BARTOW - A man wanted on outstanding warrants was taken to the hospital today after the stolen car he was driving crashed on State Road 60, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 25, 2008

SEBRING — A Tallahassee man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bail Tuesday after Sebring police say he walked into the Sweetbay supermarket and tried to cash a forged check from Lapin Sheet Metal. ...more

May 6, 2008

A 65-year-old woman told investigators that two men entered her Winter Haven home this morning, forced her to write several checks, tied her up then took other items before they fled in her SUV, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 21, 2008

A woman accused in nearly two dozen cases of identity theft and fraud, among other charges, is now suspected of similar crimes in Jackson County in the Panhandle. ...more

January 23, 2008

A Tampa man had an ax stuffed in his pants, a flashlight in his rear pocket and a crack pipe with faux rocks of cocaine in his shirt pocket as he tried stealing a box of liquor from an Ybor City business Saturday, police say. ...more

December 24, 2007

TAMPA - A Tampa man had an axe stuffed in his pants, a flashlight in his rear pocket and a crack pipe with faux rocks of cocaine in his shirt pocket as he tried stealing a box of liquor from an Ybor City business Saturday, police say. ...more

December 23, 2007

A woman was arrested Tuesday on charges she defrauded a 90-year-old woman and the woman's 69-year-old disabled son while supposedly helping take care of them. ...more

November 7, 2007

TARPON SPRINGS - A woman was arrested today on charges she defrauded a 90-year-old woman and the woman's 69-year-old disabled son while supposedly helping take care of them. ...more

November 6, 2007

TEMPLE TERRACE - A Tampa woman tried passing two fraudulent $500 Visa travelers checks this morning at a CVS pharmacy, but the plan didn't work because the store caught onto her scheme, according to the Temple Terrace police department. ...more

October 14, 2007

The Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office has decided not to pursue a criminal case against the director of a child care center accused of altering a fire-inspection certificate for the facility. ...more

September 21, 2007