A 15-year-old boy has been charged with culpable negligence in connection with an apartment complex fire that caused $100,000 in damage. ...more

April 22, 2009

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with culpable negligence in connection with an apartment complex fire that caused $100,000 in damage. The teenager, who is not being identified because of his age, was in an apartment at the High Points Apartment complex about 3:30 p.m. Monday when he created a homemade flame thrower by setting fire to the spray released from an aerosol can, said Capt. Jeffrey Harrington with the New Port Richey Police Department. ...more

April 21, 2009

An unlicensed breeder in southwest Missouri agreed last month to surrender about 200 purebred dogs after setting fire to his property, distraught over his wife's leaving, financial problems and the prospect of losing his animals, according to an affidavit. ...more

March 4, 2009

St. Petersburg police arrested two 16-year-old boys Sunday, accusing them of setting fire to 14 cars and a house over a two-hour span. ...more

February 2, 2009

A Dunedin man was arrested this morning on charges he set fire to a converted shed owned by a man he had earlier threatened, Clearwater police said. ...more

September 29, 2008

Like the politician she is, Republican Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, who represents the swamps and woods of Hernando, Citrus, Sumter and parts of Pasco counties, sent out news releases to the media the other day, attacking Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee and his office for not digging into the identity of Rigoberto Moron Martinez, a suspect in a series of violent attacks across the Tampa Bay region. ...more

August 27, 2008

Re: Drugging of children a diversion? So, is this to say also, that the men and women of today who are taking Prozac and other meds to treat anxiety, depression, etc. are taking something that isn't needed? I am certain that there are those parents who give the child something to just calm him/her down when unruly, but there are very real cases out there that can not go with out being treated with meds. ...more

January 26, 2008

A Polk County Jail inmate charged Sunday with four counts of attempted murder was found hanging in his cell Monday morning, deputies say. He died at Bartow Regional Medical Center shortly after 3 p.m. ...more

December 24, 2007

A Polk County Jail inmate charged Sunday with four counts of attempted murder was found hanging in his cell Monday morning, deputies say. He died at Bartow Regional Medical Center shortly after 3 p.m. ...more

December 24, 2007

When 22-year-old Solymarie Roman was found slain, her body burned, in a northeast Polk County orange grove, suspicion quickly focused on her boyfriend, Mourad Balzourt. ...more

November 30, 2007