A 70-year-old Winter Haven man possessed lots of gas — illegally, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. Hobert Gibson, of 3435 Recker Highway in Winter Haven, was arrested Tuesday on grand theft charges of stealing thousands of gallons of gas from stations in Pasco and Polk counties. ...more

October 17, 2007

The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new 'tribe' in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new "tribe" in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 4, 2007

The man who investigators say abducted and killed a Seffner woman and left her body in a burning stolen van has been brought back to Hillsborough County from a holding cell in the Panhandle. ...more

October 4, 2007

TAMPA The man who investigators say abducted and killed a Seffner woman and left her body in a burning stolen van has been brought back to Hillsborough County from a holding cell in the Panhandle. Kenneth Ray Jackson, 25, arrived from Franklin County and was booked in the Orient Road Jail with no bail set. He is charged with first-degree murder and second-degree arson in the slaying of Cuc Thu Tran, 50. ...more

October 3, 2007

Andrew J. Casale, the chief financial officer of Reeves Import Cars in Tampa, has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $500,000 over five years, police said. ...more

September 14, 2007

A fugitive sex offender wanted in two states was charged Saturday with strangling a woman and leaving her body under a bed at a Times Square hotel. ...more

September 2, 2007