Behind the wheel of his red pickup with a .45-caliber handgun at his side, Jorge Orlando Bello Garcia cruised back and forth in front of his estranged wife's Carrollwood home. ...more

June 8, 2008

TAMPA - At least two men and two women are dead, and two Hillsborough County deputies are wounded after a pair of related shootouts in the Carrollwood area, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

June 7, 2008

Preston Parker is getting a second chance at Florida State, but the Seminoles' 2007 offensive MVP is under more scrutiny than ever after he reached a plea agreement Monday in a Palm Beach County courtroom. ...more

May 20, 2008

Jimmy Fallon will officially be given the keys to NBC's "Late Night" franchise after Conan O'Brien's exit. ...more

May 12, 2008

Glen Powell came to the courthouse prepared. He was armed with a .45-caliber handgun, 71 extra rounds of ammunition, a gas mask and a long-blade knife. ...more

May 9, 2008

St. PETERSBURG - Glen Powell, the man killed in a gunbattle with two bailiffs at the downtown courthouse Wednesday, had 71 more rounds of ammunition in his backpack, sheriff's authorities said today. ...more

May 8, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County sheriff's detectives are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a drugstore just before 1:30 today. ...more

February 25, 2008

A Clearwater policeman who fired on a burglar fleeing the officer's Tarpon Springs home in December did nothing wrong, according to results of an internal affairs investigation released Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Clearwater policeman who fired upon a fleeing burglar in the officer's Tarpon Springs home in December has been cleared of wrongdoing, according to results of an internal affairs investigation released this morning. ...more

February 15, 2008

Jim Epley, who turned 74 last week, watched as his neighbor used a .22-caliber handgun to dispatch the Eastern diamondback. He knew it would take more firepower. He fetched his .44-caliber Magnum. Two shots later, the snake was dead, although it continued to squirm for hours. ...more

January 17, 2008