The police union in Pinellas County has responded to the Monday night shooting of a St. Petersburg police officer by asking the mayor to step up the war on crime – specifically, by loosening the policy dictating when officers can chase criminals in their squad cars. ...more

January 29, 2009

A suspected drug dealer who hit a car last year while fleeing police, killing a mother of three, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. ...more

January 12, 2009

A man accused in the 1998 rape of an 85-year-old Pinellas County woman is among nearly 2,500 fugitives captured during a focused law enforcement effort in Florida, officials said Thursday. ...more

September 19, 2008

A man carjacked a woman's Lexus at gunpoint just after midnight Sunday, forcing her to drive the vehicle, and she later bailed out of the car while it was still moving, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

July 28, 2008

Pam Bondi spends much of her time speaking for law enforcement in Hillsborough County, a role she has turned into a national platform as a legal affairs commentator on news talk shows. ...more

October 6, 2007