Gov. Charlie Crist has asked state law enforcement officials to review a state attorney's investigation that cleared a St. Petersburg police officer in the shooting death of teenager Javon Dawson. ...more

August 14, 2008

A St. Petersburg police officer was justified when he fatally shot a teenager twice in the back June 7, the state attorney's office said Tuesday. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office today said a St. Petersburg police officer was justified June 7 when he fatally shot a 17-year-old boy twice in the back. ...more

August 12, 2008

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker and five other public officials released an open letter to the community this morning asking for peace after the shooting death of 17-year-old Javon Dawson and urging any witnesses to come forward. ...more

August 11, 2008

In one, Mayor Rick Baker is wearing a pink dress with a matching pink hat. ...more

July 26, 2008

In one, Mayor Rick Baker is wearing a pink dress with a matching pink hat. In another, police Chief Chuck Harmon's head has been put on an obscenely overweight body, and the chief is looking intently at a two-layer cheeseburger. Maj. Melanie Bevan appears as both a dominatrix and as the Wicked Witch of the West. These are among more than 180 computer-altered images internal affairs investigators collected as they looked into an allegation that a police officer had posted them online. They were made available today as the result of a public information request. ...more

July 25, 2008

Had he not retired, a St. Petersburg police officer would have been fired for posting degrading computer-altered pictures of police administrators and others on a Web site popular in the law enforcement community, according to a memorandum released this afternoon. ...more

July 24, 2008

Mayor Rick Baker will lead a delegation to Takamatsu, Japan, today as part of a continuing cultural exchange between the sister cities that spans more than four decades. ...more

June 28, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Mayor Rick Baker will lead a delegation to Takamatsu, Japan, tomorrow as part of a continuing cultural exchange between the sister cities that spans more than four decades. ...more

June 27, 2008

The city council Thursday approved Mayor Rick Baker's recommendation to select an Arlington, Va.-based company for the potential redevelopment of Tropicana Field. ...more

June 20, 2008