A Brazilian man with a spear stuck in his head after a diving accident says he is done with underwater fishing. Three days after doctors surgically removed a spear from his brain, Emerson de Oliveira Abreu says "never more" will he get back into the water to fish with spears. ...more

April 3, 2009

Initial police reports of a man shot while driving in unincorporated Manatee County appear to have been incorrect, and it is now believed the man's wounds were self-inflicted, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

March 24, 2009

One person has been airlifted to Tampa General Hospital following a three-car crash in Winter Haven. ...more

March 20, 2009

A man fell off a hotel balcony in St. Pete Beach and was taken to the hospital with injuries Tuesday night, according to police. ...more

March 18, 2009

Two Orlando men, one wanted on a warrant for attempted murder, died when they crashed while an officer was trying to pull the car over, Tampa police said. ...more

March 13, 2009

Two Orlando men, one wanted on a warrant for attempted murder, died when their car crashed while trying to elude police early this morning, Tampa police say. ...more

March 12, 2009

A 41-year-old Tampa man died Sunday evening, within hours after his Dodge Intrepid was struck from behind on 18th Avenue South in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

March 9, 2009

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March 8, 2009

A man was killed and a woman was shot multiple times this morning in a shooting at a Sarasota apartment. ...more

March 7, 2009

A former local lawyer and Chicago police officer received a 10-year federal prison sentence Friday for sending threatening letters to his estranged wife and others while in state prison. ...more

March 7, 2009