Banks expanded at a breathtaking pace in the past five years, adding more than 10,000 full-service branches, but barely 1 in 10 were in inner-city minority neighborhoods. ...more

August 19, 2009

Three people have been arrested this week on charges they enlisted men at a soup kitchen to cash fake checks at a store, St. Petersburg police say. The checks were made out to the soup kitchen patrons, as if they were the legitimate employees of a plumbing company, police say. ...more

March 26, 2009

Authorities say Sean Welsh attempted to steal almost $80,000 from his mother by using her identity to open nine credit cards and selling her possessions. ...more

January 31, 2008

Authorities say Sean Welsh attempted to steal almost $80,000 from his mother by using her identity to open nine credit cards and selling her possessions. ...more

January 30, 2008

ELLENTON - Bobbie McGraw's gut told her something was wrong when an unkempt man came into her antiques shop. She nearly asked him to leave. But the two boys and a girl with him were clean and dressed in polo shirts. So she gave him the benefit of the doubt. ...more

November 30, 2007

A woman was arrested Tuesday on charges she defrauded a 90-year-old woman and the woman's 69-year-old disabled son while supposedly helping take care of them. ...more

November 7, 2007

TARPON SPRINGS - A woman was arrested today on charges she defrauded a 90-year-old woman and the woman's 69-year-old disabled son while supposedly helping take care of them. ...more

November 6, 2007