After two Wesley Chapel teens were gunned down on a dirt road two years ago in Trilby, one of the first and most publicized names to surface as a person of interest by the sheriff's office was Jeremy Hanson Henry. But two weeks later, Henry, 20, turned up dead and since then the investigation into the deaths of Derek James Pieper and Raymond Alphonse Veluz mostly had been mum. Until now. On Friday Pasco Detective Lisa Schoneman said she has tirelessly worked this case since the slayings, and it's been almost that long since detectives have ruled out Henry as the killer. On Aug. 10, 2006, Henry called Detective Stephen Foshay and told him he didn't have anything to do with the killings of Pieper, 17, and Velez, 18, on July 28, 2006. He then pointed to Tyree Jenkins and Luc Pierre-Charles as the triggermen, Schoneman said. ...more

July 25, 2008

TAMPA James Kenneth McElroy, who deputies say stabbed his father to death and seriously wounded his mother and sister, will be held in jail without bail, a judge said today. ...more

July 25, 2008

One day last year, Susan Davidson Bell was copying her resume and struck up a conversation with a teacher who was doing the same thing. ...more

July 10, 2008

For the first time, a text tip received by Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay has resulted in arrest. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - For the first time, a text tip received by Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay has resulted in arrest. ...more

July 8, 2008

A Miami man is being held in a Hillsborough County jail on charges that he kidnapped a businessman for at least $100,000, then fled to Tampa. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA - A Miami man is being held in a Hillsborough County jail on charges that he kidnapped a businessman for at least $100,000, then fled to Tampa. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - Officers arrested a man Monday night who is wanted in Palm Beach on charges of sexual battery and molestation of a child, police spokeswoman Janelle McGregor. ...more

June 10, 2008

SEBRING — The second suspect in the stabbing death of a Lake Placid man seven years ago was brought to the Highlands County Jail on Wednesday to join his son, also charged with second-degree murder. Tirso Marin-Median, now 48, of Madison, was charged with homicide willful kill second-degree murder - not premeditated. On Feb. 19, 2001 sheriff's investigators were called to 303 Highlands Blvd., in Lake Placid, on a report of a stabbing. The victim, Sergio Morales, was found inside the home with multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by Highlands County Emergency Medical personnel. ...more

June 5, 2008

Durant Road was closed to traffic for nearly two hours Monday while the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SWAT team apprehended an armed man outside his home. ...more

May 24, 2008