A former high school football star will spend the rest of his life as a prison inmate. Manatee Circuit Judge Debra Riva sentenced Tim Brooks, 19, to life in prison Monday afternoon. A jury convicted Brooks last month for the murder of William White Jr. ...more

January 4, 2010

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhoods and to promote public safety. Below is a list of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office from Dec. 20 through 26, arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

January 2, 2010

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help people keep track of crime reports in their neighborhoods and promote public safety. This is a list of crime reports handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office from Dec. 13 through 19 and is arranged by ZIP code. These are reports that were investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

December 31, 2009

St. Petersburg police are asking the public to help find a man who robbed a Walgreens last week. The robber entered the store at 5420 9 St. North at 2:43 a.m. Thursday with his shirt covering his face, police said. But the shirt fell, exposing his face before he committed the robbery. ...more

December 29, 2009

A Holiday man has been arrested in connection with the theft of prescription medications during a home invasion that happened two weeks ago, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

December 25, 2009

One of the two men charged in the highly publicized shooting at Boyett's Grove accepted a sentence of 25 years in prison. ...more

December 24, 2009

Oscar Richardson, convicted of robbing a Tampa convenience store at gunpoint, escaped from a work release center 30 years ago. Investigators finally captured him Saturday in Missouri, where he has lived under an assumed name for most of the past three decades, according to the News-Leader in Springfield, Mo. ...more

December 21, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published in an effort to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office between Dec. 6-11 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

December 19, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published in an effort to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office between Nov. 29 - Dec. 5 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

December 17, 2009

Alan Crotzer knows what it is like to be innocent of a crime even when a jury decides otherwise. ...more

December 15, 2009