Police checking the license plate of a suspicious vehicle discovered a few minutes later that the 23-year-old driver was wanted on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. ...more

December 24, 2009

Officer Prentice K. Shellman didn't buckle an arrestee into the back seat of his police cruiser. He didn't close the cruiser's window. And he didn't notice when the arrestee escaped out the window as Shellman drove to an inmate transport van. ...more

December 23, 2009

A Zephyrhills man with two children in his car fled a traffic stop this morning before crashing and trying to escape into the chilly Hillsborough River, Tampa police say. An officer jumped in to save Craig Kendrick, 34, and Kendrick was arrested shortly after midnight. ...more

December 21, 2009

A 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting a Middleton High School senior last month in a dispute over a bicycle will remain in jail without bail. ...more

December 18, 2009

Tampa police now have a clearer picture on how the cremated remains of a decorated World War II veteran and his wife wound up dumped behind a vacant Tampa college. ...more

December 17, 2009

A police officer is gunned down in his patrol car in Penn Hills, Pa., while waiting for backup. Near Seattle, four officers starting their day at a coffee shop are ambushed by an ex-con with a handgun. Another four officers are shot to death in Oakland, Calif., after a traffic stop gone awry. Across the nation, 2009 was a particularly perilous year for officers involved in gun disputes. ...more

December 13, 2009

Authorities today identified Daniel Reeves as the armed robber who held up the Suncoast Schools Credit Union on Friday, according to Tampa police. ...more

December 12, 2009

Christopher Allan Sortor told Tampa police he likes driving to bus stops to meet women and ask if they would like a ride. ...more

December 10, 2009

Police are investigating a domestic shooting Wednesday night that left one man dead and another in serious but stable condition. ...more

December 9, 2009

Crouched behind a wood pile, the disheveled man had a pistol, a revolver and a loaded magazine in his pockets. An assault rifle lay near his feet. A Taser probe dangled from his tangle of hair. ...more

December 9, 2009