A Bradenton man punched and choked a sheriff's dog this morning, Manatee County deputies said. ...more

April 1, 2009

Authorities say a Bradenton woman stabbed an acquaintance from church and then chased another woman with the knife during an argument Monday evening. ...more

March 31, 2009

Deputies responding to an argument at a New Port Richey home Sunday morning found something completely unexpected – a live alligator in a fish tank. ...more

March 30, 2009

Two Polk County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man who they said pointed a 9-mm pistol at them outside an apartment near Lakeland early Sunday morning. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting of a man by a deputy that happened early this morning. ...more

March 22, 2009

A man accused of stealing a tractor-trailer in Davenport has been taken into custody. ...more

March 16, 2009

A Spring Hill man incarcerated at the local jail was charged with attempted escape after deputies discovered concrete blocks chiseled away inside his cell, authorities said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Robert Ekstein, 23, of 4105 E. Josephine St., Sebring: Trespassing on an occupied structure or conveyance. ...more

March 9, 2009

When a man walking through Tampa Housing Authority property saw uniformed officers nearby Monday night, he ran off and tried hiding by illegally entering the home of a person he didn't know, police say. Officers later determined the man, Jonathan Lee Stealey, had an active arrest warrant for violating probation of resisting arrest with violence. ...more

March 5, 2009

Tampa police charged Bryant Walker, of Tampa, with felony aggravated battery and misdemeanor resisting arrest without violence at about 1:15 a.m. after a fight at Club Prana. ...more

February 28, 2009