The Clearwater police officer who arrested a 76-year-old woman on charges she blocked the drive-through lane at a McDonald's was cleared of wrongdoing in that case, but later resigned while under investigation in an unrelated matter. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA - Police arrested five people in three separate fights on Seventh Avenue early this morning, including one in which an officer had to use a stun gun to control one pugilist to halt the fisticuffs. ...more

May 18, 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that Tampa-based Stinger Systems, which markets stun guns to law enforcement agencies, and its chief executive officer, Robert Gruder, misled investors about one of the company's products. ...more

January 30, 2008

Several suspects took a swing at deputies over the weekend, earning them all a charge of resisting an officer with violence. ...more

January 23, 2008

Before she lets them shoot her little pink stun gun, Dana Shafman ushers her new friends to the living room sofa for a serious chat about the fears she believes they all share. ...more

January 8, 2008

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Friday that it will restrict its use of Taser stun guns in response to a watchdog agency report that officers were firing them too often. ...more

December 15, 2007

Leo Presley punched his pregnant girlfriend on the left eye Sunday and hid under a bed from deputies, Hillsborough County authorities say. ...more

December 10, 2007

LARGO - A patron at the WingHouse restaurant Monday night caused a disturbance, Largo police said, shoving a waitress, scuffling with a different waitress's boyfriend and punching a manager. ...more

November 6, 2007

The University of Florida student stunned by a police Taser and arrested after his fervent, videotaped outburst at an event with Sen. John Kerry said Thursday that he was only trying to raise "important issues that the media doesn't talk about." ...more

November 2, 2007

An 18-year-old man accused of beating his girlfriend and taking off with her 9-month-old baby was arrested Wednesday, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

October 26, 2007