14, 2008

During a disturbance early Thursday at International Plaza's Blue Martini nightclub, someone spilled a drink on Gloria Higham, police said. ...more

September 12, 2008

During a disturbance at International Plaza's Blue Martini nightclub early this morning, someone spilled a drink on Gloria Higham, police said. After the incident was over, Higham noticed her purse – containing the keys to her 2007 white Maserati – was missing, according to a police report. ...more

September 11, 2008

Aletha Karalus, 48, and David Richardson Jr., 27, both of Oldsmar, have been charged in a string of wallet and purse thefts at Westfield Countryside mall, according to the Clearwater Police Department. ...more

September 10, 2008

Dear Abby: Please let the world know that kind people still exist. I was on my way to two job interviews. Not surprisingly, I was nervous, so before I got off my train, I took my phone out to check the directions to the first one. A short walk later, I reached the subway, but when I went into my purse for my wallet to buy a MetroCard, lo and behold, my wallet and new glasses were missing. ...more

September 7, 2008

Two Sebring women remained in Highlands County Jail on Thursday after they were arrested and charged with stalking a 26-year-old woman from Avon Park to Highlands Homes, entering a car in which she was a passenger and harming her. ...more

September 6, 2008