MANATEE COUNTY - A sheriff's office investigation into the December swing set accident that put a 2-year-old Palmetto girl in a coma revealed that the equipment was not anchored and bolts were missing. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - Two men used a pry bar to steal 122 quarters and a nickel from a vending machine this morning, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 7, 2008

While criminals in the northwest region of Hillsborough County made some headlines in 2007, efforts at crime prevention also were in the news, with a community policing patrol established in Westchase and a visit by Sheriff David Gee to Sickles High School to stress the importance of citizens helping deputies prevent crime. ...more

December 31, 2007

Pasco County Sheriff's Office detectives have released video from a pharmacy medication robbery this month and hope someone can help identify the man who pulled off that holdup and at least one similar heist. ...more

December 27, 2007

Pasco County Sheriff's Office detectives have released video from a robbery at a pharmacy on Dec. 13 and hope someone can help identify the man they think is responsible for at least one similar heist. ...more

December 26, 2007

Police are searching for two men who robbed a Tampa store this morning and punched a clerk on the face before leaving, according to the Tampa Police Department. ...more

December 11, 2007

St. Petersburg police are asking for help identifying the people who broke into a cellular phone store Tuesday night. ...more

November 14, 2007

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is committed to helping Martin Lee Anderson's family continue any investigation into the teen's death, according to a statement released by McCollum and family attorney Benjamin Crump today. Anderson, 14, died after being restrained and struck by drill instructors at a Panhandle boot camp while a nurse looked on, occasionally checking his vital signs. The confrontation was captured by a surveillance camera. ...more

November 13, 2007

Videotape footage taken just moments before Nick Bollea crashed his Toyota Supra will help the son of famed wrestler Hulk Hogan, according to his lawyer. ...more

November 10, 2007

Dozens of people from the Bay area boarded buses to Tallahassee this morning to protest the not guilty verdict given seven drill instructors and a nurse charged in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson after he collapsed at a Bay County boot camp in 2006. ...more

October 23, 2007