A routine traffic stop Sunday netted a stolen handgun after officers spotted one of the car's occupants trying to conceal the weapon under a seat, authorities said. The stop happened just before 3 p.m. Sunday at 15th Street and East Osborne Avenue, Tampa police said. ...more

July 6, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives have released the name of a couple involved in a May 31 murder-suicide. ...more

June 5, 2009

A woman shot while she and an accomplice tried to steal a sport utility vehicle in Wahneta Tuesday has died from her injuries, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 28, 2009

An incident that led to a man being fatally shot by two Polk County sheriff's deputies began following an unreported burglary, deputies say. At 1:41 a.m. Sunday, deputies came to 128 Idaho Ave. for a reported shooting. They determined two people had fought and exchanged gunfire, leaving the scene before deputies came. ...more

March 24, 2009

Two Polk County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man who they said pointed a 9-mm pistol at them outside an apartment near Lakeland early Sunday morning. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting of a man by a deputy that happened early this morning. ...more

March 22, 2009

TAMPA — William Gomez and Christopher Serrano delivered more than 300 grams of cocaine to investigators, and Hillsborough County deputies also found five pounds of marijuana in Gomez's home, deputies say. The men were arrested. ...more

February 10, 2009

Report: Woman Slapped In Courthouse BROOKSVILLE - A man upset about the outcome of a dependency hearing slapped his ex-girlfriend outside the fourth floor elevators at the courthouse Tuesday, a report states. ...more

January 8, 2009

Authorities seized a small cache of weapons and ammunition from the New Jersey home of New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, the New York Post and Newsday both reported Wednesday, possibly setting up the embattled player for more legal trouble. ...more

December 24, 2008

A 15-year-old boy brought a .45-caliber handgun to Hillsborough High School today in an attempt to sell it, police say. ...more

December 15, 2008