An 18-year-old Lutz man was arrested on rape charges over the weekend after he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl who was taking a shower in his hotel room in Treasure Island. ...more

July 27, 2009

Two Polk County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man who they said pointed a 9-mm pistol at them outside an apartment near Lakeland early Sunday morning. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting of a man by a deputy that happened early this morning. ...more

March 22, 2009

The commander of Hernando Beach VFW Post 9236 was killed early Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash. ...more

March 13, 2009

Thank you, Melissa Dojka, for having the courage to tell this community about the rape you suffered at the hands of three marauding thugs who, if found guilty in a court of law, should be locked up for life. ...more

September 22, 2008

When Melissa Dojka heard a noise in her bathroom while she was taking a shower, she figured it was her boyfriend. ...more

August 26, 2008

When Melissa Dojka heard a noise in her bathroom while she was taking a shower, she figured it was her boyfriend. ...more

August 25, 2008

Rigoberto Morón Martinez had worked at one of the restaurants where he is accused of raping an employee during a robbery, and investigators believe he did so, at least in part, because of a dispute over money he had had with the owner. ...more

August 23, 2008

A Clearwater policeman who fired on a burglar fleeing the officer's Tarpon Springs home in December did nothing wrong, according to results of an internal affairs investigation released Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Clearwater policeman who fired upon a fleeing burglar in the officer's Tarpon Springs home in December has been cleared of wrongdoing, according to results of an internal affairs investigation released this morning. ...more

February 15, 2008