TAMPA - A Hillsborough County deputy was arrested this morning, charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery. ...more

July 7, 2008

A 20-year-old Bradenton man was dropped off at Manatee Memorial Hospital early today with a life-threatening gunshot wound he received under mysterious circumstances, authorities said. ...more

July 5, 2008

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) _ Six Panhandle counties have a new interim chief medical examiner. ...more

July 2, 2008

After getting into a verbal altercation with his 17-year-old live-in girlfriend, Jessie Antonio Dennard, 33, went on a rampage yesterday, police say, beating and kicking her to the point of unconsciousness and breaking her nose. ...more

June 21, 2008

LAKE PLACID — The investigation into the Saturday morning shooting and homicide at 242 Phoenix Ave., Lake Placid, continued Tuesday, as Highlands County Sheriff's detectives gathered information. According to a sheriff's news release, an altercation at the Hideaway Lounge, located on U.S. 27, on the night of June 6, may have sparked the fatal shooting. "That's been confirmed in part," Sheriff's Investigator Lt. Tim Lethbridge said Tuesday. "We're involved; still investigating. We're still interviewing people who were there when it occurred." Andrew John Kalinowski, 21, of Lake Placid, was booked on charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder - premeditated. At 12:23 a.m. Saturday, Lake Placid Police officers were the first on scene at 242 Phoenix Ave., after responding to a 911 call. ...more

June 10, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Highlands County Sheriff's Office and Lake Placid Police Department were investigating a Saturday morning shooting which occurred at 242 Phoenix Ave. after an altercation at the Hideaway Lounge on U.S. 27. ...more

June 7, 2008

SEBRING — Police who responded to a domestic battery in progress call reportedly found three female victims crying and cowering in a rear hallway of the victim's Sebring home. Police Officer Sean Bueford reported as he entered the home that he encountered Rogelio Pompa, 35, walking away from the women. He ordered Pompa to place his hands above his head, but he did not listen, the report stated. He unholstered his Taser and aimed it at Pompa, repeating the order, but Pompa did not respond. He tried to grab Pompa's arm but the man pulled away. ...more

June 3, 2008

AVON PARK — An 18-year-old Sebring youth remained in Florida Hospital in stable condition Monday, and a shooting suspect was in custody, after a young man was shot Saturday morning in his abdomen. The shooting occurred near the corner of East Hal McRae Boulevard and South Delaney Avenue, in Avon Park, according to police. Dwight Hankerson, 18, of Sebring was shot early Saturday morning about an hour after the Friday night graduation dance ended at the former Hopewell Academy. Antwan L. Jones, 18, of 1025 Marble Ave., Avon Park, was already in police custody Monday afternoon, to be charged with attempted second-degree murder, according to Avon Park Police Cmdr. Michael J. Rowan. ...more

June 2, 2008

She told him he was a bad husband, and things only got worse from there. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA -- A dustup over music more than two weeks ago may be related to the triple homicide inside an Auburndale bar over the weekend, a shooting that claimed the lives of two Bay area DJs and another man who was tagging along with them at the show. Antone Neely and Michael Rittigan made up the DJ duo that worked for Poison Dart, a company owned by Richard "Kirky-C" Salmon. Salmon said the shooting might have had roots in a fight that happened at the Thunderbird on May 9 during a show the DJs were hosting. ...more

May 27, 2008