A body found this week in Mirror Lake has been identified as Jason Robert Alamed, 37. According to Alamed's driver's license, his home address is 742 Haven Place, Tarpon Springs, but investigators learned he recently had been staying at the Randolph Hotel, 200 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg. ...more

October 14, 2009

St. Petersburg authorities are investigating a man's fall at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night as the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox drew to a close. The man, whose name was not immediately available, tumbled over the side of the escalator. "He fell about 40 feet onto concrete," Lt. Joel Granata said. ...more

August 6, 2009

The Florida Secretary for the Department of Children & Families, George Sheldon,paid a visit to the Children's Advocacy Center in Sebring last Tuesday. ...more

June 11, 2009

Polk County deputies are probing the finding of a man's body floating in Saddle Creek Lake. ...more

May 24, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Saddle Creek Lake today, along with a single-person canoe. ...more

May 23, 2009

TAMPA -- Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man officers found on the sidewalk of East Columbus Drive near North 22nd Street early this morning. ...more

May 7, 2009

A construction worker was struck in the head by a block-and-tackle hoist this afternoon and was transported to a local hospital as a trauma alert patient, officials said. ...more

May 4, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has released a computer-generated image of the man whose body was found near Thonotosassa and Stanley roads in eastern Hillsborough County on Tuesday. ...more

April 8, 2009

The family of an Odessa racing aficionado and businessman found slain in his home in October offered a $20,000 reward today for information leading to his killer. ...more

March 12, 2009

A man whose body was found March 1 in a ditch in Ruskin has been identified as 52-year-old Dale Strunk, Hillsborough County deputies say. Strunk had no obvious signs of trauma, though it's up to the medical examiner's office to determine an official cause of death, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The cause of death is pending toxicology results. ...more

March 11, 2009