Relaxing in their Seffner backyard on Memorial Day evening, Ann and Jose Delafuento would not have been surprised to hear a few fireworks. But Jose Delafuento knew he wasn't hearing Roman candles shooting off. "It was definitely gunshots. Seven or eight of them. Pow, pow, pow," he said. A few minutes later, the Delafuentos discovered the source of the shots as sheriff's cruisers hastened to the CNK Beverage Pit at 12002 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., nearly across from their home. ...more

May 27, 2008

The Sweetbay Supermarket pharmacy at 3406 U.S. 19 is the latest target in a rash of holdups in which robbers are demanding high-strength, opiate painkillers, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported late Friday. ...more

May 24, 2008

HOLIDAY – A man robbed a Sweetbay pharmacy this afternoon, and Pasco County Sheriff's deputies are investigating. The robbery happened at about 11:30 a.m., when a man carrying a gun wrapped in newspaper demanded that a pharmacy clerk give him OxyContin, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. The clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of the drug, and the robber fled the store. ...more

May 23, 2008

A robbery suspect whose getaway car got stuck in traffic last week was captured when he got out and tried to make a run for it. ...more

May 3, 2008

The man looked nervous when he ordered a Wachovia teller to hand over cash Feb. 8, according to the head teller who was nearby at the time of the robbery. ...more

February 22, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- Police today released a video of an attempted armed robbery in which one of two people fired a gun at a jewelry case to break it but only managed to put a hole in it. ...more

February 20, 2008

A man with a truckload of friends is wanted in connection with a Friday afternoon bank robbery that netted an unspecified amount of money. ...more

February 9, 2008

A man with a truckload of friends is wanted in connection with a Friday afternoon bank robbery that netted an unspecified amount of money. ...more

February 8, 2008