Graffiti was spray-painted on 15 vehicles on Portside Street in the city's New Tampa area early Monday, authorities said. Cars parked in unlit areas along the street in the Heritage Isles community appeared to have been targeted, Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. ...more

December 31, 2008

A Hillsborough County circuit judge was wrong in dismissing 19 felony charges against former Tampa Preparatory School swim coach Kimberly Brabson III, and the case can be tried, a state appeals panel ruled Wednesday. ...more

December 25, 2008

A state appeals panel ruled today that a Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge was wrong in dismissing 19 felony charges against former Tampa Preparatory School swim coach Kimberly Brabson III and that the case can be tried. ...more

December 24, 2008

A written plea of not guilty was entered Monday for Sebring City Councilman Dan Andrews, who was arrested Nov. 24 on felony charges. Andrews, 33, faces counts of grand theft, scheming to defraud and embezzlement by making false entries on the books of a corporation, stemming from his position as executive director of the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce. ...more

December 22, 2008

Even though he had $2,300 cash on him, a Palmetto man tried to use funny money to pay for services at a strip club, and his scheme backfired, deputies say. ...more

December 15, 2008

A Port Charlotte man and a Punta Gorda woman were charged with child endangerment for allegedly bringing two children to a drug buy set up by detectives, Punta Gorda police said. ...more

December 13, 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

The Sebring City Council unanimously selected former city Councilman John Clark on Tuesday, to temporarily replace Councilman Dan Andrews. ...more

December 4, 2008

The City Council unanimously selected former city councilman John Clark on Tuesday, to temporarily replace Councilman Dan Andrews. Clark is scheduled to be sworn in by City Clerk Kathy Haley at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. ...more

December 3, 2008

At its meeting tonight, the City Council will discuss and possibly select a temporary replacement for Councilman Dan Andrews, who was suspended indefinitely last week by Gov. Charlie Crist, after being arrested on three felony charges. ...more

December 2, 2008