PALM HARBOR - Moments after he was ticketed for running a stop sign this morning, a Safety Harbor man tried to ram the squad car of the Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy who had stopped him – and was subsequently arrested. Anthony Louis Lanni, 30, was originally given tickets for running the stop sign and for having a license plate that wasn't clearly visible, said sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda. The license plate was covered in plastic. ...more

June 5, 2008

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after not moving her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 21, 2008

CLEARWATER -- A 14-year-old Clearwater boy was arrested early today after he struck a police cruiser with a 1991 Honda Accord, narrowly missing one police officer and then gunning the Accord toward a second officer, authorities said. ...more

February 20, 2008

CLEARWATER -- The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after failing to move her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 20, 2008

A Clearwater police officer accused of wrongly arresting a 75-year-old woman at a McDonald's drive-through last month has been cleared of wrongdoing by his supervisors, according to an internal affairs file released Monday. ...more

February 5, 2008

About the only person who believes a Clearwater police officer wrongly arrested 75-year-old Jean Merola at a McDonald's drive-through last month is Jean Merola. ...more

February 4, 2008

Did you ever want to know how fast a police officer was driving on a particular day? ...more

January 22, 2008

LARGO - Did you ever want to know how fast a police officer was driving on a particular day? Now you can find out if he works for the St. Petersburg Police Department, the Clearwater Police Department or the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 21, 2008

Two teenagers were arrested in St. Petersburg on Tuesday night in connection with the death last year of a police officer in Volusia County. ...more

January 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Two teenagers were arrested in St. Petersburg on Tuesday night in connection with the death last year of a police officer in Volusia County. ...more

January 16, 2008