He says he did it for drugs. Deputies say that's what Alexander Dennis Piller, 20, said Sunday night as they arrested him on charges of robbing the pizzeria he was fired from for being a no-show a couple of days earlier, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 7, 2009

He did it for drugs. That's what Alexander Dennis Piller, 20, told deputies Sunday night as they arrested him on charges of robbing a New Port Richey pizzeria he was fired from for being a no-show a couple days earlier, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 5, 2009

Greater use of bullet-resistant vests and stun guns helped reduce police deaths in 2008 compared with the previous year, two law enforcement support groups report. The states with the most deaths were Texas with 14, followed by California with 12, then Florida and Pennsylvania with eight each. The figures, which covered deaths through Sunday, were reported by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Concerns of Police Survivors. ...more

December 30, 2008

The judge's indignant remarks came a day after a jury acquitted a man of charges he had struck two Gulfport police officers. ...more

October 11, 2008

Pinellas Judge rejects a prosecutors demands for restituition in a case where Gulfport police beat and tasered a man in what began as a trespassing case. ...more

October 10, 2008

Zephyrhills police chief bought vehicles without authorization ...more

August 11, 2008

Police Chief Russell Barnes and an administrative sergeant were placed on paid leave Tuesday night. ...more

July 31, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — A firefighter was treated at a hospital after a sheriff's deputy accidentally stunned him with a Taser at a fire station. ...more

June 25, 2008

The killing of Hillsborough County sheriff's Sgt. Ronald Harrison helped make Florida the nation's second deadliest state for law enforcement officers. ...more

December 27, 2007

A record number of fatal traffic incidents and a double-digit spike in shooting deaths led to one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers in more than a decade, according to two Washington groups. ...more

December 27, 2007