Kenneth L. Borders wanted to talk to the FBI on Tuesday night, so he called 911. Problem is, deputies say, the FBI can't be reached by calling 911. The 51-year-old Tampa man was told not to call 911 again unless there was an emergency. After Borders' fourth 911 call Tuesday night, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested him. ...more

October 15, 2008

I was a communications officer for the U.S. Department of State. ...more

October 9, 2008

Murder trial witness Monique Pennywell told a jury today how she locked herself in the bathroom of her St. Petersburg home on Feb. 4, 2002, while her former boyfriend Dennis Roache beheaded her new lover in the master bedroom on the other side of the door. ...more

September 26, 2008

Each night, a half dozen protesters plant lawn chairs across the street from the home of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, demanding a confession from her mother and grandparents. ...more

September 23, 2008

Katrina Loftin woke to the sound of screams. A woman's screams. She stepped outside into the pre-dawn darkness. A block north of her house, she could make out a woman standing on a front lawn. ...more

August 4, 2008

A Spring Hill man is in jail charged with killing his 81-year-old mother, first beating her with a telephone and remote control, then holding her under water in the family pool, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 3, 2008

A Spring Hill man is in jail charged with killing his 81-year-old mother, first beating her with a telephone and remote control, then holding her under water in the family pool, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 3, 2008

Ramon E. Diaz's ninth unnecessary call to 911 landed him in jail, Tampa police said. ...more

July 10, 2008

It was bad enough, police say, when they showed up at 10406 N Mitchell Ave. early yesterday morning to find out that the man who called 911 did so because his friends were bothering him. ...more

July 5, 2008

Consider that some 10.5 million of America's "tweeners" - children between the ages of eight and 12 - were estimated to have a cell phone by the end of 2006. ...more

June 27, 2008