A young victim's desire to move on with his life probably spared Lisa Marinelli something worse. ...more

April 17, 2009

Investigators have arrested a second man they say went into a private cow pasture with two large dogs and encouraged the animals to chase and attack a calf, an arrest report states. ...more

April 10, 2009

A 20-year-old man tied up the sheriff's office's 911 system for 7 minutes and 47 seconds early this morning by laughing and asking a dispatcher to send him to jail, an affidavit states. ...more

April 9, 2009

A 23-year-old Tampa woman is charged with felony child neglect after deputies said she left her 6-year-old son home alone while she was at work. ...more

April 8, 2009

Jennifer Johnson had about a minute to talk before a 911 operator in Plant City lost a connection with her. "Ma'am, I'm in a trunk right now," the 31-year-old Tampa mother yelled on a copy of the call released today. "They got me in the trunk. … I don't know where I'm at." No officers were dispatched to find her, according to a report contained in the 700 pages of discovery material released with the call today. ...more

April 1, 2009

BROOKSVILLE - A motorcyclist was arrested on suspicion of DUI Monday after he lost control of his bike. ...more

March 31, 2009

A man has been charged with arson in connection with a January blaze at a multi-unit town home building in Palm Harbor that left 8 people displaced. ...more

March 31, 2009

Police briefs. ...more

March 31, 2009

Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend. ...more

March 30, 2009

Asked to pay a $13.50 bar tab, an Ohio man responded by head-butting a sheriff's office sergeant, an affidavit states. ...more

March 19, 2009