About 3 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2006, Diogenes Vazquez awoke to loud banging and a commotion in the Plant City home he shared with four other men, he said on a witness stand Wednesday. ...more

September 4, 2008

About 3 a.m. Oct. 9, 2006, Diogenes Vazquez awoke to loud banging and a commotion in the Plant City home he shared with four other men, he said on a witness stand today. ...more

September 3, 2008

Prosecutors are trying to prove to a jury that Justin Jerrod Grayer, 21, threw the fatal blows that killed Jose Anaya on an early October morning in Plant City. ...more

September 3, 2008

It's no mystery how Sarah Wilson and Jesse Newman found each other. "There are not many filmmakers on the USF campus," Wilson says. ...more

July 23, 2008

An argument between roommates over what police said was drugs and money sent two men to a hospital and one to jail on charges he used a baseball bat to settle the disagreement. ...more

July 6, 2008

Brandon High's Eric Grajales won't be the only wrestler with local ties competing this weekend at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Las Vegas. ...more

June 10, 2008

SEBRING — The second suspect in the stabbing death of a Lake Placid man seven years ago was brought to the Highlands County Jail on Wednesday to join his son, also charged with second-degree murder. Tirso Marin-Median, now 48, of Madison, was charged with homicide willful kill second-degree murder - not premeditated. On Feb. 19, 2001 sheriff's investigators were called to 303 Highlands Blvd., in Lake Placid, on a report of a stabbing. The victim, Sergio Morales, was found inside the home with multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by Highlands County Emergency Medical personnel. ...more

June 5, 2008

Two men have been arrested in connection with the May 16 killing of a 21-year-old Riverview man, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said today. The body of Michael Denhof was found by one of his roommates in his apartment at 13524 Prestwick Drive with wounds in the upper torso. ...more

May 29, 2008

TAMPA - The body of a 21-year-old Riverview man was found in his home Friday. ...more

May 19, 2008

Sheriff's detectives are investigating the third killing in the Tommy Town area north of Dade City in two days. ...more

May 18, 2008