An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 5-year-old girl from Putnam County in northeast Florida. Haleigh Cummings was last seen at her home in Satsuma at 3 this morning, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 10, 2009

A 53-year-old Tampa man has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder. Hillsborough County deputies arrested Paul Dotson at 5:45 p.m. today at 78th Street. He was involved in the slaying last month of 57-year-old Judith Rolander, deputies say. ...more

February 6, 2009

A St. Petersburg woman's hair caught fire when she tried extinguishing a grease fire at her home with water, according to St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue. ...more

February 6, 2009

Vincent George Brown pleaded not guilty today to kidnapping and killing his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Johnson in November. ...more

February 3, 2009

Rhett Hopkins refused to pay his $4 bar tab at O'Malley's bar in Sarasota because, he said, he was an undercover officer with the Tampa Police Department and worked on homeland security. ...more

February 2, 2009