A 74-year-old patient at Mease-Dunedin Hospital was arrested Monday afternoon, accused of pulling out a gun and pointing it at a nurse, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 29, 2008

The brother of actor Mark Ruffalo has died a week after he was shot in the head, police said Tuesday. Scott Ruffalo, 39, died late Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Police Sgt. Renato Moreno said. ...more

December 9, 2008

Police arrested William Balfour, the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson, on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation. ...more

December 1, 2008

An argument between two workers at a Myakka City dairy farm turned violent this afternoon when one of the men was shot in the neck, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 30, 2008

Local authorities are focusing their investigation on a new suspect in the shooting of a Lake Placid man. ...more

November 25, 2008

The Lake Placid Police Department is continuing its investigation into a Sunday night shooting at the JFK Trailer Park that left one man in serious condition. ...more

November 5, 2008

a 25-year-old Port Richey man was arrested Thursday, accused of shooting a man at the Calendar Girls strip club. Derrick Henry "Casper" Carr, of 8915 Sterling Lane, was arrested at his home in connection to Wednesday's shooting of 23-year-old Thomas Scott Pryor outside the club at 16309 U.S. 19. According to sheriff's office reports, Carr became upset when Pryor smacked a dancer's buttocks. It wasn't clear whether she was working or if Carr knows her personally. ...more

October 31, 2008

Keith Lane rambled on for 10 minutes, trying to convince Circuit Judge Thane Covert that he was worthy of mercy. ...more

October 25, 2008

A local man was charged with attempted murder after police say he opened fire with a gun in the area of Lula B. White Street, early Thursday morning, striking a residence. ...more

October 10, 2008

A jury on Wednesday convicted a South Florida teenager of first-degree murder in the 2004 stabbing death of his 14-year-old friend in a middle school bathroom. ...more

September 25, 2008