Two deputies unsuccessfully searched a Ridge Manor home on Wednesday for a man who had fled from the cops. But they didn't walk away empty-handed. ...more

April 9, 2009

At 2:35 a.m. one morning I was awakened to the clanking sound of my father's walker. ...more

March 12, 2009

Information from a confidential source led to the Sunday arrest of two neighbors charged with growing marijuana. ...more

January 7, 2009

A family didn't realize they'd had an unexpected Christmas guest until a man who had been in their attic for days emerged wearing their clothes, police said. ...more

December 28, 2008

A registered sex offender was arrested Wednesday after authorities say they found child pornography in his home. ...more

December 12, 2008

- A registered sex offender was arrested Wednesday after authorities say they found child pornography in his home. ...more

December 11, 2008

Mark Damond Thomas set clothes on fire in his bedroom closet and left, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. Thomas was arrested at 4:04 p.m. Wednesday. He was charged with first-degree arson. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA Three teenagers are accused of robbing a Pizza Hut deliveryman at gunpoint, then ordering him to kneel in a closet while facing the wall, police said. Victor Maurice Tanner Jr., 19, Malcolm Rashad Hill, 19, and Frederick Wallace Reddick, 18, were held without bail today at the Orient Road Jail. Tampa police arrested them Wednesday on felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, records show. ...more

December 4, 2008

A Gibsonton man is being held at the Orient Road Jail this morning, accused of growing five marijuana plants in a bedroom closet, records show. Robert Ashcraft, 35, is charged with felony possession and cultivation of marijuana. His bail is set at $4,000, jail records show. ...more

September 30, 2008

God Lucky Howard, 39, described in jail records as a mortgage broker, is set to appear Thursday in a Hillsborough County courtroom to seek a reduced bail amount on cocaine charges. ...more

June 25, 2008