Monroe County Sheriff's deputies thought a gun-shaped belt buckle looked a little too much like the real thing — and nearly shot the teen wearing the buckle. ...more

April 10, 2009

Deputies intercepted 10 pounds of marijuana heading to a Riverview home, and when investigators entered the house, they found several guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

March 3, 2009

Miracle Johnson weighed about a pound when she was born prematurely, and it took nurturing and nursing to get her to where she needed to be in life, said Alvin Mitchell, a family member. ...more

December 25, 2008

When people learn he killed his ex-wife and her ex-husband, Khemraj Dhani said into the recording device, they should not blame Dhani - it's the court system in Bartow, which gave her everything, he said, that should be blamed. ...more

December 25, 2008

When you see that I've killed my wife and her ex-husband, Khemraj Dhani said into the recording device, don't blame me – blame the court system in Bartow, a Dundee man says in a recording he made before killing his ex-wife, gravely wounding her first ex-husband and killing himself. ...more

December 24, 2008

A 10-year-old girl died Tuesday afternoon after an 11-year-old boy visiting her Fort Meade home for Christmas shot her with a gun found in the bedroom, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

December 24, 2008

Before showing up at his ex-wife's house Saturday night, killing her and seriously wounding her first ex-husband before turning the gun on himself, Khemraj Dhani recorded his rage on tape, Polk County deputies say. ...more

December 23, 2008

Before showing up at his ex-wife's house Saturday night, killing her and seriously wounding her first ex-husband before turning the gun on himself, Khemraj Dhani recorded a message, Polk County deputies say. ...more

December 22, 2008

Rosemary Jenkins heard someone banging on the front door and windows of her Odessa home shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, deputies said. When Jenkins opened the door her home, at 8030 Peterson Road, she saw an acquaintance, according to an affidavit. According to the affidavit, Renaye Lashawn Hicks, 33, was waiving a semiautomatic handgun and asking for Ndiyya Anderson, who was asleep in a back bedroom. ...more

September 26, 2008

Police responding to a report of gunshots fired at an apartment complex Monday night found three young children alone with a partially loaded assault rifle. ...more

September 23, 2008