Beau Richard Wallace admits he made a mistake. "I had the laser on the helicopter for about five seconds," the 18-year-old Palm Harbor resident said Thursday. "It was a bad idea. I'll never do it again." ...more

December 18, 2009

The man struck by a St. Petersburg Police squad car Friday night has been identified as Terry W. Barnes, 24, of New Haven, Conn., St. Petersburg police said this morning. ...more

June 15, 2009

Four years after a girl, then 5, was handcuffed at a Pinellas County elementary school, her mother has filed a lawsuit against the Pinellas County School Board. ...more

April 1, 2009

Two Pinellas County sheriff's deputies were given hefty suspensions after a video camera in a squad car showed they misrepresented their actions in separate reports on the same traffic stop, according to sheriff's memoranda released this morning. ...more

February 26, 2009

A St. Petersburg police officer has been suspended for two days after she left a woman arrested for a traffic violation in a van for up to 45 minutes while the officer went to get lunch, according to police documents released this afternoon. ...more

February 19, 2009

Starting at 11:18 a.m., until all 700 students are fed, the bell rings every 30 minutes at Avon Park Middle School. Angelic Sanchez roams the halls in her blue uniform, pistol on her right, eight pouches on the left side of her gunbelt. ...more

February 14, 2009

The stepdaughter of a Winter Haven police officer died Sunday morning and the daughter of a Polk County firefighter was seriously injured when their vehicle hit a power pole and rolled over in Winter Haven. ...more

February 9, 2009

If you have a bag of pot in your pocket, it's not a good idea to pick a fight with a cop, or to offer a bribe on an installment plan after you've been arrested. ...more

February 8, 2009

In the days of old, if a woman told a dispatcher she had been raped in Clearwater, and the dispatcher realized the crime occurred outside the city's boundaries, the woman would be given a telephone number to call. ...more

February 2, 2009

The police union in Pinellas County has responded to the Monday night shooting of a St. Petersburg police officer by asking the mayor to step up the war on crime – specifically, by loosening the policy dictating when officers can chase criminals in their squad cars. ...more

January 29, 2009