A Pinellas Sheriff's narcotics detective accidentally shot a 43-year-old woman this morning in St. Petersburg as he and other detectives were bursting through a door to a home, Pinellas Sheriff's authorities say. ...more

March 11, 2009

An Ocala man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to soliciting over the Internet a parent whose children he wanted to have sex with. Ricky R. Savage, 57, was actually communicating with an undercover Pinellas sheriff's detective posing as the parent, sheriff's officials have said. ...more

March 10, 2009

Police say a 27-year-old woman stole a man's credit card number and used it to buy a crown for her tooth, a tattoo, a motorcycle and a jail bond. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is searching for Joshua Brett Taylor, 17, whose mother told detectives he had run away from their Sunset Drive home on Feb. 23. ...more

March 2, 2009

A man pretended to deposit $2 million at an ATM and then withdrew a hunk of money from a woman's account, the Polk County Sheriff's Office says. ...more

February 25, 2009

Detectives with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office are seeking the public's help in locating a woman who was reported missing Thursday night. ...more

February 20, 2009

Pinellas County deputies arrested a man they say was caught in a sting Wednesday when he traveled from Oklahoma to Florida to meet two underage girls for sex. ...more

February 19, 2009

A Brooksville man faces 35 rape charges after multiple sexual encounters that left a teenage girl pregnant. ...more

February 18, 2009

Largo authorities have seized the laptop computer of a 21-year-old woman they say used it to access and destroy some of her former employer's files because she was upset she had been fired. Brittany Jenkins, of 245 59th Ave. N.E., was arrested Feb. 2 on a charge of unauthorized access to a computer system. The laptop was seized last week. ...more

February 16, 2009

A man in his mid-20s pretended to be a police officer and robbed a Bradenton man Friday, Bradenton police say. ...more

February 10, 2009