A handful of Manatee County convenience stores and gas stations have spent the day dubbing surveillance tapes from Monday evening, the night Dr. James Briles came home from work and reported finding his wife, Kathleen, dead. Pulling surveillance video is common in the search for a criminal. Detectives have not released the name or description of the person they are looking for in the videos. The sheriff's office did confirm today that Sheriff Brad Steube has returned from vacation to help handle the case. Steube met with Kathleen Briles's family. ...more

August 5, 2009

An Avon Park Wal-Mart cashier was free on $1,000 bail Tuesday, after she was accused by store security of taking cash from her register. ...more

July 1, 2009

A March hearing was set today for Vidal Mills, facing misdemeanor battery charges for beating a teen who allegedly boasted of killing his son – Jefferson High School football star Cedric "C.J." Mills. ...more

February 5, 2009

The lawyer for a Florida mother charged with murder over her missing daughter is seeking a court order for a mall surveillance video that may show the little girl alive last month. ...more

December 11, 2008

Losing or forgetting a wallet can be a real heartache having to replace documents and calling creditors, but when it is found and no effort is made to return it, and its cash contents are taken and those credit cards are used, it becomes a crime. ...more

August 15, 2008

A candlelight vigil will be held tonight for Lexi Antorino, a 2-year-old Palmetto girl who has been in a coma since an unanchored swing set collapsed on her Sunday. ...more

December 12, 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