A 20-year-old Draks gang member stabbed a man in the chest with a kitchen knife Tuesday, puncturing his lung, Temple Terrace police say. ...more

October 28, 2009

A 14-year-old boy shot in the head late Saturday afternoon has died. Devin Pacheco of North Tampa was with a group of friends and his older brother when, authorities think, he was shot by a gang member. ...more

May 26, 2009

The fifth and final defendant in an October 2006 gang beating learned Wednesday that his next 15 years will be spent in prison. ...more

April 2, 2009

The fifth and final defendant in an October 2006 gang beating learned today that his next 15 years will be spent in prison. ...more

April 1, 2009

Thirty three years before Jon Green was shot dead in his home near Polk City Tuesday, another fatal shooting occurred at that home. ...more

February 5, 2009

A 24-year-old gang member was sentenced today to more than 21 years in federal prison for his role in the June 16 armed robbery of a Seffner gas station. ...more

January 22, 2009

A reported gang member with a history of violence has been arrested for Thursday's severe beating of a former high school and college basketball player. ...more

December 20, 2008

It was like something out of the movies — a high-speed police chase, 30 seconds of flying lead from the rat-a-tat-tat of rapid gunfire and bloodshed. ...more

December 18, 2008

An effort by more than 400 law enforcement officers from local, county and state agencies paid off late this afternoon. The search for the slaying suspect, which paralyzed Plant City for most of the day, ended shortly before 3:45 p.m. with the capture of 25-year-old Francisco Rangel. ...more

December 5, 2008

Believing Francisco Hernandez had disrespected him, a SUR-13 gang member struck Hernandez several times in the head with a machete Friday night at 14206 12th St. N., Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 10, 2008