HOLIDAY – A man robbed a Sweetbay pharmacy this afternoon, and Pasco County Sheriff's deputies are investigating. The robbery happened at about 11:30 a.m., when a man carrying a gun wrapped in newspaper demanded that a pharmacy clerk give him OxyContin, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. The clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of the drug, and the robber fled the store. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA - Police arrested a man Tuesday who fled the day before from a prostitution sting at Robles Park. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa woman conducted cosmetic surgery in her home without a license, police say. ...more

February 4, 2008

Responding to a more than one-third increase in bank robberies, the Florida Bankers Association is urging its members to adopt new rules. ...more

January 20, 2008

Polk County detectives are searching for a man dressed as a woman who approached a boy on a bicycle this afternoon in the Eagle Lake area and offered to perform a lewd act on the child. ...more

December 28, 2007

WESLEY CHAPEL - Deputies are looking for a man in connection with the robbery of a Bank of America at 1910 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. on Wednesday. ...more

December 12, 2007

SOUTH PASADENA - A man wearing a toupee, sunglasses and a dark gray tweed sports coat robbed a Wachovia Bank branch this morning, Pinellas County sheriff's officials said. ...more

December 10, 2007

As the search for a missing young mother continues, divers are expected this week to explore the lake in her Colony Lakes Estates subdivision. ...more

November 19, 2007

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating two bank robberies that occurred within 24 hours. The suspect in each case was a white male wearing a ball cap, although police believe the robberies were committed by different people. ...more

November 10, 2007

It was nighttime but the entourage and camera crew still had their shades, or "hata blockas," on during the filming of rapper Acafool's new video filmed in downtown Tampa. The video shoot for Acafool's latest release, "She's Bad," ended tonight in front of a Tampa mural at Royal Street and Florida Avenue. ...more

October 17, 2007